Some of those were reserved for later in the game, while we fielded a young side missing the likes of Adam Coates, Andrew Rollins and Jake Linighan. Michael Hogan and Aidan Jackson-Smith both made their first appearanxces of the season along with with Will Hilditch. Ben Briggs and Adam Hutchinson added their names to those of the former Academy players who made promising senior debuts in both warm-up games.
In the first quarter the West pack had the shove on the West Bridgford eight although the visitors looked sharp on the few occasions they got into our 22.
Tries from Ryan Painter and Lewis Scott, with cons from Zac Southern and Ollie Connolly, made it 14-14 at the break.
We lost Alex Barker to a nasty looking dislocated finger and Chris Atkins to a shoulder injury, and so it was a very youthful West which played the final quarter - youthful apart from the cameo from 53 year old Mixie Parker who wasn't afraid to bring down the odd marauding 6ft 6in visitor.
Adam Brown, almost a veteran in this company, finished off our scoring while the visitors used their power to to build up a deserved lead.