Datchworth 95 – 0 Wasps

Datchworth secured their biggest win in the last four years, beating Wasps 95-0 in a try-fest on Saturday. Wasps have been struggling all season and Datchworth took advantage of this straight away. Piling on the pressure, Datchworth found themselves under the opposition posts and won a penalty. Captain & fly-half Tom Wood put the hosts on the board. Soon after, the men in green scored their first try of the game, a well worked move saw Wing James Watt in under the posts. Datchworth added two tries in quick succession (No 6. Stuart Young & No 8. Henry Mountain) before Watt scored a fantastic individual try to secure the bonus point on the half hour. There was still time for two more tries, a hat-trick for James Watt and one for centre Alex Nolan saw Datchworth well out of sight at half time.

Unfortunately for Wasps, Datchworth scored a further eight tries in the second half. There were first tries of the season for both second row Nick ‘Horse’ Holland & centre Sam Brunton – both elated that they now don’t have to wear a dress at this year’s dinner dance. Further tries were added by Mountain, Watt, Nolan, Wood and two from the impressive Wing Richard Mills meant Datchworth with two games to go have secured a top half finish for the season. Wood secured 11 out of 14 conversions to add to his early penalty to give him 30 points for the game.

This will give Datchworth a good platform to build on come Wednesday when Datchworth play Fullerians in the Herts Tankard semi-final. This is to be hosted at Harrow RFC, 7.30pm kick off.