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Six of the best: Debutants star in North’s convincing win North Dorset Women 27 Poole Women 10 In the second game of the season, North Dorset Women had six debutants, Anna Marsh, Leona Hughes,
Bryonie Johnson, Darryl Norris, Letby Burden, Miranda Paxton, and Claire Murray. The game started with Poole charging all over ND who held out with some solid defending for 15
minutes. North responded with the forwards carrying hard. Some lovely interchanging play between Katie Porter and Mel Mitchell led a counter-attack 50 metres up the park for
Louisa Neale, aka BullDozer, to run straight through the Poole defence and over the line for a try, which was not converted. After the first quarter, the Continued on P73
Under 14s show promise with impressive defeat of Sharks North Dorset under 14s played an outstanding match away against the Purbeck Sharks. With two early tries from Josh Parkman, North Dorset got off to a great start. A fantastic third try was scored by Sam Barnes and morale was high. Debutant Arley started off his first match for North Dorset with an incredible run, which set up Sam McConnell to score the team’s fourth try. Josh Parkman scored his third try, after a brilliant tackle from Freddie Heasman, won the ball back for North Dorset. Another try from Sam McConnell allowed North Dorset to go into the second half six tries ahead of the Sharks. North Dorset were on fire in the second half, with Ben
SCRUM DOWN: Action from Purbeck Sharks v North Dorset
Mitchell scoring the seventh try of the match. After the boys continued to push through the Sharks' strong defence, Rares made a brilliant break and scored yet another try for North Dorset. Arley continued to play
brilliantly as he scored his first try for North Dorset. Just as the Sharks were looking set to score, Cass Tatman and Joe Frederick ensured they got nowhere near the try line, with powerful tackles and strong
defence. The team continued to work together and another two tries were scored by Sam McConnell. After several speedy runs from Alfie Hill and Alex Hodges, Rares scored put the ball over the line again. Having played fantastically, Freddie Heasman managed to break through the Sharks' defence and continue the devastating scoring. Just as the second half was drawing to a close, Arley wowed the crowd to top what was a resounding display. However, the Sharks who had battled well, managed to breakthrough seconds before the whistle in game that ended 14 - 1. Onward and upward for the Under 14s who are looking a well-drilled and determined team.
North edge league leaders in thriller Blandford 17 North Dorset 18 North Dorset travelled to Blandford, who are currently top of the league, expecting a challenging game and they were not disappointed. From the kick-off, Blandford attacked and were camped in North’s 22 for some considerable time but were held out by a steely defence, which was rewarded with a penalty. A great touch kick took North Dorset to the halfway line, and from the line-out,
North Dorset pressed hard, and it was Blandford's turn to defend. Following a good movement combining forwards and backs, flanker Charlie Jobling forced his way over the line for a try which was not converted 0 -5. The game then ebbed and flowed, with Blandford missing a penalty kick in front of the posts and Dorset’s Lewis Munster slotting a massive penalty from the halfway line 0-8. Blandford attacked hard but were held out, leading to a
good counterattack and an excellent follow up by Dorset's wing Jake Canning resulting in a try converted by Sam Jones 0 - 15. Once again, Blandford put the Dorset line under threat, successful this time with an unconverted try, bringing us to halftime and a score of 5-15. The second half started with a bang, Blandford putting together an excellent back's move and scoring in the corner 10 - 15. This gave the home side a huge lift, and the game was primarily played in Dorset's
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half until, in a counter-attack, Blandford were penalised. With a problematic kick, Sam Jones brought the score to 10-18. With 15 minutes to go, Blandford threw everything into attack in an attempt to salvage the game. Still, Dorset’s defence was equal to the job until the very last minute when Blandford forced their way over under the posts to score a converted try, which brought the score to 17-18 as the whistle blew, much to the delight of Dorset players and their support.
