Chingford travelled yet again up the A1M to face this time Stevenage Town, a team Chingford had only drawn with last season in the corresponding fixture. With a strong wind but fortunately no rain, Chingford took the game to the home side and were soon rewarded with firstly a penalty and then a converted try, all of which was scored by the returning Kurt Forward. It was Forward again who scored the next points with a well taken drop goal, after good work by Garstin & Hollis in the centres. With Chingford playing some excellent rugby Stevenage had no answer, and Forward kicked another penalty to extend the lead to 13-0 before Chingford scored another try. With Colitz making dents in the home defence, and Bolton-Smith asking questions at the base of rucks and mauls, Chingford's more athletic pack of forwards moved the home team's pack around the park, before Billy Raby looked to have the chance of scoring his debut try for the 1st XV. Billy being a team player did not realise that he was over the try line, and passed the ball onto the ever supporting back row forward Chris Moore who scored the second try of the day under the posts, that Forward also converted. Stevenage kicked a penalty to register their first points, before with only minutes left in the first half Forward kicked another penalty and the half-time score read Stevenage Town 3 Chingford 23. With the wind dying down and now the slope in Chingford's advantage the visiting crowd were hoping for plenty of points, but it now seemed as if everyone was trying to score rather than use the unmarked player outside them. Chingford had plenty of chances in the opening minutes but failed to take them, either choosing to kick when that option was not viable, or trying to take the whole Stevenage pack on. Eventually Chingford did score when Forward took a lucky interception and skipped in the score his second try of the day that he also converted. This woke up the home side, and they then started to put pressure on the visitors, before Stevenage finally did score a good try out wide for the last points of the game. Final score Stevenage Town 8 Chingford 30. "That was probably Chingford's best 40 minutes of rugby so far this season, with the ball moving around at good speed. With a home game against Staines next week, who are in third in the table, we could find ourselves top of the league at the half-way stage, which is a good reward for all the hard work put in by both the players and coaching staff. We still need to be more clinical and stop relaxing once we have built a good lead. Stevenage are a good side, who should use their back-line a lot more, but we really should have added another 20 to 30 points to our final score. It will be good to see a large crowd cheering on the boys next week, as every game against Staines is always a tough encounter," said Chingford's Director of Rugby Steve Slowick.