TJs kicked off this match looking to complete an unlikely double over Bury and to break the Haberden fortress.
It was Bury that eased into their stride earliest and with apparent ease. Will Christie scored Bury's first try from a catch and drive, the conversion was missed.

Bury 5-0 TJs

TJs responded immediately with a try for Luca Petrozzi following a trademark catch and drive, Thomas White converted.

Bury 5-7 TJs

Bury looked to up the pace of the game and from a quick tap and after numerous phases George Grigg-Pettitt scored, Penfold converted.

Bury 12-7 TJs

Bury's play reached another level becoming highly paced, highly skilled, with a high tempo and following some sublime handling Harry Simpson scored, the conversion was missed

Bury 19-7 TJs

Bury decided to put themselves under pressure an unfortunate sign of what was to come however they found a way to break TJs initiative. A number of flowing waves of play resulted in a superb try by Kodie Drury-Hawkins such beauty rarely seen outside a botanical garden, Penfold converted.

Bury 24-7 TJs

An unfortunate injury seemed to halt Bury's flow and allowed TJs a glimmer of hope. A needless Bury penalty resulted in a catch and drive with the excellent William Hollings scoring, the conversion was missed. The half ended with Bury missing an opportunity to stretch their lead and TJs looking for a chance to regroup.

Half-time Bury 24-12 TJs

The second half started slowly being punctuated by unforced errors, penalties and general indiscipline. Referee Alex Rose issued a stern word to all. TJs seemed to take on board his words of wisdom and began stringing phases together and forcing Bury into a catastrophic series of penalties, a creaking Bury scrum compounded their issues.
Consecutive penalties bore fruit for TJs and another catch and drive try scored by man of the match Holling, Wright converted.

Bury 24-19 TJs

Bury struggled to re-establish their flowing form of the first 30 minutes and TJs were happy for Bury to concede penalties, kick for touch to accrue further penalties. From one such situation the referee played an advantage, a clever kick-through by Wright resulted in a try for Duncan Tout, Wright converted.

Bury 24-26 TJs

Further penalties resulted in a Bury yellow card, TJs produced some flowing phases of their own and an excellent finish by Wright extended their lead, he converted his own try.

Bury 24-33 TJs

Bury desperately tried to gain parity but their indiscipline halted progress.
A solitary penalty brought Bury into bonus point territory however TJs responded despite losing Holling to the bin with their own converted penalty to stretch their lead.

Bury 27-36 TJs

Bury put TJs under huge pressure as they desperately looked for a bonus point score however a shot at goal was missed and shortly after the referee signalled the end of the match.

Full-time Bury 27-36 TJs

The Haberden faithful were left bemused at this result asking the question how could a Bury team that were so dominant in the first 30 minutes and leading by 19 points lose by 9? The coaching team will want to analyse the ridiculous number of unnecessary penalties conceded TJs will consider this a huge result scoring 26 unanswered points and whilst their play can be somewhat prescriptive it's also highly effective. Their second-half performance demonstrated true character and resilience resulting in the double whilst inflicting Bury's first defeat since September.

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BSE
Drury Hawkins, Stanway, Loose, Kharbouch, Simpson, Penfold, Christie, Robinson, Bourne, Cooper, Grigg-Pettitt, Kelland, Williams, Bursey, Porteous.
Subs McCartney, Jeffery, Russell, Meyers, Roper.

Tonbridge
Taylor-Dennehy, Osgood, Tout, Talbot, White, Evans, Petrozzi, Boon, Holling, Conlon, Hayes, Parker, Self, Nicoll, Sullivan.
Subs Munnelly, Mutch, Whitmarsh, Koomson, Walsh.

Referee Alex Rose

Full time Bury 27-36 Tonbridge

Half time Bury 24-12 Tonbridge

Bury Scorers tries Christie 3, Grigg-Pettitt 10, Simpson 16, Drury-Hawkins 26. Cons Penfold Penfold 11, 17, 27. Pens Penfold 70

Tonbridge Scorers Petrozzi 6, Holling 35,51, Toute 55, White 59, Cons White 7, 52, 56, 60.
Pens Evans 74.

Crowd 405

Star man William Holling 2 Tonbridge.