Harrow RFC 42 – 15 Thames RFC

Harrow Team.

1. Mark Beauchamp 2. Shane Togher 3. Paul Carroll (Stuart Nurse) 4. Dave West 5. James Power 6. Tom Kennison 7. Ian Bennett (Barry Whitehead) 8. Brendan O’Sullivan 9. Gary Conroy 10. Andy Elliot (Tom Kelly) 11. Stewart Read 12. Jimmy Rowland 13. Simon Bram 14. Sean Pratt 15. Leigh Hicks (David Ross)

Harrow move into next Round of National Cup with convincing win!

Harrow 1st XV hosted Essex 1 outfit Thames RFC in the National Cup & put on a good display of running rugby.

In the 1st half Harrow camped in the Thames half & the halftime score showed this with Harrow going in 20-3 up thanks to tries from Read, Bram & Pratt with Read adding the extras with 1 conversions & 1 penalty.

The 2nd half started the same as the first with Harrow playing expansive rugby. Tries in the 2nd half were scored by Beauchamp, Whitehead & Rowland who scored the try of the day after he broke the defensive line at halfway & managed to hand off 3 tacklers on his way to scoring under the posts. Read added the extra’s with 2 conversions & a penalty.

Harrow should have added to the score but due to some unforced errors they weren’t able to do so. Thames managed to score 2 tries in the last 10 minutes which was due to Harrow going down to 14 men which made the score line look a little more respectable for the Essex outfit.

There is still a little bit of tweaking to do in certain areas but overall it was a very good team performance with standout performances from West & Conroy.

The 1st XV next fixture is at home against Cuffley in the league where they will be looking to maintain there unbeaten start & remain top of the league.