CALNE just missed out on exacting a little revenge for Minety's unwillingness to postpone the World Cup final day fixture eariler in the year.

A strong Calne line up drove into the fast improving Minety pack and created a turnover instantly. Minety found their feet after ten minutes and missed a deserved panalty.

Calne's Andy Donegan, starting his first game at fly half, slotted a effort monent later. This was shortly followed by a second moments later, as Calne stsrted to control most phazes of play and matched Minety's pack.

Donegan's oposite number broght the score back to 6-3 but just as they looked to re-establish some control Winger John Hope-Smith recived a miss pass from Donegan to find himeself in space. Hope-Smith dropped his shoulder and took the score.

The difficult converstion was scored by Donegan.

In the second half Minety looked a different team and as the wind picked up they pinned Calne back in their 22 for 25 minutes.

Valliant defence and some herioc tackling from Full back, and later man of the match, Mike Smith kept Minety at bay until Minety's back line were given some ball. Then their winger was able to gove over for a touch line score. The neatly taken conversion was taken by Tweedle. A rejunivated Mienty picked up another three points and leveled the game as a Calne player was sin binned for violent conduct. Down to 14 men Calne struggled to contain a Minety side who could see victory in their reach as another infringement allowed Tweedle to take another penalty. Chasing the game for the fisrt time Calne showed some steal as they advanvced, the hard way, into Minety's terriory.

Daron Thomas, Ian Smart and Alan Wicks carried the ball superbly and were rewarded as Minety's professional foul was spotted and Donegan brought the scores back to 16 all.

It was Minety who, in a battle of who wanted the game more, stepped up to the mark and took the game with a blindside break in Calne's 22 leading to two broken tackles and a score in the corner.