Staines followed on from last weeks great home performance with a clinical away performance in very difficult weather conditions.

Losing the toss, Staines were forced to play with a fair slope to their advantage in the first half of this London North One match.

The Staines tight five were quick to take early control of the game.

After some solid scrimmaging, number eight Tom Miklausic was enjoying the solid platform in front of him and his surging drives were causing some early problems for the home team.

Within seven minutes Staines were awarded a penalty after the home side back row could do little but slow down the release of quick ball.

Staines kicker outside half Richard Mahony put Staines ahead.

The home side while fighting against the elements found it difficult to get any form of good ball against a rampant Staines pack, with props Frazer Gibson and Rony Bachour heading up the driving play.

After 14 minutes from some strong lineout ball, Staines were quick to move the ball wide, Brentwood were quite strong in the tackle and from a loose ball Staines lock Duncan McDermid, picked up and showed the opposition a clean pair of heels from some 35 metres.

On the 18th minute, Staines centre Chris Wells broke the defensive line and offloaded to Josh Heke who was brought down in the opposition 22, the opposition were again forced to kill the ball which gave Mahony another penalty kick which he duly put between the uprights.

On the 20th minute, from a solid set scrum half back James Robinson made a short sided break passing the ball to the ever available miklausic to take the score to 21-0.

Staines were now full of confidence and on top of their game, the line throwing in the difficult conditions by Adam Mursal was giving the Staines backs ball in plenty and some quick support play and direct running by Andy Turner the Staines 6 was asking serious questions of a home side who had little in answers.

On the 30th minute some great interactive passing involving both forwards and backs resulted in wing Mark Smith touching down for try number 3 which was converted by Mahony.

Approaching half time Wing Mark Smith touched down for another try which was the result of some great phase play this was converted by Richard Mahony and put the score at half time 30-0.

Captain Tom Cleary was happy with the teams discipline but called for hard work against a slope and a wind which was increasing.

The home side although trailing felt confident they could get something out of the game and started to kick for field position. Staines pack worked hard at not allowing any forward driving play and were strong in the contact area.

Staines, as soon as possession came their way were looking to play some running rugby despite facing the elements and some good runs by full back Andy Regan and wing Mickey Wilmott made some good yardage which again put pressure on the home side.

On the 60th minute Staines were rewarded for their enterprise with a penalty kick which was successfully kicked by Mahony, despite kicking into a strong wind. This was a big downer for a home side that were running out of ideas.

Staines Coach Greg nights was full of praise for the teams performance and some tactical changes which introduced Mark Jackson, Rob Walker and Tom Williams only strengthened a very good team performance in very difficult conditions and with a score line of 33 – 0 this is a credit to a team who are at present in a rich vein of form.

There is a break in the league programme next week and Staines will be back in league action on Saturday 28 November 2009 at home to Welwyn RFC (2.30pm).