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The Warriors marked their first home game of the season with an emphatic 102-0 victory over Keynsham, writes Mike Amos.
Despite facing a much larger pack, the Warriors quickly established themselves at the scrum, with Jo Atkins, Charlie Harris and Will Ramafomo helping disrupt the visitors.
After eight minutes, full-back Jo Sharp broke the deadlock with the opening try, converted by James Collins.
A minute later, Viliame Kotobalavu offloaded for Charlie Webber to race through and score before Beau Wareham produced a powerful run from the restart to add a third.
Collins converted both to make it 21-0.
Jack Burnett was forced off with a back problem, bringing Ned Burlingham into the action, and the replacement soon made an impact by breaking through and supplying Dan Tremlett for the bonus-point try.
Keynsham responded with a spell of pressure but were unable to breach a determined Warriors defence.
Wareham then struck again following a lineout before Kotobalavu released Webber for his second try.
The Warriors scrum continued to cause problems and, after Keynsham were pushed off their own ball, Wareham fed Ethan Norris to score.
Burlingham added another before creating an opportunity for Collins as the hosts reached half-time with a commanding 59-0 advantage.
The Warriors continued where they left off after the break.
Burlingham broke through to set up Leo Walker before scoring himself three minutes later.
Although Keynsham continued to attack when opportunities arose, strong Warriors defence kept them scoreless.
Tries from Malin Tyson, Wareham, Tremlett and scrum-half Lee Cash took the Warriors to 96 points before Webber completed his hat-trick.
Collins’s conversion brought up the century and, with the score at 102-0, the referee brought the game to an end after 65 minutes.
Despite the heavy defeat, Keynsham continued to compete until the final whistle and showed great spirit throughout.
The Warriors now travel to Minehead, who have also enjoyed an impressive start to the season.