St Bernadettes II's 0 Nailsea & Backwell II's 34
Ravens II's return to winning ways in adverse conditions on Whitchurch airfield.
After the recent loss to Clevedon, N&B were keen to get their league run back on track. In what was near Baltic conditions with the strong winds and torrential rain the weather was always going to play a major factor in the match. With this in mind the opening quarter was a stalemate with errors from both sides as they tried to acclimatise to the conditions.
Finally after various forward phases, N&B moved the ball wide allowing Centre, Reece Hulland, to dot down from close in.
Both teams continued to battle upfront to no avail until, with the half running down, N&B again won several phases upfront allowing Flanker, George Stirling, to crash over from close in. Sam Bigley added the conversion for a deserved 12-0 lead at half time.
The second half was not much different but N&B were beginning to dominate the heavier SBOB pack. From a scrum taken against the head, Darren Shinett broke away offloading to the supporting Joe Swanson for a 20m run in.
Almost immediately from the restart SBOB were unable to maintain possession allowing Scrum Half, Adam Weavers, the opportunity to collect loose ball and run in from halfway. Bigley again adding the extras.
Then with 20 minutes remaining N&B scored the try of the match. From another scrum taken against the head on their own line, Shinett broke away from the base of the scrum to breach the defence before offloading to the returning Greg Appleby who ran 50m before drawing the last man and popping off to Weavers for the touch down.
With the weather worsening the final minutes were stalemate but N&B got back on track with a 34 - 0 victory.
Both teams battled hard against the elements but N&B played the wiser rugby and kept a clean sheet which summed up the efforts of the whole Ravens squad. Man of the Match was closely contested but went to two try Adam Weavers playing out of position at Scrum Half, but who mixed it well with forwards and backs and was always in support of the ball.
