Wimbledon produced a fine team performance to win 32-15 at Tunbridge Wells in London One South on Saturday.

Facing the elements in the first half it was a case of sheer hard graft for Wimbledon to work their way upfield through a combination of good set piece ball.

The Dons made an impressive start with three points for wing Jonny Rawlinson.

But, a huge wind-aided kick from the hosts after they had won Dons’ ruck ball near their own line then took play to the visitors’ 22 and, from the ensuing maul, James Warren sped over to score - his own conversion making it 7-3.

Wimbledon came back 15 minutes later after number eight Mal English, who had a fine game, controlled the ball well at the back of a scrum and scrum half Alex Pyes gave Rawlinson the time and space to score in the corner.

Wimbledon’s decision to keep ball in hand in the second half, rather than use the wind to kick for territory, looked to have backfired when wing Mike Doherty ran in a good try for the home team, to give them a 12-8 lead after 10 minutes.

But, with Wimbledon now claiming almost all the possession, it was never going to be enough.

From the re-start hooker Graeme Symons pounced on a loose ball, which TW killed illegally.

Pyes took a quick penalty and flanker Jason Anquetil had scored before the opposition knew what was what. An excellent conversion from Rawlinson took Dons into a 15-12 lead and five minutes later he added two more after Anquetil had been driven over by the pack for his second try.

And Rawlinson hadn’t finished yet. From a perfect 22 drop out by Dave Rees, the winger snatched the bouncing ball from his opponent’s grasp and sped over unopposed for his second try.

His third, after TW’s Warren had narrowed the gap to 15-27, was a gem. Quick scrum ball, great hands along the back line and the winger sliced through the defence to bring his tally for the day to 22 points.

But essentially this was a team win for Wimbledon and sweet revenge for their home defeat by Tunbridge Wells back in November. In this form another home win against fourth-placed Sidcup next week could well be on the cards.