Supermarine Ladies defeated Whitchurch 17-5 in their opening league match in Shropshire.

The start of the game was dominated by Supermarine, who overpowered Whitchurch in the scrum.

Eventually Whitchurch conceded a penalty try from an advancing scrum on their line. However Whitchurch's backs made the most of rare possession to level the score against the run of play.

Claire Dykas was brought on in the second half and dodged the Whitchurch defence to score a crucial try.

An excellent pushover try by the dominant forwards sealed the final 17-5 victory, wing Julie Boyle converting one of the tries.