A determined Heathfield squad set out by bus for Bognor Regis looking to put right their lacklustre performance against Hove the week before. And put it right they did. The Bognor side contained four U16 players and looked large and menacing as a result. The opening skirmishes were tightly contested with Bognor holding the advantage in the lineouts and Heathfield the scrums. At halftime Heathfield held a narrow 15-5 lead which could well have been less.

Heathfield’s superior power in the forwards and their pace in the backs took its toll in the second half and an increasingly dispirited Bognor leaked five unanswered tries. The try scorers for Heathfield were Dayle Hollands with two (one from inside his 22), Nic Evans with 2 with his trademark sidesteps and gliding running, Callum Bridges, a new recruit at second row with his first for the club, Callum May from an excellent blindside pop from Will Chipchase, Oli Hancock with one of his thunderous 10 metre drives from a penalty and Ashley Sutton with a powerful burst down the narrowest of channels. Four conversions were slotted – 1 each by Jeremy Burdett and Greg Salmon, and 2 by Peter Phair. All in all an impressive result by a rejuvenated team

11/5/2006 5:15:07 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)