CLEVE entertained Burnham-on-Sea on a family day, with junior members out in force for a Halloween party.
The first team made sure they had plenty of entertainment on the pitch, putting in one of their most outstanding performances of the season to beat the visitors by 80 points to 15.
Cleve are riding high in the league and have been table toppers for the whole season.
They opened their account very quickly in the opening few minutes, with Mitch Avery scoring. Matthew Jarvis stepped up to convert the try. He has a phenomenal record this season, having played six games and only missed two kicks.
Avery was enjoying his outing, racing through tackles and supplying good ball.
Tom Pool was another who was showing great form, going through on the wing to score to make it 14-0.
Burnham had to defend hard on their line and had a breakout, eventually narrowing the gap to 14-8, but that was as close as they would get.
Harry Casson was another Cleve player making a telling contribution to the team effort. His lineout presence was creating good ball for the backs.
The scrums were also impressive, and Cleve’s backs ran it Bristol Bears-style, with the wingers going over to score.
Cleve, when they had possession, moved it wide. When they lost possession Cleve continued to press Burnham into their own 22.
By half time Cleve were up 42-8.
This allowed a number of substitutions to be made, but Cleve were relentless in the second half. They continued to move the ball along the line but when it came to Matthew Jarvis he stepped through and scored, then converted his own try.
The scoreboard was continually moving: it didn’t seem to matter where Cleve got the ball as they cut through Burnham to score.
Stephen Bateman