Dorset and Wilts Div Three North

Minety II 85 Westbury II 0

MINETY seconds registered their biggest victory of the season with a thumping 85-0 win over Westbury II at Minety Fields on Saturday.

With the first XV preparing for next week’s Dorset & Wilts Vase Final, the spotlight fell on the seconds who responded with a scintillating performance.

Playing uphill, and into a stiff breeze in the first half, the home team took just four minutes to post their first try when centre Dan Wilson scored after a flowing backs’ move; fly half Tim Vaughn converted.

Scrum half Will Mason then scored the first of a hat-trick of tries in the 15th minute and when flanker James Stuart crossed for a brilliant individual try in the 28th minute the match was effectively over.

Centre Rob Budgen and Mason added further tries before half-time to bring the score to 31-0.

In the second half Minety used the wind to push Westbury deep into their half and piled on the pressure. Keiran Gash ran in try number six before replacement Ben Langridge grabbed two tries, converted both times by Mason.

Further tries by Mason and Wilson pushed the score beyond 70 when young number eight Gareth Pierce added a try of his own.

The final move of the match saw an excellent interchange between the backs which allowed Budgen to cross the line, but he chose to pass to veteran club coach Andy Ward, making his first appearance on the pitch this season, to touch down and end an entertaining and enterprising performance from the whole squad.

MoM: Will Mason (hat-trick of tries and nine conversions).