Another Game of Two Halves, played in extremely blustery conditions in the far (sloping!) corner of Big Field. A highly depleted by half term, but still strong, squad of 19 Wimbledon players took on Dorking. The first half was very even; the first try by Aidan O'Brien was quickly answered as Dorking went over in the corner. James McGrath picked up from the back of the scrum and dodged several tackles to restore our advantage; but again Dorking came back and we went in at half time 14-10 down.

Wimbledon came out for the second half determined to make more of their dominance in the forwards. The scrum got stronger and stronger, winning all of our own ball and most of the oppositions; only the 1.5 metre rule saved Dorking from being pushed off every time. Shortly a good series of moves resulted in Damian Cherry-Fox charging over to restore Wimbledons advantage. Not long after that, some quick thinking by Matt Rogers saw him pick up near the Dorking line and power through to score. This time Aidan was able to convert probably the most difficult kick of the day in almost impossible conditions.

Dorking opted to kick a penalty, which turned out to be their last score of the game. With the score now at 17-22, Wimbledon opted to run their own next penalty, and Eslam Djennad steamrollered through to score. The backs got back in on the scoring as new boy James Waghorn built on last weeks good performance to score his first try for Wimbledon. Dorking were now visibly tiring, and Wimbledon piled on the points through a characteristic run from deep by Charlie McKibben and a second try for James McGrath. All in all an impressive performance against a team which beat us last season.