Match Report Cobham 36-Maidstone 28

Thrilling climax to close fought encounter

With stalwart utility player Josh Brown celebrating his 150th cap and having beaten Chichester away the previous week Cobham went into this match confident of a victory. That confidence ebbed and flowed throughout this game as Maidstone shugged off their recent form and ensured the crowd enjoyed a thrilling game played from end to end.

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Director of Rugby Steve Pope said after the game

It was always going to be hard to follow last weeks performance .. but with some forced changes .. we can take lots of positive from today.. congratulations to Josh Brown on reaching 150 appearance's.

Competition builds for places across both senior teams and I look forward to being able to field two very strong sides when everyone is fit and available. .."

We will be taking things one game at a time our focus this season is to get our collective culture and value's right ...

The rest will come with time.

1 Josh Brown
2 Andrew Murphy
3 Sam Matcham
4 Adrian Van Der Ploeg (C)
5 Joe Goddard
6 Nathan Spratt
7 Olly Fox
8 Joe Davis
9 Ryan Saunders
10 Luke Flower
11 Max MacDonald
12 George Tunnacliffe
13 Tom Farrelly
14 Jordan Oldershaw
15 Myles Fletcher

16 Richard Philip
17 Doug Rodman
18 Luke Oldershaw

Tries
No 11 Max MacDonald x2
No 12 George Tunnacliffe x1
No 8 Joe Davis x1
No 17 Doug Rodman x 1

x 4 Conversions Tom Farrelly
x 1 Penalty Tom Farrelly