Heathfield enjoyed a stunning League victory over Horsham and look once again look to be back on the last year’s form.

Horsham started the game strongly and took the game to Heathfield who defended rigorously and then started to push Horsham up the Park. Heathfield found themselves entrenched on the Horsham line and the first try of the day went to Kieran Burdett who intercepted a pass on the Horsham line and neatly touched down.

From then on this became a game dominated by the Heathfield forwards, who rucked with determination and this was to prove to be decisive as the game developed. More and more clean ball was supplied for the backs to flex their legs. Harry Reilly at fly half used his boot to provide important territory for his backs to pressure the Horsham full back.

The second try was provided by Gabrielle Davies who took a beautifully weighted pass from Harry Reilly, slipped by on the blind side to sprint 20 yards down the touch line to score in the corner.

Horsham then marshalled and started to attack the Heathfield half but determined forward play by Jamie Wardle, Alex Borg and Jasper Wren ensured that all pressure was soaked up and once again Heathfield found themselves with a scrum in midfield. A crash ball from centre George Bending created second phase. Jamie Wardle at Flanker, in an important supporting position picked up, shrugged off two tackles and ran 40 metres to score under the posts, with Harry Reilly providing the necessary conversion.

From now on the game opened up for Heathfield with some excellent running angles from George Bending and Fergus Diplock, who once again played a thoughtful game and Ollie Giles always looked threatening and in the forwards Greg Pearce, Adam Davies and Henry Ross were the driving force behind their success.

The final try was snatched by Kieran Burdett in the last few minutes but Horsham never gave up until the final whistle.

A thoroughly enjoyable game of rugby with both teams playing exciting, attacking rugby with excellent spirit.

Upwards and onwards!

11/6/2007 4:16:10 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)