Bognor pass 50 points on visit to Portsmouth

Bognor started brightly with rugged defence in the midfield, Tom Orchard and George Castleton making tackles left right and centre and firing Bognor firmly into the contest.

The away side broke from deep with young stand-off Jeremy Newton-Young stepping through a gap. The fly half fed Dave Sweeney, who passed with ease to try addict Paddy Burnett.

Bognor kept building the phases and Billy Toone was providing quick ball for the big boys Chris Webb and Josh Burgess; who both carried in equally menacing fashion throughout. The ball was shipped from right to left through the soft hands of Sam Newcombe and Dan Robinson, eventually finding the Irish winger Burnett for his second and it was 12-0 already.

The men in green got another score and it was that man Burnett with the goods again, stepping past his opposite man to complete a hat-trick within 10 minutes. Sweeney converted for a 19-0 lead.

Bognor gave away a few silly penalties after some pressure from the home side’s forwards, Tom James getting dragged into the thick of it and James Barlow impeding for offside; the big second row not puttng a foot wrong elsewhere. It was 19-3 after an easy penalty.