Swift hands make light work.

For a fabulous five minutes in the first half and a faultless fifteen minutes in the second half, Derby tore a not bad Paviors side simply to shreds by moving the ball along the line, hand to hand at stunning pace. 

That’s a quarter of the game. So, what was in-between? Well, some predominately very out of hand indiscriminate kicking away of possession and a scrummage that wheeled and wobbled alarmingly, especially in the first half. And it was from poor Derby kicks that allowed Paviors back into the game to the point that not much would seemingly separate the sides at full time. 

To be fair, this NLD cup competition day was an anti-climax to the emotional events of the previous Saturday for perhaps both Derby players and supporters.

Paviors sensed that Derby were maybe vulnerable and up for grabs and therefore did their utmost to record an upset with alarm bells ringing when centre Greg Hill ran in a try under the posts with not a hand on him to put the visitors back into the game after another poor Derby kick failed to reach touch.