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15.09.2007 Uxbridge RFC 48 Old Isleworthians 07

Tries: Ian Hambley, Ritchie Gunning, Glen Curtin x3 (15 pts), Aden Thomas x2 (10 pts), Gareth Nicholls Con: Brasher-Jones x3 (6 pts), Curtin x1 (2 pts) Injuries: Brian Ranns, Aden Thomas, Paul Radford.

Uxbridge players Hambley, Gunning and Curtin scored the opening three tries, leaving Old Isleworthians shell shocked with only 15 minutes gone. The Uxbridge pack dominated from the outset. The Uxbridge backline took full advantage of the clean, quick ball provided by their forwards throughout the game. On the 30 minute mark Aden Thomas extended the home side’s lead on his league debut to make it 24 – 0. Old Isleworthians conceded their 5th try from a fumbled tap down from a lineout, Gareth Nichols the quickest to react to get the try.

Uxbridge kicked off the second half and despite the scorching heat kept the work rate high well into the latter stages. Uxbridge flyhalf Joel Brasher-Jones bossed the game and showed great decision making and execution with the boot. Epitomizing his foresight, Brasher-Jones attacked the blindside at a scrumage, Old Isleworthians were too slow to react as Aden Thomas was sent sprinting in at the corner.

Probably the best try of the match started with a crunching tackle from Gareth Wiggins, resulting in a turnover. The ball was gathered; Basher-Jones slipped a beautifully timed pass out of a tackle to send the forwards ploughing into the Isleworthians 22, the ball was recycled, spun out to the backs for Glen Curtin to score his second try of the game.

Sadly for Uxbridge, Isleworthians, on one of their few jaunts into the Uxbridge half managed to get a rather soft try by simply running through some half tackles to score under the posts.

The hard pitch surface was blamed for some of the injuries, with the most serious sadly befalling Man-of-the-match contender Aden Thomas who had to leave in an ambulance with a fractured wrist.

Uxbridge had the final word as Gareth Wiggins rounded off an excellent game with a barn storming run down the left touch line, drawing the attentions of the last defender, before passing inside to Glen Curtin to jog in for his hat-trick. Glen drop kicked his own conversion to end the match and start the celebrations. Perhaps Uxbridge were favourites to win this encounter after beating Isleworthians twice last season, but few were expecting such a resounding win before kickoff. Prop forward Lewis Edwards was awarded the Man-of-the-match award after putting in a striking, rock-solid performance.