Drybrook Rugby Club

Topsham are currently second from bottom in South west One but were going to be no walkover.
They have had some difficult times lately since the loss of their hooker through repeated head injuries early on in the season and are just starting to come back together as a team.
After a long journey down Drybrook had little time to prepare for the game ahead and a delay from the referee turning up 15 minutes late managed to cause disruption to the team.
However the game kicked off at 2:15 and within 10 minutes Ellie Underwood found space and scored under the posts adding the conversion to give Drybrook the lead 0 – 7.
From the restart Jess Hunt caught the ball on her own 22 and managed to get within 5 meters of Topsham’s try line before getting tackled but a bit of work from the away side ensured that Ellie managed to score her second try of the game also converting to make the score 0 – 14 to Drybrook.

On the 25th minute some great work from the backs and some outstanding performance and speed from Hannah Meek saw her add her name to the score sheet increasing the lead to 0 – 19 at half time.
Drybrook kicked off the second half and within 5 minutes found themselves under the posts looking shell shocked after a few missed tackles with the conversion Topsham were clearly not going to take a defeat without a fight.
However 12 minutes into the second half Great hands across the backs lead to Sarah Bevan scoring for Drybrook out wide to increase the score line to 7 – 24.
8 minutes later it was time for Topsham to crash over the Drybrook line to once again close the gap making the score 12 – 24 and trailing by just two scores.
On the 30th minute more Drybrook missed tackles lead to Topsham scoring again to bring the game within one score.
However on the final play of the match a very

determined Ellie Underwood broke the Topsham defensive line very convincingly to score once again under the posts converting to finish the game 17 – 31.

Players of the match: Julie Ann Norbury and Emma Gibson.

Drybrook Ladies; Karina Hall, Stevie Liddiatt, Julie Ann Norbury, Roxanne Carter, Sarah Teague, Micha Harris, Jess Hunt, Molly Teague, Sarah Bevan, Kat Brain (Capt) Emma Gibson, Hannah Meek, Ellie Underwood, Bethany Powell, Judith Arslan,
Replacements Marie Grindle, Chanise Beard, Lorna Griffiths, Chantel Lewis, Gemma Withington, Olivia Pritchard.

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