BROMYARD captain Tom Hulbard believes the team can only get better after recording a fantastic comeback win against Bishops Castle in Midlands Four West (North).

Greg Leighton grabbed a try in the last minute, which was converted by Chris Rowberry, to spark wild celebrations among the 100-strong crowd.

"It looked like they were getting the better hand, but we stuck at it and ground out until the end," said Hulbard.

"In the last 10 minutes, we really went for it, which is what we aimed to do.

"They had a very strong pack, credit to them it was hard to get the ball from their pack.

"But when we managed to release our backs, we managed to get our tries in.

"The forwards also stood out by sticking at throughout the session,

"We finished sixth last year, so if we can finish above that, we are happy.

"But we are still trying to develop."

Bishops Castle opened the scoring through a Henry Wilson penalty in the 11th minute, but Bromyard went in front four minutes later when Jamie Williams went over the line.

A second try was added in the 17th minute when John Parker set up Steve Barratt.

Bishops Castle reduced the deficit when Philip Oliver went over the line, but Bromyard went 17-8 up through a Parker try and a Chris Rowberry conversion.

Rowberry then kicked over a penalty before Castle's Andrew Dale went over the line on the stroke of half-time, which was converted by Wilson.

Another Rowberry penalty made it 23-15 five minutes after the break, but Bishops Castle made a real game of it when Wilson grabbed a try, which he converted.

The away side then went in front 12 minutes from time through another try from Oliver, with Wilson adding to the points tally with a conversion.

It looked as if Bromyard had thrown the game away, but perseverance prevailed when Leighton grabbed a a dramatic late try.

Rowberry then showed composure to kick the resulting conversion and ultimately win the match.

Fly-half Rowberry said it was a tough game against a very good Bishops Castle team.

"We played a lot of dogged rugby but I thought the lads put their heart in it again," said Rowberry.

"We lost twice against them last year, so it was good to put one back over them.

"They have got a good set of forwards and put us under a lot of pressure, so to come away with a win at the end was a great effort.

"We just want to build on what we had last year.

"But we have got young lads coming through."

The win was made sweeter by the fact it was played on Bromyard-s Vice-Presidents Day, which helped sway the crowd.

A number of Bromyard players also wore odd socks during the game, which Hulbard pointed out was the result of banter between the players and the club's committee.

"We were asked if we could all wear Bromyard socks, but you could say we weren't all keen on that, so we didn't," said Hulbard.

"It was just a bit of fun with them.

"We were a bit nervous beforehand because we thought we may only get 10 to 15 people watch, but we had about 100.

"It was a brilliant turnout."