DEVONPORT Services II celebrated winning the Counties Two Devon title by running in 17 tries to beat a makeshift Tavistock side 116-12 at the Rectory on Friday night. Ninth-placed Tavistock had agreed to the Friday evening switch for the final league match even though it left them short of players. They started with three forwards … Continue reading
PLYMSTOCK Oaks and Saltash head into their final matches of the season knowing nothing less than five points will really do if they are to have any hope of staying in Western West. The pair, along with Penryn, are all locked in a three-way battle to avoid the two relegation spots. All three sides sit … Continue reading
PLYMSTOCK Oaks and Saltash will both need other teams to do them a favour if they are to avoid relegation from Western West. Oaks lost 52-19 on Saturday at fourth-from-bottom Newton Abbot, who are now safe, while Saltash beat fellow relegation rivals Penryn 42-35 at Moorlands Lane, but frustratingly they allowed their Cornish rivals to … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE women’s head coach Georgina Gulliver says reaching a Twickenham cup final is a fitting reward for all the players’ efforts this season. The Bridgers booked their spot in the RFU Women’s Intermediate Cup final on May 24 by beating Guildford 55-5 away last weekend. They will now face Old Albanians Saints II in the final as … Continue reading
IT IS a massive weekend at the foot of Western West where the bottom four teams all play each other in crucial matches. Just eight points separate the four of them with two games to go of the regular season. This weekend third-from-bottom Plymstock Oaks visit fourth-from-bottom Newton Abbot, while current basement side Saltash host … Continue reading
IVYBRIDGE will cap off a dream season by playing in a Twickenham cup final next month. The unbeaten Cross-in-Hand club had already wrapped up the Championship South West 2 title the other week by beating Launceston 38-0 away. And they will now play in the RFU Women’s Intermediate Cup final on May 24 after they beat … Continue reading
REGIONAL One South West champions Devonport Services ended their successful season on a defeat as they were narrowly beaten 37-34 away at Sidmouth on Saturday. Services had already won the title in their last match against Marlborough and were missing a host of players for this weekend’s final fixture. Sam Brown, Dan Lilley, Mike Rickard, … Continue reading
ALREADY crowned champions Devonport Services will end their successful season on Saturday with an away game against ninth-placed Sidmouth. Services head coach Ben Russell says his side want to go out on a high and finish with more points than they did when they won the title two years ago. That season they bagged 94 … Continue reading
DEVON won back the Tamar Cup as they narrowly beat a Cornwall XV 26-20 at Plymouth Albion’s Brickfields ground on Saturday. Devonport Services’ Tom Davies and Charlie Groves were among Devon’s try scorers in a competitive game that went right down to the wire. Devon, playing with the wind first half, had been 19-5 up … Continue reading
OPMs put their troubled league form behind them to retain the Devon Junior Bowl on Saturday against lower league New Cross. The Old boys triumphed 24-19 at Five Lanes thanks to tries by Will Mills and Dan Adams, four penalties by the returning Matt Smale and a conversion by Mills. “We were 24-14 up with … Continue reading