CORSHAM continued their recent revival with a 20-6 victory over near-neighbours Calne in Saturday's Dorset & Wilts Division One derby at their Lacock Road ground.

Calne had the first scoring opportunity, scrum-half Andy Donegan missing with his first penalty attempt and the home side surged forward, Calne infringed and fly-half Phil Kernan slotted the penalty. Calne redressed the balance soon after when, from a breakout, Corsham transgressed and Donegan levelled matters.

Corsham continued to threaten in the first period and, after a second Kernan penalty, they eventually broke through when Haydn Brockhurst took advantage of an overlap, dummied and sprinted over to touch down. Their superiority was underlined when full-back Nick Denham touched down late in the second half, and despite another Donegan penalty, Corsham carried a healthy 15-6 lead into the break.

The floodgates never opened, however, inside centre Brockhurst scything through for his second try ­ the only one of the second period. Calne, spurred on by the efforts of Donegan and Graham Neale, the latter making an impressive debut at openside, just not find the cutting edge to further cut the deficit.

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