STABILITY and consistency were illustrated again by industrious Salisbury RFC as they produced a scintillating demolition at the expense of Wimborne, who were ironically the last team to defeat them - 15 weeks ago.

The tenth straight win – in the form of 58-5 - in Southern Counties South was another highlight in Green and Whites’ remarkable turnaround following last season’s demotion.

Knocking champions-elect Swanage and Wareham off their perch is no doubt a tall order but having cemented second place and maintained a six-point advantage over third-placed Sherborne, things are going swimmingly ahead of their remaining several fixtures.

They have gelled well as a team this term and the consistently high points’ aggregates have emphasised how well they work as a unit, for the umpteenth time.

The Wimborne pack outweighed the Salisbury pack by several stones but were never able to impose themselves on the Salisbury boys.

Richard West and Gareth Blackbarrow consistently held firm and welcomed the Wimborne front row to Salisbury for most of the game. Salisbury scored at will, running in four tries in the first half.

For the opening try, Tom Pottage offloaded to Theo Daniel who showed the defence a clean pair of heels to score with five minutes, this was closely followed a few minutes later by Dave Thorpe’s run, in which Pottage converted the extras.

The third try again showed the interplay improvement in the team when Josh Green passed to Daniel, who passed back to Green who ran in for the try as Pottage converted.

A run through and try by Thorpe, converted by Pottage who also bagged a penalty kick for himself, saw the hosts lead 29-0 at half time.

The second half started the way the first half ended when Dom Porter received the ball just inside the Wimborne 22 and held off three tackles to score under the posts. Pottage again scored the extras. Thorpe completed his hat trick of tries to make the score 41-0.

The Green and Whites then sealed the game with a classic Pottage run following a skilled pass from West, Pottage outrunning all passing players to score and then convert under the post.

To complete the drubbing, the nimble feet of Mike Dauwalder skipped deftly around a number of tackles and gently placed the ball on the line to score, before Salisbury notched another try.

The clean sheet was denied in the final few moments when the visitors scored to scrape five points together.

First team manager Matt Pallas said: “This is the game we’ve wanted to play for a long time and we’re content with how it went.”

  • Iain Miller played his final game of the season for the Green and Whites as he’s leaving the country to go travelling to New Zealand and then South America.