IT was sweet revenge for the home team, who were beaten by Bromyard back in October, and moves Upton a little further away from the relegation zone.

UPTON 13 pts, BROMYARD 3pts

However, the season still has a long way to go and the black and whites will be unable to rest on this performance alone.

The game started poorly but picked up momentum as Upton gained in confidence on this rainy, windswept day.

This was not a day for flowing rugby, the wind and rain put a stop to that. Upton's forwards had the better game plan and were more consistent in set play.

Subtle changes had been made to the pack including veteran Barry Lancett in at hooker with first choice Paul Pickering on the replacements bench. Matt Bookham too moved from second row to number eight, who along with Ollie Jones and Adam Heath, gave Upton a very pacy back row.

Midway through though it was some hard-hitting in attack and defence by Upton's backline which began to make the difference with centre Anthony Strutton particularly effective.

It was Strutton who drove through mid-way through the first half, breaking tackles to score Upton's first try and it gave the confidence required.

Upton never looked like losing from this point on. The score stood 5-0 at half time.

The second half saw Upton grow in stature with excellent performance from Jerry Wheeler, back from retirement, and Melv Hill at prop.

Coach Ron Hobbs opted for some personnel changes early on bringing off scrum half Dai Hodges and replacing him with Paul Pickering.

Bromyard tried valiantly but simply ran out of options. Ainsley Ralf did pull back some pride for the visitors with a penalty but it was too little, too late.

The last quarter saw up and coming right wing Chris O'Neil run in a stunning try duly converted by Rob Heeley to take the final score to 13-3.

"We quickly rallied and started to believe in ourselves," said captain Rob Heeley.

"Upton is a very good side with some excellent players and it was a game like this where we all knew we had to pull all the stops out."