Burnham took the opportunity to keep playing and used this friendly game as a chance to utilise some of their promising young players,who by and large acquitted themselves admirably,showing that they do have the ability to step up.After 5 minutes Burnham were awarded a penalty scrum,Piper quickly out to Mason Shaw to force his way over.5-0.15 minutes later a long clearing kick from Pike was gathered by Barton Hill,who attacked from deep,only tohave Maka racing through to intercept and score under the posts.Piper converted.12-0.10 minutes later Russell Pike produced a captain’s try after, Burnham had recycled twice,enabling Pike to create a large hole with agility and pace to score under the posts.19-0.Barton Hill replied with good retention to score out wide.19-5.On the stroke of halftime following strong play by the pack Piper found Tom Chaffey on the blind side to dive over.24-5.The second half didn’t live up to the first and apart from a try each,Burnham’s scored by Luke Gowan, the game generally fizzled out.Final score 29-10.

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