Hove 13 Wimbledon 30

An away victory with a bonus point is always to be savoured and Wimbledon’s unanswered 24 points after Hove had led 13 – 6 was a tribute to their ambition as well as organisation.
A team with three changes from the previous Saturday and Gary Crowe taking over the captaincy from the injured Neil Hallett, scored four tries with two from loose head prop Pete Wallace, one from lock Aiden O’Brien and one from outside half Bryan Croke who also scored two penalties and converted two of the tries.
Another positive was a solid debut by lock Campbell Tait, The only minus was an unfortunate hamstring injury to winger Pete Scott which will keep him out for several weeks.
Hove took an early lead with a penalty and later an unconverted try to give them an 8 – 6 lead at halftime. Clearly an effective team talk was given by the captain and coaches and this had its effect with the second half performance by Wimbledon.
Next week Wimbledon will be at home to local rivals Cobham with a 3pm kick-off.