Two try Jonathan Whiting earned the man of the match honours as he made his league debut, as Horsham brushed aside a sorry Crawley to maintain their 100 per cent start to the season.

The opening week’s defeat of Park House and this 50-0 mauling of Horsham’s local rivals has the Green and Whites placed second in the early season table with Whiting, making his first start at number eight, instrumental.

And coach Nick Stocker believes his side could have helped themselves to an even biggest feat of points.

“We had eight try scoring opportunities from line breaks, and only managed to convert two of them,” he said.

“It could have been a 70 or 80 point game, and there are things we can work on such as the conversion rate. We can’t allow teams to have that breathing room, and need to be more ruthless and clinical.”

Whiting made the first breakthrough, as the Green and Whites recycled the ball well and he took a short pass before bursting over the line.

Will Johnson added the second before Ryan Grover found himself with acres of room to run in the third after some quick ball. Liam Yates also added his name to the scoresheet with two tries, while Matthew Goodsir also crossed twice.

The pick of the tries came in the 79th minute, when Whiting went over for Horsham’s final score following a Will Johnson break.

The final try was also an illustration of just how important family can be in sport. As Whiting went over for his second, the words of encouragement from his brother James on the wing could be heard ringing across the pitch. At least that's if you count "Pass it to me you selfish fat ******!" as encouragement. Ah, brothers. Don't you just love 'em?

TEAM

1. Adam Harman 2. Rob Grantham-Hill 3. Mike Penfold 4. Simon Matterface 5. Greg Holt 6. Ryan Grover 7. Iain Fisher 8. Jonathan Whiting 9. Will Johnson 10. Angelo Shepherd 11. Arun Thompson 12. Jonny Ordidge 13. Liam Yeates 14. James Whiting 15. Matthew Goodsir

16. Nick Swann 17. Seth Wise (on for Rob Grantham-Hill 50 mins) 18. Dan Bourne (on for Arun Thompson 65 mins)