Within five minutes they were on the scoreboard, as a great chase by right winger, Mark Harsley, was rewarded with a try for supporting fullback, Mike Wood, and they rarely looked back from there.
Wave upon wave of Mowden pressure kept the visitors trapped deep in their own 22, and it was clear the next try wouldn’t be long in coming. When it came, five minutes later, it was via young lock, Seb Ferreira, who dotted down at the side of a textbook driving maul to increase his side’s lead to 10 – 0.
Still the home side showed no signs of letting up, and although Percy Park defended bravely for the next ten minutes, they had no answer when scrum half, Max Connon, took a quick tap-penalty, allowing No.8, Joe Craggs, to crash over from eight metres.
15 – 0 became 20 – 0 on 29 minutes, when the visitors ran out of tacklers in the face of another relentless Mowden surge, and Argentinian hooker, Gaston Demergasso , forced his way over to secure his side the four-try bonus point.
Percy Park were finally stung into some attacking action of their own, and having set up camp in the home 22 for nearly ten minutes, finally forced their way over with three minutes of the half remaining. Having given Percy Park a glimmer of hope before the break, it was vital that Mowden started the second half with a bang, and they did this, monopolizing possession for the first ten minutes. When the visitors tried to break the stranglehold, they were dispossessed in midfield, and when the ball was moved swiftly left to the rampaging Talite Vaioleti, he was unstoppable from 30 metres. Max Connon added the conversion, and the game was as good as won at 27 – 5. To their credit, Percy Park continued to make a fight of it, and when a kick ahead pushed the home defence back into their 22, the visitors’ winger was on hand to pick off a misplaced pass to score in the corner, making it 27 – 10. The home side was determined not to let the away team have the last word, and they again laid siege to their line, culminating in a try from skipper, Tom Harrison, who stormed through the home defence on the end of a short pass from Connon. Connon again obliged with the easy extras, and Mowden led 34 – 10 with ten minutes left. Both sides continued to strive for more, without success, though the home side were within one pass of adding to their score on the final whistle. In the end, 34 – 10 was probably a fair reflection of a game the home side dominated, but the visitors played a full part in