{"id":353287,"date":"2025-12-17T06:02:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T06:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/353287\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T06:02:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T06:02:08","slug":"rugby-wiveliscombe-continue-dominant-season-with-42-13-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/353287\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby: Wiveliscombe continue dominant season with 42-13 win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk\/news\/wellington_and_wiveliscombe\/?ref=au\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Wiveliscombe;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Wiveliscombe<\/a> RFC&#8217;s first team defeated Torquay 42-13 to remain top of the Western Counties West league.<\/p>\n<p>The team scored seven tries, achieving a bonus point victory and maintaining an eight-point lead at the summit of the table.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>This win saw several Somerset Colts players fielded by Wiveliscombe against ninth-placed Torquay.<\/p>\n<p>Wiveliscombe controlled the game, but Torquay had try-scoring chances in the first half, only to be let down by handling errors.<\/p>\n<p>The defensive effort of Wiveliscombe was commendable, with their tackling proving effective against the sizeable Torquay forwards.<\/p>\n<p>Wiveliscombe&#8217;s pack made life tough for Torquay&#8217;s scrum, creating attacking opportunities for themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Olly Standbury, making his debut at flyhalf for Wiveliscombe, opened the scoring with an early penalty kick, while Torquay responded via right-wing Billy Whalley, who finished a swift move by Torquay&#8217;s three-line.<\/p>\n<p>Wiveliscombe ramped up the pressure, adding three tries before half-time.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Baker, their quick-thinking scrum-half, scored two tries after inching near the visitor&#8217;s try line, while Jack Lee, another debutant, added the third.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Standbury managed one conversion, while Mawgan Penrice added a penalty for Torquay.<\/p>\n<p>The first half ended 20-8 in Wiveliscombe&#8217;s favour, and their\u00a0dominance continued in the second half, despite playing uphill.<\/p>\n<p>Jack Lee added his second try, with Standbury converting, extending the lead to 27-8.<\/p>\n<p>Torquay&#8217;s winger Whalley grabbed his second try, trimming the score to 27-13.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, Wiveliscombe finished robustly with three more tries.<\/p>\n<p>Dan Rottenbury added their fifth try, while debutant Arthur Irvine, one of three Colts players debuting for Wiveliscombe, scored two more.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Irvine showcased his pace along the touchline to score in the clubhouse corner.<\/p>\n<p>This performance confirmed Wiveliscombe&#8217;s position as league leaders, eight points clear of second-placed Paignton.<\/p>\n<p>The first team will face Barnstaple seconds away on Saturday, December 20, while the second XV will host Weston-super-Mare seconds on the same day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wiveliscombe RFC&#8217;s first team defeated Torquay 42-13 to remain top of the Western Counties West league. The team&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,193926,760,85,7337,193925],"class_list":{"0":"post-353287","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-jack-lee","11":"tag-rugby","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-torquay","14":"tag-wiveliscombe"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}