Victory over Rebels extends Swindon’s lead

Unstoppable Swindon sit six points clear at the top of the Premiership after sailing to a 53-37 victory at Somerset Rebels.

 

The Carpets 4 Less Robins rarely looked troubled in a 12th-straight SGB Premiership victory despite the hosts rallying to within two points after 10 heats.

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Once again, Alun Rossiter’s men shared around the plaudits with David Bellego and mid-season signing Tobiasz Musielak backing up big hitters Jason Doyle and Nick Morris.

 

Musielak passed ex-Robin Josh Grajczonek to support Doyle for a maximum in the opener and while Rebel Lewis Kerr bagged a pair of wins, Bellego also took a chequered flag to keep Swindon ahead by two.

 

Doyle and Adam Ellis spearheaded heat advantages that had started as maximums in heats five and six with Richard Lawson and Musielak then trading wins in shared races.

 

Ellis’s steely show to hold off Charles Wright snaffled a share of the spoils in the ninth but Somerset hit back with a 5-1 when Grajczonek led, ran wide and dropped to the back before battling his way to the front again.

 

The dream team of Musielak and Doyle returned the favour in the 11th, though, and Kerr’s retirement helped Swindon to fill the minor places to stay six to the good ahead of the final three.

 

Doyle won again from the gate but all the action was behind him as Morris roared from fourth to second at the start of lap two for a decisive 5-1.
Bellego then battled his way past Patrick Hougaard on lap three to seal all four points before adding the coup de grace in the finale.

 

Team boss Rossiter said: “It was an accomplished performance, we set the tone in heat one and it all went very well. Everybody chipped in and did their jobs.

 

“Tobiasz did really well. He has been our missing link since coming in but the whole team is firing at the moment and that is so pleasing to see.”

 

Next up for the Robins is the live televised home clash with King’s Lynn Stars on Monday (7.30) with club bosses offering adult entry for just £5.

SOMERSET 37: Lewis Kerr 9+2, Charles Wright 9+1, Patrick Hougaard 7+1, Josh Grajczonek 6, Richard Lawson 4, Todd Kurtz 2, Cameron Heeps r/r.

 

SWINDON 53: David Bellego 12, Tobiasz Musielak 11+2, Jason Doyle 11+1, Adam Ellis 11, Nick Morris 5+1, Bradley Wilson-Dean 2+2, James Sarjeant 1+1.

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