The last 90 seconds were scarcely believable for the sundrenched Twickenham crowd. After a quarter the Navy led by 22 points, and 24 points at the break. The Senior Service’s dominance was total, with aggressive physicality in defence matched by clinical finishing, debutant Jack Wright on the end of a pair of driving mauls, Ratu Vakalutukali and William Rigelsford running intelligent supporting lines into space to score, and Kristan Dobson showing power, pace and balance down the right touchline into the corner.
All the Army had to show for their efforts was a lone Senitiki Nayalo effort but, at 5-29 down head coach Tim Osman insisted that there was calmness in the dressing room.
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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