TROWBRIDGE were brought back to earth in their first match of 2015 following their pre-Christmas run of three wins.

The visitors started the game well, putting the Grove defence under pressure.

A counter-attack and a kick to touch from the home backs the Grove scrum-half Tom Wells suffered a serious back injury from the resulting lineout, stopping the game.

A decision was made to move the game to the next pitch over due to the daylight time remaining.

Paramedics attended to Wells, who was released from hospital on Saturday night.

The big Grove pack then dictated terms, although the visitors did mount several powerful attacks.

Grove were first to get on the score board when right wing Huw Lewis chip-kicked a ball in behind the Trowbridge defence, gathering it himself and racing in to score under the posts, giving Harry Carr a simple conversion.

From the restart, the visitors seemed unable to cope with the muddy conditions, giving away several set scrums until they eventually gained some momentum.

Good interplay between the Trowbridge backs sent in Dave Finlay to score out wide, but Lloyd Davis was unable to add the extras.

The Grove pack forced their way back into the Trowbridge half, picking and driving until the pressure told and Lewis got his second, Carr again kicking the conversion.

Both sets of forwards continued to battle away in the secnd half as play moved from end to end.

Trowbridge turned down a kickable penalty to go for the line, but the home side defended and cleared their lines.