Old E’s registered a third consecutive league victory on Saturday and another clean sheet in the process. The opponents were newly promoted Greyhound from Hereford, previously level on points with E’s but somewhat of an unknown quantity. The opening phases were dominated by penalties with Greyhound having the best of the territory but E’s struck on their first real visit to the home side’s 22m. Greyhound held out for several phases before forcing a knock-on but the resulting scrum was no relief as the dominant E’s pack drove their opponents off the ball. Matt Darbon took the ball forward, unfortunately resulting in a nasty head injury which ended his afternoon, but the ball found its way to centre Ed Tofts who crossed for the opening score. E’s then extended their lead almost instantly – fullback Adam Ralls broke from his own half, found Tofts in support who fed winger James Almond to score, capping the best move of the game. Dom Swann added the conversion.

Greyhound responded well in the second half but E’s were able to withstand everything thrown at them. A Swann penalty took the visitors three scores ahead before winger Graham Hargreaves pounced on a cross field kick to score just before full time to seal the victory. Overall a fairly controlled performance from Old E’s built on a superb display from the pack who grew more dominant as the game progressed.