Old Elthamians were first to score when James Golledge touched down with the game hardly started and the home side down to 14 with player/coach Richard Thorpe down injured at the other end. Chinnor came straight back when Junior Fatialofa picked a hole in the defence after a series of punishing drives in Old E's 22. A similarly engineered score came from good work by Nathan Hannay linking with CJ Osazuwa who went over soon after to put Chinnor ahead 12-7. Chinnor's pack then began to dominate and a series of penalty scrums led to a penalty try to the Oxfordshire boys when referee Mr Holsgrove lost patience with the visiting pack. With Chinnor scrum half Greg Goodfellow in the sin bin, Old Elthamians took full advantage when Jay Rudland-Thomas dotted down after a series of pick and drives. More gritty work from the Chinnor pack saw Nathan Hannay cross the whitewash for the bonus point try and a half time lead of 26-12.

Tom White, for Old E's, opened the second half scoring with a penalty goal. Chinnor battered the Old Elthamian line for an age before the unmarked Danny Barnes went over out wide after a prodigiously long pass from Greg Goodfellow. The visitors came back with an impressive, against the grain, line from try scorer James Golledge. White's conversion closed the gap to 33-22. Chinnor kept up the pressure in the Old Elthamian 22 and things eventually gave as Bevon Armitage crossed wide out. Bertie Hopkin's conversion finished the day's scoring for a 40-22 victory.

The match delivered what was expected: two good, previously undefeated teams playing at pace in front of a very large crowd. Old Elthamians have good, pacey backs who looked threatening. Ollie Claxton at scrum half was always prompting and urging his backs and the wide threat of Dominic Lespierre was always apparent. In the backs, Chinnor looked organised with much hustle and bustle on defence and great pace on attack. Kieran Goss's thumping tackle in the last play of the match spectacularly prevented a bonus point try to the visitors. Whilst the backs were, mostly, evenly matched, it was in the pack that Chinnor clearly had the edge. High energy from the back row, strength from the second row and power from the front row put Chinnor on the front foot in most exchanges. The scrum was particularly profitable for Chinnor and Jay Tyack, for the front row union, gets this week's laurels.

Teams

Chinnor
Kieran Goss, Danny Barnes, Bevon Armitage ©, Junior Fatialofa, Henry Lamont, Bertie Hopkin, Greg Goodfellow, Ricky Cano, Jon Phipps, Jay Tyack, Nathan Hannay, CJ Osazuwa, Richard Thorpe, Alex Waddingham, Tom Burns

Interchanges: Andy Berry, Jamie Townsend, Tom Price, Ross Parkins, Luke Hibberd

Old Elthamians
Chris Surman, Dominic Lespierre, Ben Hough, Max Wilkins, James Golledge, Tom White, Ollie Claxton, Lewis Brown, Jay Rudland-Thomas, Aston Bevans-Royston, Ian Kench, Freddie Hosking, Truman Sullivan, Hamish Barton ©, Harry Ledger

Interchanges: Rhys Boxall, Gavin O'Meara, Jamie Cullen, Tom Parker, Renford Bennett

Scorers

Chinnor
Tries (time): Fatialofa 9, Osazuwa 18, Penalty 24, Hannay 35, Barnes 52, Armitage 63
Conversions (time): Hopkin 19, 25, 36, 53, 64
Penalty Goals (time):

Old Elthamians
Tries (time): Golledge 5, 56, Rudland-Thomas 29
Conversions (time): White 6, 57
Penalty Goals (time): White 45

Referee: Gareth Holsgrove
Attendance: 837
Half time score: 26-12
Full time score: 40-22
Star man: Jay Tyack