With the 1st XV having a week off, the mighty Ventnor seconds made the long journey over to Southampton on Saturday to take on a strong Southampton side.
An enthralling game played in the best manner by both sides, with the only sour note being the Hurricanes could not manage bring any tangible points home with them.
In their last home game of the season, Ventnor looked to improve on their increasingly better performances in recent games and having lost the previous game by one point, victory was the next step.
Ventnor RFC’s first playing experience of one of the newly introduced second teams of some of the bigger clubs in Hampshire took place at the weekend. Ed reports on how they got on.
Following the disappointing first league loss of the season, Sandown & Shanklin looked to get back on track, yet knew that visiting Bognor RFC would be a tough nut to crack in order to get back to winning ways.