Midsomer Norton RFC

Avon 15-44 Midsomer Norton

The third fixture of the season saw Norton travel to the only other side in the league who had taken 10 points from their opening two games.

The first half was a tight affair with Norton’s misfiring set piece presenting them few real opportunities as the hosts took the lead after half an hour with a penalty in front of the posts. However MNRFC would soon take the lead after a scrappy lineout victory allowed Jeffery to power over.  Rideout added a conversion and penalty of his own before half time to give Norton a hard fought lead at the interval (3-10).

Another Rideout penalty was followed by a Humphries try in the corner before Jeffery got his second of the match as Norton began to pull away. Anderson was put through after fantastic work from Kelsey, but the referee adjudged there was a forward pass in the build up, and Avon were soon back down the other end to cut the deficit (8-25). 

Any hopes of an unlikely comeback were dashed as speedster Martin scored a brace, before Avon and Humphries both added their second tries of the afternoon. Rideout, impressive with the boot once more, picked up another three conversions in the second half to take his tally to 52 points after just three matches.

MOTM: Rich Martin – old man pleases crowd with brace.

Midsomer Norton II 48-21 Old Sulians

It was a Midsomer Knight’s dream at Norton Down as the 2s first home game of the season saw them able to pick their strongest side so far, and pull off a comprehensive victory over Old Sulians.

Norton raced into an early lead with their number 10 Sam Knight scoring two, and Penney adding another on his comeback from injury. ⁠Old Sulians scored to reduce the deficit Knight completed his first ever hattrick before the interval (22-7)

Sam Knight scoring a fourth was so unbelievable that it woke Old Sulians from their slumber and a flurry of points reduced the home side’s lead to just six points. Just as supporters began to get nervy, the tide was stemmed as Cooper ‘Cooper George’ George ran in from twenty metres. 

With fitness beginning to tell, Sam’s jealous brother Joe Knight then scored a couple of late tries of his own to secure victory. Fuller picked up four conversions.

MOTM: Sam Knight - another young talent destined for greater things.