Newton Abbot RFC 24 Wadebridge Camels 24

NEWTON Abbot RFC’s revival continued with a remarkable 24-all home draw at Rackerhayes against Wadebridge Camels.

That is now eight points from the last 10 up for grabs in South West Two as the All Whites focus on getting out of the relegation zone.

Newton Abbot are still bottom of the table but have moved level on 19 points with Teignmouth, who are also battling to stay up.

The All Whites’ immediate target is to get past third-from-bottom Truro, who are only three points further up the table. A win over North Petherton at Rackerhayes this Saturday will boost Newton’s prospects further.

Wadebridge shot off into a 17-5 lead by halftime and must have fancied their chances of a five-pointer on the road.

Newton chipped away at the deficit and got back to all square at 17-all in the second half. Heads could have dropped when Wadebridge went 24-17 up, but the All Whites kept battling and were rewarded with an answering try and conversion.

Jack Sealey was the man of the moment for Newton Abbot with a try hat-trick. Toby Pascoe was the other try scorer. Jay Barnes and Tom Steer landed a conversion each.

As previously mentioned, next up is a clash with North Petherton- this rearranged fixture rounding out a spell of three consecutive home games. After the recent win over Truro, Director of Rugby Mike Saxton commented that the club have, “Targeted these three games in January” and so are two-thirds of the way to achieving their goal.