Sat 4 Jan 2020
WESTON-SUPER-MARE 14 CAMBORNE 10
report by Chris Heath
Weston hadn’t played a game for six weeks due to the weather and the festive period and despite plenty of pluck and endeavour this was in the end not one of the more memorable games.
Weston started brightly and could have been ahead two or three times but for a misplaced pass or a more sensible option being taken.
However they did deservedly take the lead in the seventeenth minute when following two rampaging runs by number eight Brad Talbot prop Ollie Streeter barrelled his way over to make fly half Dan Lomax’s conversion a relatively straight forward one.
Weston applied more pressure but were unable to increase their lead due to some excellent Camborne defence and falling foul of the officials interpretation of the game.
Indeed very near to the end of the half the Cornishmen cut the lead with a penalty on one of their rare visits into the home half.
Weston were frustrated and this carried on into the second period until eventually Westons undoubted superiority in the scrum was allowed to bear fruit with Talbot touching down from a pushover following a penalty. Lomax again converting.
There then followed a period of five yellow cards, two for Camborne and three for Weston in a game which was always keenly contested but never crossed the line.
With Weston down to thirteen Camborne hit back with a catch and drive which was well converted from wide out and with the hosts down to twelve Camborne earned yet another penalty to make it over twenty in a game.
Weston dominated but thankfully their kick towards Westons line failed to find touch and full back Alex Howman caught and kicked to touch to put an end to a most bizarre afternoon and give the hosts a hard earned victory.
Although rusty Weston worked hard for their victory and although the score line should have been more comfortable they did well to overcome all that happened on the pitch to secure the points.
