The home side started strongly and, after Stortford had conceded 2 penalties at breakdowns and had then failed to clear their lines after some stout defence had produced a turnover, Worthing pressed again and several more phases of play involving both forwards and backs produced an unconverted try out wide after 4 minutes. Stortford bounced back from this setback to force two quick penalties in succession, the second, close to the Worthing line also producing a yellow card for the home side's No 4. The visitors quickly capitalised on the one man advantage and after the forwards had threatened at close quarters, the ball was moved swiftly to the left wing, where fullback, Will Simmonds used the overlap to dummy his way in for an equalising unconverted try on 15 minutes. Stortford, with their pack going very well in the scrums, were soon back on the attack, breaking out of their own 22 via a typically powerful run from Mark McCraith, supported by Will Simmonds to take them to the opposition 22, where quick hands saw George Cullen over in the same corner, having bounced through an uncompleted tackle to regain his feet and dive over for another unconverted try on 19 minutes. Four minutes later and Stortford once more attacked from deep in their own half, with Tom Banks making an initial break and feeding Nick Hankin, who kicked ahead for the speedy Simmonds to win the chase for the touchdown to register his second try. Banks' conversion took the score out to 5-17. The game continued in the same free-flowing vein, but crucial mistakes on both sides prevented any further score until the final minutes of the half, when Worthing took 3 points after a penalty at a breakdown some 30 yards out. 8-17 at halftime.

Stortford started the second period slowly, as they had the first and, once again Worthing took advantage, with some aggressive running and good ball retention creating an overlap on the left, which was ruthlessly exploited, when Kiba Richards cut in against the grain of the drift defence to touch down under the posts to narrow the deficit to 2 points after an easy conversion for Matt McLean. The home team enjoyed much the better of the play over the next quarter of an hour, as Stortford kicked away most of what little possession they were able to get, but some dogged defence limited Worthing to shots at goal. The second of these, after 18 minutes was converted by McLean to take his side into a one point lead. His penalty was, however, soon matched by Banks from in front of the posts, after his team finally looked to run the ball and stretched the Worthing defence close to breaking point. The scoring tempo now suddenly lifted and it was Stortford who were almost immediately back on the board after 22 minutes, when Simmonds bagged his hat trick try, seizing on a loose ball, after some over-intricate play by Worthing broke down close to halfway and used his pace to slice though the off-balance defence and touch down under the posts, giving Banks an easy conversion.Three minutes later and it was Banks again to add three points to the visitors' tally, with a good long range penalty for a high tackle, after pressure from the forwards with Rory Young and Dec Caulfield prominent. Worthing were not giving up, though and an early penalty conceded by Stortford was kicked to touch some 8 metres out and the visitors' defence seemed to be caught off balance as the ball from the lineout was moved quickly infield, rather than being driven at the line and three passes and some powerful running saw them touch down under the posts, with the routine conversion, narrowing the lead to 5 points on 28 minutes. Stortford were soon back on the attack, though and two excellent strikes from Banks after 31 and 35 minutes added another 6 points to the visitors' score as two more penalties were forced. Once again, though the final score of the half went to the home side, as a Stortford scrum, shortly after the restart was put under pressure and, although the ball was won, Worthing took full advantage of the retreating ball to win a penalty for not releasing in the tackle. This was kicked to touch and Stortford had no answer to the driving maul from the lineout. As the conversion attempt went wide, though, the home side still required a converted try if they were to snatch a win and, as they failed to gather the restart kick, which found touch close to their own line, they settled for the 2 losing bonus points, as they duly won the ball, but kicked it into touch to end the game - to a very mixed reception from their own players.