Weston super Mare 7 Launceston 28

In very hot conditions, Weston gave a debut to New Zealander Bradley McPate on the wing. But despite dominating for long periods, Weston lacked the killer instinct that the visitors possessed.
The usual dominance at the scrum continued despite a couple of adjudged infringements. Still, Weston, when in a position to put pressure into points, came up short with a misplaced or dropped pass allied to some indiscipline, which resulted in a couple of yellow cards.
The game remained scoreless until the stroke of halftime when the Launceston forwards finally opened the scoring with a powerful drive, which was expertly converted.
From the restart, Weston attacked with a flowing move, which ended with prop Oliver Streeter being held up over the line. However, from the goal line dropout, the visitors went straight upfield to double their lead.
Weston redoubled their efforts, producing the best passage of play of the game, but when the ball was eventually dropped in front of the posts with the try line glaring, Launceston took advantage and went straight down the other end for their third converted try.
Despite putting in some great work in the conditions, Weston were beginning to flag, and Launceston’s impressive inside centre danced through some weak defence to gain the visitors a bonus point try.
Weston did get a consolation late on, which their efforts deserved when fly half Archie Tilsley crossed and then converted his try, which their overall play deserved.
For the hosts, replacement hooker Josh Mynett did some good work on his reappearance, and McPate showed glimpses of what could come if given enough ball, but, in the end, it was a lesson by the visitors on how to take the chances you are given.