Horsham Lions travel to Heathfield and Waldron

Horsham Lions travelled to Heathfield and Waldron 3s for the first round of the cup, expecting a hard game.
A very boggy pitch welcomed the Lions and with no referee arriving, the Heathfield 2nd row who said he was a level 9 referee took the whistle. Horsham worked hard to get any advantage, but to no avail! A very boring game was not enjoyed by the Lions, with a very sprightly( suspect threes) number 6! Knowing Heathfields ones had no game and a few ringers playing.
The small possession that the Lions enjoyed, saw the skipper Mark Elliott go over for a well worked try. Also, a nice line break from Sam Bell. He was tap tackled by a Heathfield player on a clear run for the line, the Heathfield player did not hold on to Bell in the tackle, with the line clear for Bell the Referee blew for a Penalty against Horsham.
Then came Lowe receiving a clear cross field kick and touching down in the corner, the referee deemed the try disallowed!
Passfield crossed the line again! And again , the try was disallowed!
Frustration set in, with no level playing field present for the Lions, the game seemed pointless.
Final score 22-11 Heathfield and Waldron
So, The Lions wish Heathfield and Waldron 3s the best of luck in their Cup run, and hope the Referee a good rest of season.
Horsham Lions now can focus completely on the League.

We move on……….this weekend back to league action, away to Norfolk Arms. Take this weekends lessons and move forward, lets learn to put these games out of reach of poor teams and not get dragged to a bad level . WE ARE BETTER THAN THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Get your availabilities in early, get to training, even if you can only make Thursday Night.