Priddey bags four as Camborne continue sensational run of form

CAMBORNE maintained third spot in the National One table by running in no less ten tries in the autumn sunshine at the Recreation Ground to record a comprehensive victory over Bishop’s Stortford.

After the crowd of more than 1,000 had paid their respects to the fallen in a short Remembrance Day service, the Cherry and Whites tore into the visitors to go 14-0 up in the opening minutes.

First to cross was scrum-half Dan Roderick from Barnaby Elderkin’s break, before the young flanker was again the provider as his inside pass sent centre Joel Matavesi in unopposed. Fraser Honey added the extras to both scores.

A couple of long-range opportunist converted tries for the visitors from Joe Brock and Alex Gilham then briefly levelled matters, before a brace of ‘catch and drive’ dot downs from hooker Ben Priddey, plus a Honey conversion had ‘Town’ 26-14 up as the interval neared.

On the half-time whistle a home handling error presented a soft score for Jack Biard for 26-21, but thereafter the hosts went up a gear coming down the slope, running up a total of 33 unanswered points to overpower the visitors.

Straight from the restart, industrious wing Frankie Nowell seized on a loose ball to race clear, and soon after centre Josh Matavesi barged through two tacklers to touchdown. Skipper Sam Matavesi was next to cross having been set free by a flanker Jordan Nicholls pass. Fly-half Honey converted all three tries as ‘Town’ went out of sight at 47-21 with nearly half an hour remaining.

On the hour the Cherry and Whites brought up the half-century with a delightful score as Sam and Josh Matavesi combined with the all-action Nowell to send Elderkin diving over. Honey again slotted the conversion.

As the game entered the closing stages, hooker Priddey was driven over in front of the West Bank completing yet another hat-trick to make it 59-21.

To their credit, Bishop’s Stortford then battled back late on to bag a brace of converted scores via Frazier Kiff and Theo Mannion, the latter who slotted all five of his kicks, but on the final whistle the prolific Priddey pounced on a loose ball to touch down his fourth of the afternoon to take him to 15 tries for the season. Honey landed the conversion with the final act of the game.

CAMBORNE: Oli Roberts; Frankie Nowell, Joel Matavesi, Josh Matavesi, Ben Power; Fraser Honey, DanRoderick, Jack Andrew, Ben Priddey, Jon Drew, Adam Hughes, Jago Sheppard; Barnaby Elderkin, SamMatavesi (capt), Herbie Stupple. Replacements: Tommy-Lee Southworth, Ben Woodmansey, Jordan Nicholls, CJ Boyce, Matt Shepherd.

Tries: Roderick, Joel Matavesi, Priddey (4), Nowell, Josh Matavesi, S Matavesi, Elderkin; Convs: Honey (8); Pens: N/A.

Cherry and Whites’ man-of-the-match: Frankie Nowell.