After the tension and excitement last week of our trip to local rivals Westcombe Park, this Saturday sees the Firsts return to the Paddock to play Sutton & Epsom and the Seconds visit Alleynians. The Gents welcome Cranbrook to Plymouth Drive for what should be a competitive fixture.
The 1s and 2s will be looking to build on good victories over WP. Both games were fiercely competitive but in the end the Seconds outscored their opponents 7 tries to 2- avenging their only previous league defeat of the season - whilst the Firsts edged a thriller by just 2 points.
The visit of Sutton & Epsom presents a tough fixture. You may remember the Oaks, with a very quick scoring start, came out on top 31 - 10 in the reverse fixture, but the Surrey team had good passages of play, using their big strong pack to constantly threaten the gain line. This week’s game will be a real challenge, for which we will need to be at our best to win.
With our 4 point victory last week, we are now sitting in third place in the league table as the teams around us secured their 5-pointers. We have 8 games remaining in the season, with S&E and then Tunbridge Wells at home next week, the two games remaining before the players have a break at the end of February.
The boys have trained well as usual, with the focus being on match preparation for Saturday as well as keeping an eye on the inevitable wear and tear on the players at this point in the season. That said we are well set to give our all for the two tough matches this weekend.
Weather doesn’t look too bad so please come to support our teams. It will be much appreciated.
Adam
