They opened up an early lead with two converted tries as they stretched the Avon defence out wide. With Avon increasingly on the wrong side of the referee’s decisions, Yatton exploited some broken field space to add another couple of tries and a penalty to race into a 29 nil lead.

As Avon started to exert their forward pressure, three successive scrum penalties eventually resulted in a pushover try, touched down by Tom Baldwin and converted by Rob Fitch to reduce the deficit.

The second half followed a similar pattern as Yatton slotted a penalty and another try before Avon enjoyed their best spell of the game. Gradually taking control up front, two huge line out drives from just inside the 22 ended up with tries for Dave Attwood and Liam Ridley.

As the series of mystifying penalties intensified, Yatton added another two successful kicks to stretch their lead. Desperately seeking their bonus point try, Avon’s attacks were repelled and with three players dismissed in a chaotic final 5 minutes, Yatton took full advantage of their numerical superiority to add their final converted try in front of a large crowd on their sponsors day to mark their new clubhouse.