JUNIOR RUGBY ROUND-UP
Devonport Services...12 Taunton...11
DEVONPORT Service narrowly booked their place in the next round of the National Colts' Cup.
Taunton struck first with a penalty inside five minutes from the boot of full-back Josh Hill.
Two minutes later Services' Rhys Williams capitalised on a fumble by the Taunton centres to run in under the posts giving himself an easy conversion.
The score stayed at 7-3 until the last play of the half when Hill closed the gap for Taunton with a penalty.
The second half saw Taunton controlling the scrums but the drive of Services' players and excellent tackling meant that they had most of the territory.
On 20 minutes a chip through by the Services winger looked to be going dead but just rolled inside the line for Alex Lambert to dive on and score.
At 12-6 down Taunton never gave up. A drive by a number of their players for the line was held up initially, but at the second attempt Adrian Cotton came up with the ball to narrow the gap to 12-11.
However, a missed conversion and a later missed penalty kept Services in front by a point.
A second chip through by Services just rolled over the line and with both sides having players sidelined, Services held on to win by a point.
UNDER-13s DEVON CUP
Plymstock ...22 Topsham...0
PLYMSTOCK progressed through to the quarter-finals of the Devon Cup with a superb win against a good Topsham side.
The conditions did not hamper the running rugby that the under-13s try to play and with the forwards creating a sound platform, Oaks' backs were able to gain territorial advantage against the wind in the first half.
This led to scores from Adam Carter and Nathan Garlick with Dominic Street converting one to hand Plymstock a 12-0 lead.
Topsham came back into the game in the second half but were unable to break Plymstock's impressive defence, with tackle after tackle thwarting their raids. Plymstock slowly started to dominate and scored two further tries, again through Carter and Garlick, to hand Plymstock a thoroughly deserved 22-0 win.
UNDER-12s
Plymstock...0 Ivybridge...57
PLYMSTOCK battled hard and played some good rugby, but they came second to a very good Ivybridge side.
Ivybridge opened up a 31-0 half-time lead.
Callum Payne (2), Jack Jones, Jonny Pollard and Zac Jordan scored tries in the first half after some good work by, among others, Lloyd Vosper and Magan Bowan.
In the second period, Plymstock defended a lot better, however Ivybridge finished with a flourish thanks to some good play by Tyler Davies.
First Davies set up Jordan Cronin-Smith to score.
Davies then added a touchdown of his own before Mitch Pinkus rounded off the game with a long run from the base of a scrum.
Plymstock's man of the match was Chris Mills, who was asked to play out of position at full-back.
UNDER-8s
Plymstock...6 Ivybridge...4
PLYMSTOCK ran out winners in this clash between two evenly matched teams.
Plymstock took the early initiative and opened up a two try to nil lead early in the game.
Plymstock maintained this lead throughout with some good running and support play.
Ivybridge were stubborn opponents whose passing and support play was a constant threat, but Plymstock's tagging just kept them in front.
Try scorers were Archie Hill (2), Owen Gocher (2), Harry Wilkinson (1) and Georgie Pocock (1).
Plymstock...8 Ivybridge...4
PLYMSTOCK proved the stronger of the two teams in the second game between the club through their good running and tagging skills. Ivybridge passed the ball well but Plymstock's defence held firm. Try scorers were Owen Gocher (4), Adam Koehler (1), Georgie Pocock (1), Harvey Ledger (1) and Harry Wilkinson (1).
UNDER-7s
Plymstock...7 Ivybridge...8
PLYMSTOCK were beaten for the first time by an Ivybridge team who passed the ball well and used the space out wide to their full advantage.
Plymstock did not defend to the best of their abilities but good running and support play ensured the team still managed to put points on the board.
The home side did secure a win in a friendly match after.
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