UNDERSTRENGTH Warminster suffered their third league defeat of the season as they were resoundingly beaten.

The Amber and Blues’ cause was not helped by a number of players being unavailable and they were forced to field a patched-up back line.

An early try served warning of what the visitors were in for and Bridport added a penalty before Jason Sprangle, who had missed an earlier effort, got Warminster on the board with a penalty.

But Bridport added two more tries before half time and the second half followed a similar pattern.

Injuries did not help the visitors’ cause, notably to prop Matty Dunford, flanker James Rowbotham and hooker Dan Woods as Bridport scored three further tries.

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