New Milton Showed Their Class in Thrilling Cup Tie

The Saxons travelled to New Milton in the hope of causong an upset in the HAmpshire Cup against the Club seeded second in the County. Despite getting off to a good start early on, it was New Milton who scored first before Rory was able to level.

This was how the game went for the next 30 minutes, with New Milton scoring and the Saxons pulling themselves back into the game with tries from Jack and Rob and conversions from Jamie and Liam.

The score was 19-12 at half time to New Milton and when the Saxons fought back, the game hung in the balance with 10 minutes to go at 26-24 to New Milton. But the fairy tale end was not to be, with New Milton edging ahead again with two tries to seal the fixture.

The Saxons competed against the best in the County and showed they can compete and score, but the result was the right one and the Saxons will continue in the Plate competition.