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Heathfield entertained opposition from a lower league in a Sussex Shield quarter final on Saturday and overpowered them from kick off to the final whistle. Norfolk Arms never gave up but the home side had too much pace, power and skill to allow their opposition even the semblance of a look in. The Greenies however were not on song with place kicking and only one of their eleven tries was converted. Although a good proportion of their tries were scored by forwards all resulted from powerful breaks, some from deep positions, and featured strong running and good handling.
Many of Heathfields best moments came from their reserve contingent with some surging runs from their athletic forwards and a gutsy and thoroughly competent performance from an ex mini Ed Harrison who came on at scrum half when Mark Walker injured an ankle. Bruce Pestell moved to second row, Lee Vokins to flanker and Harrison to the base of the scrum. He gave a lively performance with his tackling particularly catching the eye.
The Heathfield front row were in storming form with Rob Lawrence making a number of exquisite breaks and the massive Hunter-Evans running around the park like a spring lamb. The happy trio was completed by Andre Douglas having his first full game for some weeks. Andre has been playing superbly as a very fit impact player but he proved in this match what a good all-round forward he is.
The Home side gave ample evidence of how rugby is improving at Heath field and it is worth noting that the club did not concede a point on Saturday and that the top three sides have a real chance of winning a county trophy each. Next week it is down to earth again with a home league match against Crawley.
Report by Mike de St Croix