Within the first 2 minutes, Clifton going down the hill, won a penalty which was converted by James Dixon, Ten minutes later the lavender and blacks went further ahead with Finlay Sharp being released to score and Dixon added the extras. Redcliffians up the hill were battling hard and were rewarded when fly half Ashley Groves struck a penalty kick to reduce the deficit to seven points.

Straight from the kick off home side hearts were broken as a speculative kick ahead was eventually picked up by hooker Luke Stratford and with Dixon again converting Clifton led at the break by 17 points to 3.

The second half was no different as Mitch Spencer, scored and the ever dependable Dixon again was spot on.

A surge from the restart saw Reds with a penalty kick into Clifton’s ten metre area and a line out catch and give was enough for Luke Rapson to streak through for the touchdown but the conversion was missed.

Kick after kick, ping pong style, resulted in a Reds penalty kicked to the touchline on 5 metres . An overthrown line out gave Clifton back the advantage and an attack went over the line but was deemed to be held up. Drive after drive by the home side was well held by a stubborn and effective Clifton defence.

A knock on, on the Clifton line, saw another Redcliffians attack thwarted. The defence of Clifton was seldom broken and on 70 minutes their attack kicked into gear, Harry Bates crossing with Dixon again converting.

Reds however, took the game again to Clifton and captain Dan Fry finished of a classically Reds attacking play to score between the posts, this time Groves choosing to drop the conversion attempt in search of a vital further score but this was not to be and Clifton’s dominance of the Bristol rugby scene continues unabated.