In the first 10 minutes of the game it was all Fordingbridge which resulted in Callum 'Sonny Bill' Butler scoring a try under the posts. Converted by Tim Donell.

New Milton immediately responded with penalty by scrum half Matt Whale.

The home side lost Craig Stocker to a knee injury, with Mike Parry coming on as a temporary replacement, while Keith Walsh was called from the Blues game.

Both sides struggled for parity up front, but it was from a Fordingbridge Scrum that 'bridge scored their next try, Chris Gogin breaking down the blind side and touching down in the corner. The conversion was missed.

New Milton to their credit, tackled everything in blue at the gain line or just behind, which made things extremely difficult for Fordingbridge to set themselves a platform to build on.

Jon Vass' men dominated the possession stakes during the first half, but New Milton came out in the second half fired up and this half saw Fordingbridge on the back foot for much of the half.

With 2 players in the bin, Fordingbridge could have let their heads drop, but they held New Milton out, not conceding a point in this period.

With approximately 5 minutes of the match remaining the scores were tied at 15 all, both sides were trying to win the game opting to run the ball rather than kick to touch.

It was going to be Fordingbridges day as with the final movement of the day, Keith Walsh took a short pass off the impressive Chris Gogin to score close to the posts. The conversion was missed.