Rampant Clevedon put Weston to the sword in derby clash

The hosts - who climb to eighth in the South West One West table - ran in four tries to secure a bonus-point win, courtesy of Will Trollope, Aaron Rice, Chris Warren and Kieran Hill, who also kicked five penalties and four conversions to finish with a 28-point haul.

It was a stunning performance from a Clevedon side who have now scored 83 points in their last two outings, and they quickly picked up where they had left off in the previous week’s demolition of Chard.

Fly-half Kieran Hill continued his impressive form from the kicking tee, as he fired over three penalties in the opening quarter - two from the right-hand touchline - to hand his side a 9-0 lead.

Weston’s Dan Lomax hit back with two penalties of his own as the visitors probed the Clevedon line, but Brian Largenton put an end to another spell of prolonged pressure, with a fine turnover inside his own 22.

On 25 minutes, a sweeping move handling move down the right-hand side saw Chris Warren bundled into touch – but from the resulting lineout, Will Trollope capitalised on a loose throw from the visiting hooker, to crash over from close range. Hill’s conversion gave Clevedon a 16-6 lead.

Lomax slotted a third penalty just before the half-hour mark, after Dean Ashfield had been sent to the sin-bin for a technical offence, but his effort was cancelled out on the stroke of half-time by a fourth Hill three-pointer.

Now back to a full allocation, Clevedon scored their second shortly after the restart, when Rice raced away for his 17th league try of the season after Hill had intercepted on halfway.

The fly-half’s conversion was on target, and he was at it again minutes later, adding the extras to Chris Warren’s try, after the flanker had powered over following good work from Tom Thie.

Weston captain George Sparks saw yellow on 60 minutes for a blatant offside offence, but the home side failed to take full advantage and could only add a fifth Hill penalty on 70 minutes.

The visitors eventually crossed for a consolation try on 75 minutes, but there was still time for Clevedon to secure a bonus-point, with Josh Mortimore breaking from his own 22 before feeding substitute, Ben Williams, who sent Hill in under the posts to cap a fine afternoon for the home side.

Clevedon travel to Coney Hill on Saturday for their penultimate game of the season - the coach leaves at 11.30am.