RUGBY: North Dorset 2nd 12 Warminster 7 (From Wiltshire Times)

RUGBY: North Dorset 2nd 12 Warminster 7

10:30am Wednesday 22nd February 2012 in Sport

WARMINSTER slipped to their first Dorset & Wilts One South defeat since September as they lost ground on leaders Weymouth.

A swirling crosswing and driving rain put paid to the Amber and Blues hopes of a free-flowing running game and erros blighted the contest.

Warminster took the lead when scrum-half Jason Sprangle pounced on a mistake from the Dorset fly-half, hacked through and won the foot race to touch down, before adding the conversion.

Dorset hit back in the second half with a well-worked backs move, but the conversion attempt hit the post.

With three minutes left Dorset snatched the game with a try in the corner, a superb conversion confirming Warminster’s defeat.

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