Westcombe Park 12 vs TWRUFC 1st XV 32

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Thanet took only five minutes before they scored the first points of the  match. Westcombe Park gave away a penalty close to their own line and Tom Walton reacted quickly passing the ball to Marius Thompson who then released Gil Smith to score the first try of the game. Walton was successful with the conversion for an early 7- 0 lead. Walton extended the lead after 8 minutes with a penalty from 40 metres out. The home side were not given a chance to regroup as Ben Turner made a break straight from the kick off. Andrew Letts continued the move and Thompson crossed the line for Thanet’s second try of the game. Another conversion took the lead out to 17 - 0.

Westcombe Park now had a period of possession but were unable to break through Thanet’s defence. Wanderers were soon on the attack again and in a similar move after they were awarded another penalty, the ball was recycled quickly and Callum Doody was able to score. A third Walton kick gave Thanet a 24-0 lead with less than 30 minutes of the game played.

Shortly after this the home side attacked down the far side of the pitch. Thanet were deemed to have infringed and Warren Riddell-Broomfield was shown a yellow card for pulling down the maul. Despite being a man down Thanet’s defence still held firm and cleared their lines. As the half came to a close Westcombe Park’s scrum half was shown a yellow card for a deliberate knock on. Another penalty awarded to the visitors saw the teams turn around with Thanet leading 27 – 0.

Thanet started the second half again in the ascendancy. Disrupting the opposition’s scrum close to the try line, Walton was on hand to take the ball and find Ben Cannon who scored the bonus point try. Thanet then seemed to take their foot off the gas as the home side set up a number of attacks,.eventually scoring two tries one of which was converted making the score now 12-32. The last play of the game saw Smith score his second try after Thanet were awarded a scrum about 7 meters from Westcombe Park’s try line.

Thanet were in control for the majority of the match dominating in the scrum and also committed in defence when the opposition had procession. Although helped by mistakes by their hosts they reacted quickly at the break down to keep Park on the back foot.

This win sees Thanet third in the league table with only a few matches left in the season. Wanderers host Maidstone at St. Peter’s next Saturday kick off at 3pm.

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Penalties: None

Drop Goals: None