Bridgwater will have been hugely disappointed not to have completed the double over Gloucester strugglers Coney Hill.

Bridgwater started brightly with Sam Osborne looking lively at fly half.

However, Coney Hill opened the scoring following the first of several controversial incidents.

Hill kicked for the corner and the ball hit the corner flag and bounced back infield.

Gavin Hancock’s clearing kick for Bridgwater was gathered on the 22 by Hill’s number eight, Griffin, who charged through and scored an unconverted try in the corner; however, nobody seemed sure whether a ball striking a corner flag should have been judged in touch.

Bridgwater responded with good work from Carl Brown and Andy Tew, releasing Rob Allen who burst through to score from halfway. Osborne’s conversion attempt went narrowly wide.

After 15 minutes, Bridgwater took the lead. Following patient recycling, the ball was moved right and eventually reached James Austwick, who scored; Osborne converted.

Hill hit back when a missed Bridgwater tackle allowed flanker MacRae to score at the posts. An Osborne penalty put Bridgwater 15-12 ahead before the home second row, Cooper, was sin-binned.

Despite being reduced to 14 men, Coney Hill should have scored just before a half-time but knocked on with a 4-2 overlap.

Bridgwater extended their lead early in the second half.

Dan Kemmish secured good line-out ball deep in the home side’s half and fed prop Phil Triggol, who peeled through a gap and, like England wing Chris Ashton, scored with an extravagant leap.

Had Triggol scored closer to the posts, Osborne would have had a better chance of converting the try, but his miss proved crucial.

Bridgwater thought they had scored another try but the referee blew for a penalty and sin-binned home full back Knight.

However, despite their one-man advantage, Bridgwater conceded the next score, unconverted, and another Coney Hill “try” was disallowed, with the ball going just beyond the dead ball line.

A 25-metre Baker penalty levelled the scores and both sides had chances to win, with Williams missing a long-range penalty for Bridgwater.

Although Bridgwater’s line-out and scrum worked well, and the backs looped sharp for the first hour, the visitors will have been annoyed by the final 30 minutes.

Next week, Bridgwater host third-placed Old Patesians in a re-arranged game, kicking off at 3pm.

Bridgwater Team: Will Topps, James Austwick (rep George Williams 60), Rob Allen, Garron Basson, Gavin Hancock, Sam Osborne, Dominik Griffin, Phil Triggol, Gavin Knight (rep Olly Dunn 54), James Bryant (rep Nick Brooks 70), Ali Blundell, Steve Hunt (captain), Dan Kemmish, Carl Brown, Andy Tew.