ROSS RFC welcomed high-flying Gloucester side Spartans on Saturday and gave a good performance despite missing out 33-19.

Spartans struck first with a converted try, but Ross responded quickly, Max Roberts finding space out wide, and powering through the defence and rounding under the posts, with Jack Donovan adding the extras (7-7).

Ross looked to retain possession throughout the first half, moving the ball and testing the Spartans defence, but couldn’t quite find the finishing touch.

The second half saw Ross come out firing again, building pressure through a series of phases before Kieron Terry burst through the defence to cross the line.

Carroll powers over close to the posts

Ross continued to put Spartans under pressure in their own 22, and after several phases of relentless attacking play, Dylan Carroll eventually powered over close to the posts.

But Spartans added four more tries to their opening score, and denied Ross the fourth-try bonus point and losing bonus point they probably deserved.

The club posted: “A strong team performance against a quality Spartans side, with plenty of positives to take into the next block of fixtures.”

Man of the match was Bas Parker who gave “an outstanding 80-minute performance, and seemed to be everywhere on the pitch, putting in a huge shift from start to finish”.

Phoenix run up ton in 15-try walloping of Warpigs

Also in Gloucestershire Counties 4 Tribute, table mates Newent Phoenix scored a huge 103-0 15-try victory over CCS Warpigs.

Joe Heron and Sion Killa both secured try hat-tricks, while Tean Cross crossed twice and Lucas Holford, Anthony James, Tommy Devries Josh Hill, Mica Ortiz, and Jake Hill scored one apiece.

Travis Woodley had a pretty good afternoon with the kicking tee too, converting 14 of the 15 tries.

Joe rounded off his afternoon with the Man of the Match award to go alongside his three tries.