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Stortford have "broken cover" rather earlier than in past seasons, sitting top of their league at Christmas for the first time in living memory, which is a fantastic achievement for a genuine community club, but does put us up there to be shot at!
We start the New year with a home game against Cinderford, with the visitors' form hard to assess, given only a limited match report on their own website of a comfortable pre-Christmas win over Clifton - the latter being so impressed with their own performance, they haven't posted a match report at all! However, the week before, Cinderford had pushed promotion chasers, OEs to the limit, losing by only one point to a converted try right at the death in a huge away performamnce. Elthamians' match report is more revealing and focuses on the visitors' aggressive defence, with flanker, Keenan singled out for special mention and, of course a strong pack.
Having been pushed hard for much of our match at Cinderford, the Stortford team will not be surprised at the above and will doubtless be working hard at training to counter the visitors' aggression. There can be no doubt that the town will turn out in numbers again to give them the support they deserve from the touchline.
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