A terrific performance by both the A and B teams resulted in two hard fought victories against a club who has beaten us in the league for the last two seasons in succession.

In the A game the two sides appeared to be evenly matched in the early exchanges with neither team dominating and despite some strong running from both sides the defences held firm. However after some strong running from the backs, Wimbledon made their way into the Old Cats twenty two and after Old Cats had infringed at the maul, Archie Watkins converted the penalty to give Wimbledon the lead 3 - 0. Old Cats came back strongly using the wind to kick the ball into our half but Archie was solid at fullback with strong support from the two wings, Sam Codling and James Waghorn. Wimbledon were starting to win more ball and were strong in the rucks and mauls and after good work by Jack Gleeson and Diogo Carvalho we made our way back to the Old Cats twenty two. From a scrum Max Tomlinson made good ground and when the ball spilled loose in the tackle, Charlie McKibben was there to pounce on the ball and score out wide. On this occasion Archie missed the conversion. Play was now predominantly taking place in the Old Cats half and strong running by Nick Shuttleworth and Rob Davies resulted in Sam Codling going over in the corner for Wimbledon's second try to give us a 13 - 0 lead at half time.

Old Cats came back strongly at the beginning of the second but Wimbledon continued putting in the big hits with Dom Suckling impressing with his workload. One particular tackle by Alex Browning was memorable as he knocked back an Old Cats forward a number of yards. After an extended period of possession during which James McGrath made good ground an attack was held up just short of the Old Cats try line. After the forwards had made a number of attempts to barge over the line we attempted to get the ball wide to the wings but the Old Cats rush defence held firm until finally Charlie McKibben forced his way over the line for his second try of the match. Shortly thereafter Archie Watkins converted a penalty to make the game safe with the score 21 - 0 to Wimbledon. Old Cats were not finished yet though and forced their way into our twenty two where they ran a number of penalties. Our defence held firm however with Matt Rogers and Damian Cherry Fox prominent in preventing an opposition try. In the end Old Cats opted to go for poles with a penalty but this was missed. Wimbledon forced their way back into the Old Cats half and after excellent interplay between Sam Codling, Nick Shuttleworth and Angus Bonner, Angus ran in the final try of the match which was duly converted by Archie.

The final score was 28 - 0, an excellent result for Wimbledon and one which keeps our season on track to finish in the top half of the league.

In the B team game the boys again demonstrated the strength in depth which we now enjoy at Wimbledon with a number of new players showing real potential. Huw Roberts was a live wire at scrumhalf showing a wide variety of skills and Jack Durrant demonstrated excellent commitment in the heart of the scrum. Both Jon Gallagher and Conor Coleman are very strong ball carriers who are difficult to stop.

Wimbledon started the match well with the forwards looking very powerful in the set pieces and winning good ball for the backs who looked dangerous when the wings, Harry Sullivan and James Waghorn were brought into play. However although individual forwards made significant ground with Jon and Connor being very prominent in this regard, there was a tendency for the ball carriers to get isolated due to lack of support and so we were not able to take advantage in the way we would have liked. However after one such break and good work by the forwards the ball was moved to the left where James Waghorn broke through a series of tackles to score. Cameron Wilkinson who was showing great composure at fly half and enjoying the quality ball he was getting from Huw converted to make the score 7 - 0. Thereafter followed a period of extended pressure by Old Cats and despite some memorable tackling by Jodi Smith and James Jenkinson a try was conceeded which was unconverted leaving the score 7 - 5 at half time.

In the second half Wimbledon again started strongly and were soon threatening the Old Cats try line. An excellent break saw Conor Coleman brought down just short of scoring and unfortunately he had to leave the field shortly thereafter with a leg injury. The forwards with Ellis Morgan particularly evident continued to threaten the Old Cats try line and Eslam Djennad managed to barge his way over for Wimbledon's second try, duly converted by Cameron. We were soon back in the Old Cats twenty two and they were forced to resort to kicking in an attempt to gain a bettr field position. However Olie Moulton and Archie Watkins (on as a substitute) safely fielded the kicks and looked dangerous when running the ball back. This meant that Wimbledon maintained the pressure on the Old Cats line and despite a flowing backline move when it appeared that Olie would scored, excellent defence resulted in him being barged out in the right hand corner. From the resultant line out, Old Cats were able to clear their lines and push us back to the halfway line. A backline move by Old Cats was thwarted by the Wimbledon rush defence and Elliot Philips took a well timed interception and after juggling the ball a few times ran half the length of the pitch to score under the poles. This made the game safe with the score 21 - 5 to Wimbledon. From the kick off Old Cats pushed us back deep into our own half but some precise kicking from Cameron took us away from danger. His final kick died just short of the Old Cats try line but our follow up was not as quick as it should have been. Poor tackling allowed Old Cats to run the ball all the way back to score under the poles. The try was converted with what proved to be the last action of the match and it was heartening to see the pleasure the boys got from another hard fought victory.