Watford travelled away to face St Albans, having beaten them at home were looking for the away win to further their league campaign.
With a host of new players joining the Watford side it was going to be an interesting game and it certainly started that way. With the wind favoring the visitors in the first half, Watford dominated field position with some well placed kicks followed by a good chase.
St Albans’ set piece was holding up well but they struggled to match Watford for pace which allowed Watford to be the first to every breakdown and quickly resulted in a string of first half tries from Tom Kiely, Richard Yates, Scott Menzies and Paul Godfrey.
The second half strong winds lured St Albans into a kicking game which mostly fell to Watfords favor with their more mobile pack, able to counter attack with the ball in hand. However it did allow St Albans to get some set piece ball within the Watford 22’. A strong forward drive to the 5 meter line and a smart dummy from the Number 10 put him over for a spirited try, the first of two. Their second being scored in much a similar fashion.
Some of the energy of the game had been lost with ten minutes to go due to the high score, until inside centre Tom Kiely broke the line with a decisive running angle off the scrum half. It was a sprint to the line against the opposition 10 until the race was lost meters from the try line when a hamstring injury pulled the Watford Hero short.
End of play. Match done.
