Chingford 49 – Wanstead 5

It was pleasing to see that Ching had almost a full strength squad to pick
from. The game began with no team dominating, although Syrus was always
looked dangerous whenever he had the ball. At 11 minutes Wanstead crossed
the line but were held up. Ching managed to clear their lines thanks to good
work from Sam Robbens and Patrick Love. A few minutes later and Ching were
in striking distance which allowed Syrus to cut back in to score a strong
try right up against the posts.  Wanstead did not lie down and following a
good series of runs and a drive, equalled the scores to bring the half to an
end.
Ching made some changes at half-time and the fresh legs had an immediate
impact with Ching scoring within a minute – once again to Syrus who had
switched from centre to the flank. Ching were winning the ball and
controlling the game allowing for the space for their backs to run into. At
4 minutes Ellis ran in the 3rd try following a good pass out of the tackle
from Ben. At 9 minutes there was some good rolling play by Will and Peter
which allowed Max to peel away and get close to line. Sam Fitzgerald picked
the ball up and drove over with Mat Lumb converting the try. Wanstead
continued to try and play the rugby and won a line out in Chings 22. The
ball was stolen by Jack and fed out to the backs with great linking from
Reece to Matt Lumb who made a good break before offloading to Ben which
resulted in Chings 5th try.  At 14 minutes Max took the ball from the back
of the ruck and fended off a couple of Wanstead tackles for the 6th try.
Matt Marie came on and despite having had a broken ankle a few weeks ago
looked really lively. Good ball was won again by the forwards with Brandon
and Adam working particularly hard. The ball was fed out to Matt Lumb who
showed his power and pace to get in at the corner. From the kick off Ching
attacked again and Max had his 2nd try close from the line which Ben
converted. With only a minute remaining Ching played their best team rugby
of the game and strung together around 15 phases with great work from Nick,
Reece, Max, Ben and Sam Robbens with the final exquisite pass from Ellis to
Matt Marie to score the final try.

Scorers – Trys Max Rabey (2), Syrus Nikbakht (2), Matt Lumb, Ben Maru, Sam
Fitzgerald, Ellis Flaherty, Matt Marie
Conversions – Ben Maru (1), Matt Lumb (1),

Sam Fitzgerald, Adam Wakeling, Robbie Cook, Peter Young, Jordan Hillier,
Brandon Cox, Nick Arnold, Max Rabey (c), Ellis Flaherty, Reece Daltrey,
Conor Monaghan, Matt Lumb, Ben Maru, James Willis, Conor Monaghan, Syrus
Nikbakht, Will McGillivray, Jack Johnson, Patrick Love, Sam Robbens, Charlie
Wilkes, Matt Marie