Chippenham moved into the fifth round of the Intermediate Cup but it was more by good fortune then anything else.

Outplayed by their visitors from South West Division 2 West, Chippenham had the failings of the opposition goalkicker, who missed six simple penalties, to thank for their progression.

Chippenham started well with winger McMillan going close to scoring in the opening minutes before scrum half Tim Dunford broke down the Weston blind side from a scrum to score shortly afterwards.

James Barnard added the conversion and Chippenham increased their lead with a Barnard penalty soon after, before Weston began to work their way into the game.

Chippenham resorted to relying on speculative breaks out of defence in a bid to maintain their lead, and centre Tom Crockett broke through a number of tackles to score in the corner. Barnard added a touchline conversion.

Chippenham's discipline began to fall apart. The referee took action and sinbinned prop Terry May shortly before half-time and with this disadvantage Weston were able to score a second converted try.

The second half started in a similar vein with Chippenham trying to attack on the break. From one such break full back Barnard carved through the centre of Weston's defence and passed to give Darren McMillan a simple try.

Weston hit back and for the remainder of the game Chippenham were reduced to defending at all costs. The cost proved too much for replacement hooker Paul Baker, who was sinbinned after only minutes on the pitch for one infringement too many.

Finally after pounding the home side's line for a full five minutes Weston were awarded a penalty try after the referee grew tired of the persistent and blatant infringements by Chippenham. For once the Weston kicker managed to get the ball over the bar to convert the try but it was too little too late.