Ross on Wye 24

Cirencester 12

RFU Junior Vase Cup -

Round 2

Ross on Wye 24

Cirencester 12

RFU Junior Vase Cup - Round 2

Cirencester failed to make it back to back wins against Ross on Wye as they suffered their first defeat of the season in the Junior Vase Cup.

The weather conditions were wet throughout and, in such conditions, the platform would be critical and allow for control in the game. It was Ross who gained got on top in the early exchanges with the pack dominating the scrums and the contact area.

With a scrum near to the Ciren line, the Ross forwards powered forward, crashing over to score a converted try. This sparked Cirencester into life from a well won lineout the ball was moved into the mid-field with power house winger Ben Ramsey coming of his wing to score under the posts, with the conversion kicked by Joe Hammond to level.

The game then became scrappy and disjointed, with Ross always having the upper hand physically ensuring field position. With the pressure always on the Ciren eight penalties were began to be conceded, making the half-time score 13-7 with two further penalties kicks by Ross.

The theme of the first half continued with Ciren always struggling to get any fluency into their game. Ross scored their second try after being camped deep into the Ciren territory for some time to make it 24-7.

Just like in the first half Ciren hit back from this latest setback to score out wide through Alex Hammond after some great possession rugby, with quick ruck ball creating space out wide to close the gap to 24-12 with Zeb Waite missing the conversion but it wasn't enough and Ross held out to progress to the third round.

After entering the game with a lot of confidence from the previous week, Cirencester will be disappointed in this defeat and ending their run in the RFU national cup.

The first team travel to Smiths Rugby this weekend in the league as they look to extend their winning run in the league to four games.

Elsewhere, Cirencester seconds had a great win on their travels as they beat Loglevens 18-17 in Gloucester, in challenging weather conditions.

Cirencester battled to what was a much deserved win, which will boost their confidence ahead of their league game against Huccelcote RFC seconds this coming weekend as they return to league action