24/03/2019
Dinton welcomed top of the league side Dorchester Rugby Club to the rec this weekend for a warm day of rugby!
After the last few run of games resulting in close losses, Dinton set out to give it there all this week and test the top side
Still with the absence of key players and the new faces to rugby arriving, Dinton faced their challenges, but in true barbarians style they werenāt going to let it pull them down
Dintonās skipper Lewis Simmons won the toss and chose to play up the park for the first half, which meant Dorchester kicked off the procedures
The barbarians started off the game with a big defensive effort, as the powerful Dorchester side kept punching close to the try line but couldnāt quite get there
After not being able to get through the Dinton defence early on, they won a penalty and decided to take the points in front of the post
Dorchester regained possession and quickly made there way down there park, doing the same again, but unfortunately for Dinton they couldnāt hold out this time resulting in a couple of tryās for Dorchester
Scrum half Ben Combes took the kick off into Dorchester hands which was closely met by a Dinton shirt, the quick thinking barbarians reacted fast to turn the possession over and make their attack in the Dorchester half
After some strong attacking runs at the Dorchester line defence, number 8 Marcus Richard Thonner bowled his way over the line to get the first Dinton score of the day, which fly half Jordan King converted
After more attacking phases from both sides the first half came to an end, with the score line 13-7 to Dorchester
The second half was kicked off by scrum half Ben Combes, where Dinton looked to use the downhill advantage
Dorchester also were not looking to lie down just yet, with both sides playing some end to end rugby
With either side failing to find the line, this resulted in lots of scrummaging, where as Dinton had the lighter pack, they dominated every scrum, showing the barbarians power set which was keeping them in the game
It seemed that Dorchester had enough of the set pieces and had to utilise the pace in their back line, this was very effective and resulted in a Dorchester try and widening the points margin
But Dinton werenāt ready to give up just yet!
With Dinton turning up the gears, they battered their way down the park which resulted in number 8 Marcus getting his second and winger Tom Toroca breaking through a ruck on the 5 meter line to get his first try of the day
With the way Dinton were playing, a result was looking likely for the ba baās, but they just couldnāt get it through the hands and make it count
As the clock was ticking, Dorchester had one more effort up the park and scored in the corner, making the margin too big for Dinton achieve
But that didnāt stop Dinton with a driving maul from their own 22 to the opposite 22, this resulted in a Dinton penalty, which meant one last effort to get a bonus point
Dinton gave it their all after winning the line out, using pods to get close to the line, but unfortunately from the Captain Simmo the referee couldnāt see a clear grounding and made the decision held up
As the ref called his final whistle, it was fair to say that everyone of that pitch gave it their all and couldnāt complain with the result
25-17 win to Dorchester, hats off to the boys, there is a reason why they are at the top of the league table
Dinton look forward to another week off coming as they prepare to spoil their mothers on Motherās Day and prepare for their last 2 games of the season!
