A brief summary of the game

Farnham travelled to familiar rivals Battersea Ironsides for the first round of the Papa John’s cup. Battersea finished 5th in London 2 south east however with many players unavailable, fielded an inexperienced team. Farnham however had most of the players available with only Alex Wennen coming in for his first game for the 1XV this season. The home side kicked off and Farnham started the better of the 2 teams. 5 minutes in and Ed Grosvenor scored his first try for the club after a break from Greg Franzel. Battersea responded with a penalty however it was then all Farnham. Man of match Shawa Rai scored the 2nd try with Toby Simmons and Ben Stevens also scoring tries before half-time. Ben Stevens converted all the scores with Farnham using a mixture of pace and power to breakdown the Battersea defence.

Coach for the day James Chisholm then emptied the bench with Matt Kouris making his comeback from injury as well. Captained Oscar Henderson opened the scoring after the break with Joe Brockman quickly following. Subsite Jack Haylett also powered over before Shawa Rai scored the try of match, breaking the line and then beating the fullback for a 70 meter stunner. Sam Woodhams then powered over from close range for the last try with Ben Stevens unfortunately missing his final kick to leave the full-time score 3-61.
A convincing win and it sets up a 2 legged quarter final fixture with Beckenham after the Easter break.

Presidents podium
3- Shawa Rai
2- Joey Wood
1-Ollie Brown