Abbey opened the scoring with a penalty. Bracknell responded with a Bradley Walters try coming off a driving maul. Some stained Abbey pressure saw them cross the Bracknell try line to re-take the lead, the conversion going wide.

A repeat of a driving maul that saw Bracknell’s first try, resulted in a Dan Gyles score. Ben Radford kicking the conversion. 8-12

Some good Abbey hands in the back saw Abbey score their second try of the day, and a further penalty took the score to 16-12. It was Bracknell’s turn to display some good hands in the backs with a Will Hopkins break and try. Conversion by Ben Radford took the half time score to 16-19.

Bracknell were to open the second half scoring. A show and go by George Elliott saw him score under the Abbey posts. A successful conversion took the score to 16-26.

An Abbey try took the score to 23-26 before some Bracknell pressure in the Abbey half allowed Bradley Walters to score his second try of the day. A Ben Radford penalty extended Bracknell’s lead to 23-36.

Bracknell’s final score of the game came from Callum Browse showing the Abbey defence a ‘clean pair of heels’ to touch down. In the final moments of the game the referee awarded a penalty try to Abbey.

Final Score: Abbey Abbotts 30 Bracknell Stags 43

Stags Team Manager Mark Findley commented after the game “ Very pleased with the win against a good well drilled and structured side. I think we played some good rugby at times today.”

Bracknell Stags: 1 - Dan Gyles. 2 -Bradley Walters. 3 -Tom Williams. 4 - Dave Abbott. 5 - Cameron Rastall. 6 - Tom Field. 7 - Tristan Carter. 8 - Ryan Noakes. 9 - Jake Findlay. 10- George Elliott. 11- Simon Bayliss. 12- Will Hopkins. 13- Mike Eastwell. 14-Luke Schofield. 15- Ben Radford. Subs: 16- Callum Browse. 17- Lewis Franklin. 18- Jacob Elliott.