In our first game of the tournament we were up against Harpenden. This was our 4th meeting of the season. We had taken the honours at the Ealing Festival but all the other games had ended in draws, including last weeks Tring Festival Final where the cup was shared. Both teams are good sides so we knew that we had to get a good start and indeed we did!
In the first half we played with real assurance and were very dominant in the loose which allowed us to win plenty of fast clean ball. Alfie and Jack linked well to set up our opening try by releasing inside centre Kyle into some space that he exploited with aplomb. With our tails up we pressed for try number two and we very nearly achieved this when Johann received a great pass from outside centre Keir, to sprint for the line before a fine tackle pushed him into touch.
As with last week, we went into the break 1 try up but this time we scored the all important second try soon after the restart. Once again our forwards, Gus, Luca and Cameron did well to set up the play and like the first half Kyle took a fabulous line of attack to race in his and our second try. Louis nearly made it three nil but was defiantly held up on the line by the Harpenden defence. To the credit of the men in black, they never gave up and the last 2 or 3 minutes were played in our territory. This time it was our excellent defence of Harry A, Eddie & Cameron that held them up on the line as they pressed to get something out of the game. Thankfully for us, it was not to be and the victory & points were ours. Final Score Welwyn 10 Harpenden 0