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Clevedon storm to opening day win

Clevedon storm to opening day win

Will Carpenter6 Sep 2015 - 12:39
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CLEVEDON kicked off the new league season in emphatic style, romping to an eight-try demolition of newly-promoted Coney Hill on the opening day.

Scrum-half Josh Mortimore crossed for a hat-trick of tries for the home side and wing Oscar James scorched over either side of half-time.

Mike Taylor, Tom Thie and man of the match Aaron Rice on debut, completed the rout – Taylor kicked four conversions and a penalty to finish with a 16-point haul.

Clevedon started brightly and were unfortunate not to take the lead as early as the second minute, as Rice smashed his way through a number of tackles to go over from 40 metres, only for play to be called back by the referee.

Taylor kicked the hosts into a 3-0 lead on 10 minutes, before the home side were temporarily reduced to 14-men when Joey Tucker was penalised were a dangerous tackle.

Coney Hill took immediate advantage with the first try of the afternoon, when a speculative kick through bounced fortunately for wing Thomas to touch down.

But Clevedon came roaring back into the game and retook the lead shortly after with Mortimore’s first of the afternoon, as the scrum-half spotted a gap in the visiting defence to fly over from 50 metres.

Tucker returned from the sin-bin - and the tables were quickly turned as Coney Hill’s Ryan Stephens was shown a red card for a punch on Harley Foley.

Foley was shown a yellow card for the high tackle that led to the altercation, but Clevedon were now firmly in the driving seat.
Coney Hill regained the lead with a 25 metre penalty, but the remainder of the half was dominated by the home side, who built up a 22-10 lead by half-time.

Mortimore sniped over for his and Clevedon’s second on the half-hour mark, with Taylor adding the extras – and the centre was then on hand to release Oscar James for a third score of the half, following strong defensive work from Aaron Rice and Emosi Tauribau.

The second-half continued in similar fashion and the bonus-point was bagged on 50 minutes, with a fine team effort.

A rampaging run from Brian Largenton gained 40 metres before a sweeping handling move saw Taylor crash over from close range.
Aaron Rice then capped a man of the match performance with a deserved debut try, breaking a tackle on the blindside to touch down under the sticks.

Another debutant, Fijian Emosi Tauribau rounded off an impressive display with an assist for James’ second try, scooping up a loose ball with one hand, before kicking through for the flying winger to sprint on to.

Coney Hill’s Andy Mcrae crashed over for a consolation score, but Tom Thie had the final word for Clevedon with a neat finish in the left-hand corner, as Clevedon passed the 50-point mark two minutes before the final whistle.

Clevedon travel to the Forest of Dean next weekend to take on Drybrook.

Match details

Match date

Sat 05 Sep 2015

Kickoff

15:00

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