With 8 frontline players missing Chelmsford took a new look team to Thurrock. With 5 players making there first team league débuts Luke Williams, Colm Higgins, Charly Inwood, Paul Bullivant and George Woods the whole team were on a massive learning curve.
The game itself ran away from Chelmsford but the never say die and belief in the squad showed there's a lot of good thing ahead
At one stage the Blueboys were 50-11 down with 15 minutes left and the bench emptied through injuries.
In the last 15 minutes Chelmsford scored 19 unanswered points to gain a valuable bonus point eventually going down 50-30