Salisbury travelled to Wiltshire rivals Trowbridge on Saturday and, despite end-to-end winds, achieved their 12th league win and remain 5 points clear at the top of Southern Counties (South). The visitors played into the wind in the first half but didn't let the conditions limit their ambitions to play attractive running rugby. Forwards and backs combined well in the early stages but Trowbridge were alive to any errors and punished a couple a wayward passes with 2 interceptions trys inside 10 minutes. The hosts added a penalty soon after and established a 15 point lead within as many minutes.

Salisbury were undaunted. They kept the ball in hand to create two well executed trys for wing Phil Carr to reduce the deficit to 15 - 10 on 36 minutes. The visitors continued to press in the latter stages of the half resulting in a try for second row Dave Thorpe. Fly half Rory Davis added the extras and the visitors edged in front 15 - 17 on half time.

Trowbridge fought hard to regain their lead throughout the second half but were met with sturdy defence and highly effective kicking from Davis, his clearances fully exploited the wind and occasionally ran the length of the field. Salisbury put the match beyond the host's reach on the hour when, having been camped in their half for lengthy spell, they broke from a driving maul to move the ball through numerous pairs of hands and setup flanker James Kay for a try. Davis converted and Salisbury retained a 15 - 24 lead for the remainder of the match.

Salisbury will host fourth-from-bottom Devizes on Saturday in what is likely to be an interesting local derby.

Team: Richard Roe, Tom Pottage, James Starkey, Andy Herriott, Phil Carr, Rory Davis, David Tonge, Richard West, Nick Taylor, George Morgan, Dave Thorpe, Matt Pallas, Luke Bugden, James Kay, Liam Gilbert (Capt).
Subs: Gareth Blackborow, Hamish Morton and Richard Knight.