'The Exiles', fielding a team shorn of several first team regulars, went into the game with a chance to break into the top three in the table. The desire to achieve this resulted in a huge amount of pressure applied on the visitors - indeed, the hosts spent almost the whole of the first half camped inside Old Reigatians' '22'.

Within three minutes, Cornish were ahead as Dave Warwick made good ground. Reigatians could only halt the black and gold tide illegally, and Sam Williams stepped up to kick the penalty between the uprights from around 30 metres.

Cornish were now seemingly in permanent possession. Four minutes later, a huge driving maul led by Mike Bond saw around 15 metres made. Unfortunately, when the ball was sprayed out, Reigatians' Mark Chesterton grabbed it and cleared the danger.

More forward pressure followed, and another rolling maul saw the ball passed to Phil Francis who kicked ahead and chased the ball as it rolled towards the try-line. The visitors won the footrace, but Cornish earned a five metre scrum, which, eventually Reigatians cleared. The ball came back immediately, and scrambled defence from the visitors resulted in a penalty for the hosts, which was kicked to the corner. A rolling maul was set, but Cornish knocked on, and the danger was over.

Despite all this pressure and a number of five metre scrums, 'The Exiles' were either repelled by strong defence, or coughed up possession. This inability to score came back to haunt them. With almost half an hour gone, a rare Reigatians attack saw Anthony Comyn and scrum-half Ed Forsyth combine. Cornish could only halt the visitors tide with the concession of a penalty, which Nick Grant kicked for 3-3.

Cornish drove Reigatians back powerfully from the re-start, but still could not get over the line. With eight minutes left of the half. A sparkling run by Reigatians' scrum-half Forsyth put in Grant. He then recycled to winger KJ Mushava who sprinted through and dotted down beneath the posts. Grant converted, and with their first real attack of the game, Old Reigatians were in front 10-3 at half-time.

Within three minutes of the re-start, the visitors had extended their lead to ten points as the first attack of the half ended in a penalty being awarded, which Nick Grant successfully kicked. The Cornish response was superb. The forwards' pressure won two successive penalties which were both kicked to touch. From the second of these, a monumental drive from the pack sent Reigatians backwards at a rapid rate of knots. Mark Osei Tutu grounded the ball for his seventh try of the season. The conversion attempt was missed.

Once more, Cornish had a period of pressure, but could not turn this into points as that familiar combination of errors and good defence contrived to frustrate one and all. Gradually, Old Reigatians began to even out the possession, and made a number of inroads into the 'Exiles' '22'.

Going into the final quarter, one such attack was halted illegally, and a Cornish forward was sin-binned. The visitors took advantage of this, scoring a total of eight points in this period. A penalty from Grant was followed four minutes later by a fine display of attacking rugby by Old Reigatians as Matt Lea fed Jack Wheeler. The ball then found its way to Ed Forsyth who dived over. The conversion missed, but the visitors now led 21-8.

With Cornish back to fifteen, the last quarter of an hour was pretty even, but Reigatians produced the more crisper passing. Following a period of sustained pressure, the ball was given plenty of air across the pitch by the visitors, and to his great glee, KJ Mushava received the ball right in between the posts to score. Grant kicked the extras.

However, 'The Exiles' had the final word. Adam Rae and Craig Chatley were involved in an expansive move down the left hand side. Chatley was tackled into touch. From the resulting line out, a multi-phase move was launched, and Simon Brading grounded the ball in the corner as Cornish ended on a high.