After four consecutive away games at the beginning of this new season, Medway made the most of the home advantage when they met local rivals Aylesford on Saturday at Priestfields.

Medway also hosted many of their sponsors for lunch before the game and then entertained them with some sparkling running rugby and scored ten tries in the process. Medway’s fly half Dan Harvey, who previously played for Aylesford, had a good all-round game and an even better one with the boot kicking 9 out of the 10 conversions.

Medway scored tries at regular intervals right from the beginning and secured the bonus point with their forth try after only 32 minutes of the game. They led by 33 points to nil at half time, and went on to score another 35 points in the second period. Aylesford to their credit never gave up and showed real spirit scoring two converted tries in the second half.

Many of the Medway team played very well. Second rows, Max Easton and Ben Johnson were both prolific in the loose. The back row of Humphrey, Beaumont and Huntley were outstanding with all three scoring tries and two of them from long range.

Medway’s remaining tries came from James Dance (2), Luke Burns (2), Billy Sandison, Charlie Wardzynski and Ben Johnson.

Medway are on the road again next week with a trip to the seaside to play Deal and Betteshanger in the league. By strange coincidence, they face the same opposition the following week in the cup but this time at home.

Medway team;

Brice, Sandison, O’Leary, Easton, Johnson, Huntley, Beaumont, Humphrey, J Dance, Harvey, Garofalo Meares, Liua’ana, Burns, Wardzynski, Petch, Chalmers, Graves.