Southam 8-66 Silhillians.
It's been a few years since our two clubs paths have crossed, and our visitors 1st XV now play at two levels higher than ourselves, so it was expected that the 2nd XV would be a well drilled outfit.

It came as some disappointment when the opponents claimed that they were unable to field an experienced front row, so uncontested scrums was to be the order of the day.
As the muppets assembled in the Presidents stand, Statler said to Waldorf, "they look some big old lumps, their built like brick shithouses, no front rowers my arse".
The sight of young up and coming referee Will Grindal taking charge gave the home support hopes of optimism, but he was extremely comfortable and confident in the role, and showed no bias whatsoever.

We started well, and soon were awarded a penalty in front of the posts, Pete Burnell played with our emotions as he skimmed the ball towards the posts, clearing the bar comfortably, by several millimeters.
The Silhillian backs were both pacy and skilled, and decided to run the ball at every opportunity. Our defence withheld their advances for several forages, but as tiredness crept in, tackles started to get missed and the opposition began to run in some expansive try's.
Phil Nichols and Ben Davies took the fight to the opposition, and certainly ensured that they new that there'd been in a game.
With the last play of the half, Tom Bird chose to go blind, and slipped the ball to the abrasive Henry Garrett, who created a gap for Joe Hogan to race into and score a well worked try. Pete failed with the touchline conversion, but at half time we were down by 8-28.

Second Half
The second half became somewhat of a procession, and as Southam tired and injuries took there toll, the young speedy opposing backs cut loose, and they felt that they could run in try's from any areas of the pitch. They breached our defences a further six times, and aided by the reliable boot of the experienced fly half scored a further 38 unanswered points.
Final Score
Result was 8-66, and the conspiracy theorists whirled into action, they obviously didn't want to become embroiled in a forward battle, preferring to get the ball wide at every opportunity.

Special mention
For Will Grindal, who had a superb game as the man in the middle, in about ten years when he decides to call time on his playing days, he'll definitely find a cereer in refereeing.