Chipstead, featuring several players promoted from last season’s youth teams, produced an impressive 21-3 victory on the dry pitch at Farnham in Surrey One on Saturday.

Despite controlling most aspects of the first half, the visitors trailed 3-0 to a penalty at half-time.

After the restart, Chipstead continued to dominate possession but were unable to breach a committed Farnham defence.

They finally gained their reward after 18 minutes. A penalty kicked in the home 22 brought a ferocious drive from the line-out. Eventually, Chips spun the ball to the backs or James McGauley to crash through close to the posts. Dan Martin converted the try.

Four minutes later, another Chipstead charge for the line finished with them switching the direction of attack for Alex Elbrow to gallop home from five yards out. Martin’s conversion made it 14-3.

Chiptead continued to boss affairs and refused to accept obvious points from the boot of Martin, preferring the attacking options afforded from penalties conceded by a tired home side.

Right at the death, repeated scoring attempts came to fruition when full-back Martin Floodgate went over, Martin again adding the conversion.