Bishops Stortford ‘A’ 20 – Cambridge 0
Cambridge hadn’t played or trained for a few weeks over Easter and the boys looked a little as if they’d over indulged on the Easter eggs!  Ball protection was excellent....particularly in the rucks where Cambridge looked very professional.  Cambridge tackled well with Harry Connor and Sam Mace throwing themselves around.  Unfortunately the boys weren’t able to push forwards, despite some great running on the wing from Harvey Jacklin.  The two sides weren’t that far apart, but Stortford had the edge, particularly in moving the ball towards the try line, and they managed to do that four times.  A hard start to the day.

Bishops Stortford ‘B’ 5 – Cambridge 35
An easier match for Cambridge, and one in which they began to look like their usual selves.  Harry Molton, Ed Hyde and Christopher Berry won the first scrum decisively with Robert Marmion picking up the ball and scoring the first try.  The second was almost identical – or was I watching the replay?  Try of the match must go to Ben Udin who scored the third with some brilliant dodging and deceiving around the half-way line before a brilliant sprint to score.  Cambridge’s team work paid off, with the fourth try coming from quick passing from Robert Marmion to Harry Connor and then on to Jim Clarke on the wing who scored the fourth.  Stortford came back to make the half time score 4-1.

In the second half Cambridge dominated, although trys were a bit more elusive.  A great sprint from Ben Taylor gave Cambridge their fifth soon after the restart.  This was followed by a fine run from Louis Bodrozic who just missed out on a try.  Marcus Lankford began the set-up for the sixth try, powering forward in the maul and then passing out to Ben Taylor and on to Hugh Barker who scored the sixth.  Finally a great rip from Ed Hyde turned the ball over with Marcus Lankford putting the ball down for Cambridge’s seventh.

Cambridge 10 – Upminster 10
This was a more challenging game, with both sides battling hard.  On the Cambridge try line, Upminster looked as if they were about to score but the lads dug in hard, won the ball, and Hugh Barker scored the first try of the match after a great run the length of the pitch.  5-0 to Cambridge at half time.

Early in the second half Cambridge won a line-out with Hugh Barker feeding the ball to Robert Marmion who scored after a bruising run.  Things weren’t going to be easy though and Upminster came back with a try after a messy period of shoving near the Cambridge try line.  Minutes before half time Upminster equalised with a good run.  Final score 10-10.