Sat 9th Sept 2006 Western Counties North League game

BRISTOL HARLEQUINS 27 v YATTON 9

Playing at home and having beaten Yatton at away and at home last season, the psychological advantage was all with the Quins and they were firing on all cylinders from the kickoff.

Solid lineout play and a fullback break gave Chris Page the chance to finish off for his first try after 5 minutes.

Sam Osborne's penalty at the end of the first quarter retrieved some points for Yatton only to see another missed tackles break through finished by Ross Hickory for his home side

For the remainder of the second quarter full back Osborne's kicking kept Yatton in contention with two more penalties from Harlequins persistant infringements of offside.

The game turnedround at 10-9 halftime

With the hot summer sun on Harlequins back and determined to quickly stretch the margin Yatton's defence was again severely tested. It held strong but the sqiurt of ball from the side of a 5 metre defensive scrum was pounced on by Hickory for his second try.

Yatton's moves seemed to lack match practice as a unit and their 'bad' day was highlighted when they seemed to squander a certain 3 points infront of the posts which would have narrowed the score margin to within one converted penalty.

For the remaining ten minutes Yatton's desperate bag of unorthadox tricks came to nought against a homeside whose tails were well up. Consequently Harlequins finished the stronger against their visitors who fought bravely enough. Matt Bright's mauling try and finally Page's second of the afternoon was converted by Craig Dix minutes before the whistle.

Yatton 1st XV at home face recently relegated Gloucester Old Boys this Saturday Kick-off 3-00pm