Clevedon The Poor Relation At Richians !!

Clevedons away form was brought into question with a game they should have won, too many conceded penalties and an inability to look after the ball was the order of the day. The seasiders started well putting phases together and pressurising the home sides red zone and looked odds on to score but the final pass was dropped just before the line. The next twenty minutes saw Clevedon trying to build momentum but any meaningful line breaks were scuppered out by poor ball retention at the breakdown which led to conceding needless penalties. Richians first real attack resulted in a score when a mix up in Clevedons midfield allowed the hosts to score a converted try. Clevedon then replied with a penalty from Jordan Mein.The last third of the half saw Clevedon camped in the Richians half and two more penalties from Mein took them into a 9-7 lead at the break. The second half started with Clevedon on the attack and the space of 5 minutes they had two clear cut chances but once again the final pass denied them, and it was the hosts who scored when a stolen line out ball led to a soft try converted 14-9.The introduction of the slim line Ashley Vailles seemed to pay off as quick thinking at penalty time saw him offload to Tom Thie to score under the posts conv Mein 16-14 moments later Mein added another penalty to stretch the lead to 19-14.Richians hit back with a try when poor defence at the scrum saw the hosts no8 cruise in unopposed for an unconverted try. 19-19 They then increased the lead with a penalty and another converted try. With seconds left on the clock Jordan Mein secured a losing bonus point with a well struck penalty. Head coach Nick Hill commented this was game we should have won we created good scoring chances but didn't finish them which led to frustration and a lack of execution at the setpiece didn't help matters.