Clinical Performance In Ramblers Rout

The lead up to the game saw head coach Dave Sansom drill 300 holes in the pitch and backfilled them with sand on his birthday in an effort to keep Bickleigh Down playable.

His efforts paid off when after the storms of Thursday and Friday, Saturday saw two fantastic pitches, maintaining our record of not cancelling any games this year.

Argaum welcomed the Ramblers, acutely aware of their ability to create an upset. Some extra technical work in the week paid off immediately when a good lineout move ended with the back line cycling the ball through for Paul Ansell to open the scoring.

The Chiefs were 3 tries up after quarter of an hour and the bonus point was secured soon after. Great finishing by Jake Turfrey and Tom Underwood saw the game stretch away from Buckfastleigh.

The pack worked very tightly as a team and were productive at the set piece, allowing the backs to do their thing out wide.

36-0 at the turnaround, Dave Shepherd, Dan Smith and Kal Bloomfield all came on. All three substitutes made thir mark with Smith and Shepherd running hard at the opposition and Bloomfield, after a couple of half chances, finished a very good move, nearly losing his head in the process.

A successful day at the office for the Chiefs, who will be going into next week’s game in good form.