FRED SMALE scored a hat-trick of tries as OPMs overcame city rivals Plymouth Argaum 34-21 at a sunny Bickleigh Down on Saturday in Counties Two Devon.

Both sides were missing a host of players for the rearranged league clash.

Argaum did have more territory and possession, but they were unable to make it tell either through errors, making the wrong decisions or due to good defence by OPMs, who did hold them over the line twice in the first half and also stopped them scoring a fourth try right at the death.

The visitors, on the other hand, with Fred and Matt Smale influential, did take their chances and scored points on nearly every visit into the 22.

Read the rest of the article HERE by Sara Raine and Plymouth Sports Gazzette.

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