The whole available squad travelled down to the coast to play their old rivals on a very mild and fine morning.   After finding our allotted changing room and then the allotted key to go with it we all got changed ready for the mornings work. Twenty seven boys travelled, twenty eight if you count Tobias who came down on one leg just to watch. 

The first game was the crunch, A’s v A’s. Although we were missing a few players Salisbury were always confident that they had enough fire power to trouble any defence provided they got some ball. This did indeed turn out to be the case  as good possession was retained and then fed out to winger Tom Lewis who ran in three tries by half time, one of which was converted by Edward Crossley.

The second half was a little more even as Bournemouth had a slight wind and slope at their backs. However Salisbury tackled like demons and kept a clean sheet, always satisfying for the coaches especially as we have made them do lots of tackling practice recently. However two more tries were scored one from Tom again, who could have scored more but his team mates were under instruction to run after him rather than just stand and watch him go, and fellow winger Harry Pizzey also got in on the act giving us a final scoreline of 27-0 in Salisbury’s favour.

I would just like to mention Robert Crossley our hooker who not only had a try disallowed but did not get to try his new moves at the lineout as there weren’t any all game.

Match Photos