Wimborne 2^nd 11, 7 – 61 North Dorset 1^st 11

On Saturday 22^nd January, North Dorset travelled to play Wimborne 2, and their supporters were delighted to see them take the field in a new away game shirt. North Dorset started the match with a flurry, Tom Ashfield scoring the first try, converted by Sam Jones, soon after kick-off 0-7, followed by another from Matt Piper which went unconverted.

Wimborne mounted a series of promising attacks on North Dorset’s line but were repelled by a stubborn defence. North’s reply was to score 2 unconverted tries from Tom Chilvers and Marcus Randall, followed by Will Johnson running in a try converted by Robbie Sampson taking the score to 0-29.  The first half was rounded off by Joe Atkins scoring a fine try, unconverted, bringing the halftime score to 0-34.

North Dorset started the second with the same attacking intent with Charlie Jobling and Simon Drake scoring unconverted tries. The game then lost shape and errors started to creep in until Wimborne put together a good series of moves, resulting in a converted try making the score 7-44. This only stirred Dorset into more action and they reverted to their game plan, Joe Atkins scored an unconverted try 7-49, swiftly followed by another from Matt Piper both of which were duly converted by Sam Jones who was having a good day.

The game’s final move saw Sam Trevis running in a good try which didn’t go through the uprights, but despite the missed conversion the final score was a decisive 7-61. Once again, a large band of travelling supporters were delighted to watch a good game of rugby in a match where Wimborne never gave up and made North Dorset work hard for their 11 tries.