Norton started the game against league leaders, Chew Valley, brightly, putting the home side under a lot of pressure, but were unable to cross the opposition's line. Following a poor Norton line-out, flanker, Joe Button, collected the loose ball and drove into midfield. From the breakdown, the ball was recycled quickly and fed out to centre, Alex Mitchard, who broke through the defence and looked like he would score, but was tackled short of the line. Mitchard popped the ball up to his supporting players and Ian Day crossed the line to score the first try.

From the restart, Norton were soon on the attack and during a forward drive, the referee awarded a try, only for him to realise that he had made a mistake. What he thought was the try line was the five-metre line. To make up for his mistake, he awarded a scrum, from which Mitchard crashed over the line for Norton's second try.

The home side responded with a sustained period of pressure and although Norton's defence was well organised, Chew crossed the line for their first try.

Encouraged by this, they kept up the attack and asked Norton's defence a lot of questions. Norton stood firm though and despite conceding a number of penalties, Chew were unable to convert the penalties into points. The first half finished 8–14 to Norton.

Straight away from the kick-off, Norton drove the ball forward and when released to the backs, the ball was swept across the pitch, allowing winger, Ross Millar, to score in the corner.

As in the period just before half-time, the referee decided that Norton's work in the breakdown was illegal and awarded Chew two penalties in quick succession. This time, the home side's kicker slotted both over.

Chew started to take control of the game, with their replacements injecting pace and power. The home side used their knowledge of the pitch to keep Norton pinned down in their own half, this pressure resulted in Chew scoring two tries, taking the score to 28–19.

With the end of the game approaching, Norton tried to attack with any possession often from deep in their own 22-metre area. A last minute attack came to nothing when the referee called the game to a close, with Norton in Chew Valley's five-metre area and looking like scoring.