A very depleted Grove 2nd / 3rd team squad did not fare well at Devizes losing 48 : 12. To add to their woes Grove lost Steve Coad, Simon Peel and Josh Allen to injury leaving only 14 men to play out the match. Grove’s try scorers were Ben Law (1) and Mark Stokes (1) with Roger Sevier adding 1 conversion although two apparent trys from Sevier and Paul Walsh were denied by the referee.
In their previous home friendly vs. Supermarine Grove had achieved an emphatic 64 : 15 victory with trys coming from Steve McCann (3), Jack Toklove (2), Pat Wiltshire (1), Matt Walsh (1), Gareth Hudson (1) Penalty try (1) and Roger Sevier (1) who also added 6 conversions. Lucas Hill also scored a conversion.