Fullerians started the brighter in their first home league game of the season and should have scored but were just not clinical enough. They did however score from the line out 5 metres out when Captain Mike Kerr crashed over.

Old Habs a good side who finished fourth last year immediately responded with a try of their own as the Fullers defence creaked. Once again Fullers put their noses in front as they stretched the visitors from touchline to touchline and hooker Drew Horne was on hand to give a sneaky dummy and score in the corner.

Old Habs once again earned a penalty and leveled the score at 10 all. Fullers took the lead after picking and driving from the ruck and second row Liam Boyd was on hand to crash over. Once again the conversion was slotted wide.

Just before the break Old Habs got their noses in front with a well worked try that was converted for a 15-17 half time score.

In the second half Fullers continued to put pressure on Old Habs and was rewarded a try as the other second row Sam Perry crossed the white line from the line out. Once again Old Habs kept asking questions of the Fullers defence and scored another try from their talented back line.

Boyd crashed over from short range after centre Luc Lee make a break and was well supported by flanker Richard McCabe who gave the final pass to Boyd who ran in under the posts. The kick was charged down which left a 27-20 score line.

Habs scored again as a poor clearance kick was ran back with interest by the Habs backline and weak defence allowed them to score and the conversion went over. 27-27 with 5 minutes to play.

Habs took the lead with their fifth try as Fullers seemed to lose their concentration and fell off the tackles for them to score and convert.

The final say was from this young spirited Fullers side as centre Liam Mann made a half break kicked through for full back Dan Evans to gather the ball and score. Unfortunately the conversion went wide for the draw and it was Habs day.

Staines started to get back in the game and used their strong runners to go over for a

“You don’t expect to win games if you miss that many tackles. Our defence let us down today not our kicking and it is this we need to work on in the week. We did though score 6 great tries from all areas of the pitch and earned 2 league points for our efforts”
commented Fullerians head coach Rich Hoskins.

Team. Holby (Wetton 50), Drew, Bushell, Perry (Bunce 50), Boyd, Barrett, McCabe, Kerr ©, Rawlinson (Toon 60), Jacobs, Kavanagh, Lee, Mann, Gibson, Evans.

Man of the Match: Liam Boyd