Report courtesy of the Herald Express

Torquay turned the taps on in the second half as they swamped St Mary's with five unanswered tries.The Tics felt they had unfinished business with St Mary's, having lost 29-25 up in Bristol last month when fielding a hugely depleted side.

St Mary's just about managed to keep a finger in the dyke for the first 40 minute as Torquay were limited to a modest 13-5 lead.

The sluice gates opened in the second half though as Torquay's backs rampaged through the fading St Mary's defence time after time.

St Mary's are a rugby playing side - even when the situation looked hopeless they tried to play running rugby - which possibly contributed to the size of their downfall. Had they been a little more cynical, it might have been possible to limit Torquay's share of the ball - and the tries that gave them.

That wasn't Torquay's problem though. They can look back on a job well done and elevation to fourth place ahead of Clevedon on points difference.

St Mary's led briefly from the 14th minute when wing Steve Trimmel chipped and chase and beat Tics prop Nick Gill in a one-sided foot race to the tryline.

Ben Passenger was inches away from levelling when he was brought crashing down by an ankle tap from Mary's No.8 Richie Clarke.

Torquay were level from their very next attack: lock Andy Knight flopping over from a line-out drive. Matt Jackson converted from a tight angle and added two penalties for 13-5 at the break.

Jackson opened up with a third penalty six minutes into the second half, then converted a try under the posts from Tom Harris, who bombed through to score having just come on as a replacement for Jimmy Hill.

Chris Hallett was next over on the end of a cheeky inside pass from Adam Last that left the Mary's defence all over the place.

Jackson couldn't convert, but did slot a penalty and the extras to Scott Rylance try under the bar.

The Tics saved the best until last when Harris hared in under the posts from long range having done well to take a bootlace-height pass from Jackson. Harris did well to bend down that far - and actually see the pass coming in the gathering gloom of the Recreation Ground.