SCRUM-HALF Tom Fieldsend ran in a hat-trick of tries as Royal Wootton Bassett swept aside Walcot 37-14 in Southern Counties South.

Tom Wickens dotted down twice, while Matt Loader also got over the whitewash on debut.

However, it was not all plain sailing for Bassett as the match was evenly poised at 15-14 in the early stages of the second half before the home side broke away.

Bassett coach Dave Floyd said: “We’re pleased to win. It was a big day at the club with the beer festival as well. There were lots of people there and that always puts extra pressure on playing in front of lots of people.

“Tom played with the Colts last year so he was chuffed to bits with how we got on.

“Their two tries were breakaway tries so although we were pleased with the performance there were just a few errors which put us under pressure.

“At half-time we had something to work on and we were pleased with how we were able to put it to bed in the second half.

“We’re happy with our start. It’s one game at a time, we just need to take on what we didn’t do so well on Saturday and be better next time.”

  • SWINDON made it three wins from three to sit top of the South West 1 East table after a 47-17 success away at High Wycombe.

Tries from Josh Jensen, Nicholas Warren, Jordan Sheppard and Richard White put Sean Lynn’s men 26-17 to the good at the break and it was one-way traffic in the second half.

Jensen crossed twice more to complete his hat-trick, while skipper Adam Westall also got over the whitewash as well as adding 12 points on the day with the boot.