Report courtesy of the Herald Express

Yatton 17-18 Torquay

Torquay left it late again before snatching victory with a try five minutes from time.The Tics crept past Taunton by two points last week and gave themselves an even bigger task this time around.

With an hour played the Tics were 17-3 behind, but they turned the game round in the next 15 minutes to snatch the lead.

Then it was a case of battening down the hatches for the last five minutes to keep the lead intact.

Yatton's opener, scored by Nick Garnham, was arguably against the run of play and came after Torquay spilled the ball out in the wing.

Tony Hill converted that try, and a Mike Harris score from an interception, then added a penalty for a 17-3 lead. In between Yatton's two tries, Torquay's Matt Jackson chipped over a penalty.

Torquay battled back through their forwards to get back in the game and it was fitting that No.8 Jon Arnold scored the catch-and-drive try to narrow the gap.

Yatton gave away a penalty almost from the restart and Jackson reduced the arrears to six points with the kick.

The closer Torquay got to the home line the less Yatton liked it and under pressure their penalty count soared.

Finally, Torquay got close enough for prop Steve Smith to rumble over, aided by a timely shove from centre Adam Last.

A win's a win, but Colin Rylance, the Tics playing director, feels the side can do better than this.

"We didn't perform that well but came away with the points so I am relatively happy," said Rylance.

'We tried to be a bit more inventive outside the scrum and a few things which didn't come off. Perhaps we were a bit too individual at times.

"The forwards played well again and one of these days when everything clicks someone is going to suffer at our hands."