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THE NAVY 3
THE northern lights made a welcome return to winning ways when they blew The Navy out of the water!
With a good crowd of more than 450 watching, RGC started strongly and within 10 minutes they were 10-3 up with tries by prop Tom Dolezel and wing Dylan Owen.
The Navy had little match for RGC’s strong running and effective offload in the tackle and RGC went further ahead with a pushover try from Dolezel quickly followed by good phase play leading to a try by scrum-half Sean White.
Both were converted by full back Ciaran Hearn.
The RGC surge continued and centre Nick Blevin was the next to go over the Navy line, again converted by Hearn.
Just before half-time great running by man of the match Jack Moorhouse led to the final score of the half, putting RGC 36-3 ahead.
The second half was a different affair with the Navy containing RGC’s attack and beginning to test their defence.
Twice the Navy were virtually over RGC’s try line but their defence held firm.
It began to look as though the second half would be scoreless before RGC put in a late attack.
After the ball was worked across field young winger Kriss Wilkes took advantage of the overlap and scored the final try of the match which Hearn again converted.
“I’m absolutely delighted with the victory,” said head coach Clive Griffiths.