SWINDON St George head coach Geoff Norris was full of pride for his players, despite watching them go down 46-10 to the Coventry Bears in their first ever game.
A FORMER Wigan Warrior will lead the revitalised Swindon St George into battle this season, 10 years after barking out his last orders with the Bulldogs.
WOOTTON Bassett were condemned to another season of Southern Counties South rugby after an agonising 22-3 defeat to Oxfordshire outfit Wallingford in Saturday's promotion decider.
WOOTTON Bassett ensured Trowbridge could not sign off their Southern Counties South title-winning season with a victory - but inadvertently cost themselves a home play-off in the process.
SWINDON skipper Paul Daniels believes another year in the Southern Counties North will stand Swindon in good stead to enjoy future consistency at a higher level.
WOOTTON Bassett skipper Dave Floyd has dismissed his side's chances of stealing the Southern Counties South title from Trowbridge tomorrow as "very unlikely.''
The two sides meet at Stoneover Lane in the last league match of the season, in what for a long time looked like it would be a division decider.