Date Posted:12:18:36 09/11/05 Sun Author:Stuwie Subject: Topsham v Argaum
10-09-05
Team:
1 R Belli
2 T Liberson
3 C Davison
4 J Pitt
5 C Brewer
6 A Jones
7 M Blakeston
8 S Quarterman
9 J Burdett
10 D Wills
11 J Stormont
12 B Devonport
13 M Townsend
14 E Alexis
15 K Kingdom
16 J Fenwick
17 M Hill
18 G Michael
Despite struggling in the set scrummages, Argaum started strongly in defense. The pack working well as a unit and with big hitting from the back-row in the rucks and wiley mauling from the front five, the work done over pre-season seemed to have paid off.
After a gruelling, forward dominated first 25 minutes, Topsham finally created an overlap after a sustained spell in the Argaum 22. The conversion was missed. From there, the game opened up more and clever kicking from Darren Wills and well supported breaks from Ben Devonport and Mike Townsend in the centres swung the momentum back in favour of Argaum.
Debutant Ben Devonport broke 5 minutes before the break with a powerful 50 yard run, brushing off tackles and running some unanswerable angles to touchdown under the posts, for Darren Wills to convert.
Topsham didn’t seem to like or indeed cope with the physical element that Argaum took to them. Despite an early second half try, countless big hits from the Argaum backrow and entire back line, forced Topsham’s fly-half to kick almost everything, which didn’t work in their favour, as Jamie Stormont, Eroy Alexis on the wings and Karl Kingdom at full-back were too quick and collected everything, then went on the counter attack.
Two late tries for Topsham made the scoreline more flattering than perhaps it should’ve been.
Topsham v Argaum