It looked as if Honiton would run away with things after several early scores but the Tops bounced back well and were still in it at half time at 27-12 down.

After the break Honiton switched off and were in real danger of being caught when the visitors dotted down twice more and with just one score in it Tops had the upper hand as the game went into the final quarter.

Thankfully Honiton steady the ship and after some fine work from man of the match Dion Warner Honiton scored again and that seemed to break the sprit of the visitors and Honiton finished strongly with two scores.

Honitons scores were shared between Ben Morris, Kye Brooks nad Tom Holmes with lewis groves kicking several conversions. There were many positives with the win but there is a lot of room for improvement especially around the ruck and “deck clearing” situations and “dare I suggest”, less time on the computer games and more time on fitness activities.