It was a wet November afternoon as Uxbridge traveled to Mill Hill for the first fixture after a 3 week rest. With a point to prove Uxbridge started off strong keeping Mill Hill away from the try line despite relenting attacks from the opposing pack. Uxbridge even held up one attack over the the try line.

The scrum was fairly evenly matchted with both packs getting plenty of scrum time due to a very wet and slippery ball. There were strong carries from Mark Davey and Joe Guy off the back of the scrum gaining valuable yardage on the pitch.

At the break head coach Chris Thompson encouraged us to tighten up the defence around the breakdown, the only place Mill Hill had attacked in the first half.

As the 2nd half began, and the weather cleared up, both sides seemed comfortable with the ball in hand. A strong defence in the centre of Uxbridge's back line, headed up by Tom Rainey, looked strong and offered no route through for the home team. URFC didn't make life easy for themselves missing touch on multiple penalty kicks and giving up easy territory. The game remained even though, with Rory Toft and Joe Guy giving the opposition in rucking.

The 2nd half continued and Mill Hill's assault around the fringes continued; a penalty for not rolling followed by some back chat marched Mill Hill to within 15 yards of the try line. They tapped and went quickly before Uxbridge had turned and prepared, ending with an easy try scored from one of the Mill Hill big boys. Their fly half failed to convert so the score was 5-0. Despite some end of the game attempts, against a 14 man opposition, Josh Bowd and Steve Albutt tried their best but were unable to convert some well made yards into points.

A competitive and close game throughout the score ended 5-0.

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