Ross’ season seems to get better and better. After an unbeaten league campaign, Ross added the Forest of Dean Combination Cup last Saturday, with a hard fought 44-17 win over Berry Hill.

Ross hosted the final, the pitch looked immaculate, the sun shone and it was set for a great match. Ross opened the scoring after 15 minutes with a Thai Hayward penalty, but Berry Hill hit back after 25 minutes with the game’s opening try, taking them 5-3 ahead. Up to this point the encounter had been evenly contested, with Berry Hill looking to take advantage with their bigger pack and Ross looking to keep the ball in play and moving.

Ten minutes to the break the Berry Hill number 10 got a yellow card and Ross took full advantage of their numerical advantage. A sustained attack saw them deep in the Berry Hill twenty two. Alex Davies nearly broke clear but was dragged down within ten yards of the line, but a quick ball sent the ball through three pairs of hands and Matt King cruised over to score taking Ross 8-5 ahead.

From the kick off Chris Price rose to collect the ball and his pass sent Gavin Oates deep into the Berry Hill defence. From the ensuing ruck Ben Element dummied a pass that opened up a gap and in a blink of an eye he was through and clear. As the Berry Hill defence scampered back, he had the prescence of mind to see his winger, Marcus Barnard wide out on the right and his precise grubber kick was collected by Marcus who touched down to score, taking Ross 13-3 clear at the break.

Ross took that momentum into the second half with scores from Casey Morgan, taking a quick penalty before the Berry Hill defence could set, and Gavin Oates who took them 25-5 clear.

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