Bracknell made it an afternoon to remember in an entertaining affair against Chippenham which saw them take the points in a try filled game.
The opening exchanges favoured Bracknell with much of the play in Chippenham’s 22, the home side had an early opportunity to score with a break by George Milligan, but there was a knock on in front of the posts.
Bracknell did score after seven minutes. The ball was played down the backs line and with a run down the touch line, a rolling maul was again stopped and another penalty was awarded which was sent to touch again.
This time the rolling maul was successful to make it 5-0 after an unsuccessful conversion.
The second try came five minutes later following a couple of breaks by Burch whenthe ball was sent down the backs line. Burch scored his first of two tries in the corner.
Two minutes later Chippenham got on the score sheet after gaining the ball from the restart, attacking in Bracknell’s 22 scored under the posts, and the conversion was good to make it 10-7.
Bracknell’s third try came soon after the restart, Chippenham cleared to the home sides 22, a penalty was given for a high tackle after the home sides clearance.
Jamie Johnson offloaded the ball to Milligan to score under the posts.
At this point the Bracknell scrum were starting to win the ball against the put in enabling the home side to mount attacks.
A maul successfully had the ball sent out wide to Mays who scored, with the conversion good and the bonus point secured Bracknell led 24-7 after 33 minutes.
Bracknell scored again as half-time approached after another scrum was won against the head, the backs with good hands got the ball out to Burch who scored his second under the posts with a 31-7 lead at the break.
Baylis ran unopposed the length of the pitch to score in the corner, which Will Field converted from out wide to make the score 38-7.
21 minutes into the second-half, Chippenham scored to the right of the posts, the conversion attempt hit the far post after visibly being affected by the wind which was becoming increasingly gusty.
Bayliss scored his second try on 28 minutes. This time it was Bracknell’s turn to hit the post, but the ball went over to make the score 45-12.
At this point it was expected the away side to tire, but they rallied and scored twice in a five-minute spell to secure the try bonus point. The first was converted, the second missed left the score on 45-24.
Bracknell had the final say in the game though, following a Burch attacking run down the wing, he set up Bayliss to score his hat-trick, with the conversion again successful the score was 52-24, the final whistle went soon after.
By Gary Miles
