Sat 4 Jan 2020
North Dorset entertained Swindon RFC on Saturday (currently 3rd position in the league) in what could be described as a top v bottom fixture. What followed gave no indication of that however as an exciting end to end game developed. From the k.o. North Dorset attacked the Swindon line for most of the first half but failed to cross the line due to a mixture of errors and good Swindon defence. On the stroke of half time Swindon broke away and scored a converted try making the half time score 0 - 7. From the re-start Swindon attacked and soon scored an other converted try 0 -14. This seemed to re-galvanise N. Dorset and they scored a converted try in the corner, swiftly followed by another 14 -14. Game On !!! The game then flowed end to end until Swindon scored again, this time unconverted 14 -19 and they then followed this with a converted try 14 - 26. This spurred N. Dorset on again and they scored a converted try with 3 minutes to go 21 - 26 N. Dorset pressed hard in those dying minutes but it was not to be.
Final score 21 - 26.
North Dorset`s game has improved as the season goes on but they need to convert some of the near misses to victories to progress up the table.
