Clee Hill 29 - 0 Aston Old Edwardians

Aston travelled to Clee Hill for the first ever encounter between the two clubs and conceded an early try after an Aston kick was run back strongly at them and they were driven over their own line from a scrum five metres out. The conversion attempt failed but a second try was conceded in much the same manner as Clee capitalised on their scrum superiority. Aston struggled to get a grip on the game and, from a maul on half way, Clee using the blind side and, with some good inter-passing, grabbed their third score. Aston conceded again when a vital tackle was missed and this time the try was converted to give the home team a 22 point lead which they extended to 29 points on thirty minutes with another converted try. This marked the end of the scoring, not just for the half but for the whole match and Aston deserve much credit for the significant turnaround.

During the second half Aston worked hard and, with the presence of Darren Gardener and Dave Roberts at ten, made strong incursions into Clee territory. They had opportunities to get on the board but were not able to convert these into points. When they came under pressure in the scrums their defence was much improved on the first half and it was clear that the home side was becoming more frustrated with their own inability to repeat their performance of the early part of the game. They had a man yellow carded for tap dancing on Carl Stevenson as the match became more fractious. There were injuries too for Aston and too many changes for comfort and Andy Jacobs played for a long while with a split head. However, Aston kept a clean sheet for the half with a more determined display and should take some consolation from this.