NORTH TAWTON 31 - LISKEARD /LOOE 10 

FRESH off the back of last week’s away win to Hayle, North Tawton entertained another Cornish side that sits below them in the Cornwall/Devon Tribute League table in the shape of Liskeard/Looe.

With the clocks now on winter time we got underway at 2.30pm and it was only eight minutes into the game before North Tawton dominated the opening salvos to score the first try of the match.

Tom McGrattan went over with the kick added by Gary Sizmur to make it 7-0 to the Tawts.

A penalty, also kicked by Gary Sizmur, got us to 10-0 and it was fair to say that North Tawton were in control of things in general.

The Liskeard/Looe forwards were making life very difficult for Jack Phare, the Tawton scum-half at the base of the scrum or indeed at any of the break downs.

Some would say aided by the referee, not punishing the lying on the ball at every chance the visitors got, we go into half-time with a yellow card for the Cornish side for a high tackle, making it 10-0 at the break.  

We started the second half in very much the same vein and it wasn’t long before we get a trademark Tawts try with quick hands out to the wings and over for Jamie Neilsen with the kick added by Gary Sizmur to make it 17-0.

North Tawton really warmed to the afternoon’s work, with Ryan Goss, Matt Baker, Jordan Cornthwaite and James Miller to name but a few making plenty of carries.

Breaking the gain line at will it wasn’t long before the Hooker, a certain Matt Baker got himself on the score sheet with another well worked effort.

A good conversion made it 24-0.

Another yellow card for the men from Liskeard/Looe did not help their cause and the game was slipping away from them, the bonus point try was now the next real target for North Tawton.

It would give them maximum points for the last two games and steady the ship in the middle order of a competitive league.

A Jordan Cornthwaite try with 10 minutes to go sealed the deal, the kick added by Gary Sizmur took us to 31-0.

I am not sure if the home team heard the water was going cold in the changing rooms or similar but they seemed to switch off and took the foot off the gas giving the visitors the opportunity to at least give the score some respectability for them.

Two late tries gave us the final score of 31-10.

A good result none-the-less for North Tawton, gained without the services of the very influential and dependable Simon Quick who missed today’s game after, along with his wife Rowan celebrated the birth of a son the day before.

I am sure everybody at the club will join me in wishing them well in raising the next generation of NTRFC.

Chris Phare