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Sat 04 Apr 2009
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Verwood Vets
Verwood Vets v Southampton Vets

Verwood Vets v Southampton Vets

Dave Ward23 Aug 2019 - 08:34
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Saints hold on for hard fought win against Verwood

Southampton Vets travelled to Verwood, where the hosts fielded a strong team with lots of youth in the backs. Top coach Pete Jenkins' pre match warm up put the team in good stead, but it was Verwood who scored the first try with a break from inside their own half.

Saints conceded another break away try, before finding their form and putting Verwood under some prolonged pressure. They got their reward and made the score 10-5 when twinkle-toed Tony Bunday crashed over from five metres.

Tensions frayed just before half time when an almighty punch-up errupted, involving nearly all 30 players. When the dust settled ref Terry Collingwood sin-binned scrum half Ian Duncan, who was now donning a shiny black eye.

The second half saw first teamer Marcus Coffin score after running a penalty from five metres out, making it 10-10. Saints then took the lead with a fine backs' run from halfway, with Jim Everett taking the final pass from Alex Scott to score under the posts. He added the conversion to take the lead 10-17.

Verwood made sure the remainder of the game would be a tense affair when they ran in another try from their own twenty two. With a draw looking likely, the conversion was missed from in front of the posts leaving Southampton a slender 15-17 lead.

Southampton held on for the final five minutes to record a hard fought win. The Man of the Match "green jacket" went to Merv Guest, for a solid all round performance. Well done to him and all the Vets!

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Sat 04 Apr 2009

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