Sat 12 Nov 2022
Another week and another see sawing match at Slaughter gate when North Dorset 1 st XV took on
Ivel Barbarians. North Dorset claimed first blood with an unconverted try to tight head prop
David Stickland who scored after 2 minutes. However 3 minutes later Ivel scored and converted,
before crossing for another moments later to skip to a 14-5 lead after only 12 minutes. However
North hit back through long range try from Marcus Higgs who for the second week in a row
hooked up to a lovely piece of rugby from Adam Trevis & Robbie Sampson at the back of a
scrum. Sam Jones added the extras and North were back in contention again. They hit the lead
when scrum half Sampson bossed the scrum over the line and claimed the try, which Jones
again converted. North continued the attack from the restart with fly half Rylie Lewis regathering
his own kick and linking up with Higgs who went int under the posts to give Jones an easy
conversion. A lapse in concentration gifted Ivel a try immediately form restart just before half
time to mean the scores at the break was 26-21 in favour of the home side.
The second half started just as the first half finished with a disastrous restart for North that saw
Ivel level the score. The remainder of the 2 nd saw the teams trade penalties to close out the
match 29-29. Pearce Seeds were match day sponsors with their lunch and chose Marcus Higgs
as the Gritchie Brewing Company Man of the Match.
