Depleted Thurrock out of sorts

This fixture was scheduled for Brentwood, but hastily rearranged to play at Oakfield due to Brentwood's pitches being deemed unplayable.

With eight or nine regulars missing including Captain, Ben Timson, Thurrock struggled with the conditions .

The fact that there were so many new combinations meant there was very little cohesion or enterprise from the home team.

Marcus Spremulli returned to a T's shirt for the first time in almost 8 seasons.

Even though Thurrock had overturned their local rivals earlier in the season, this was a game they will want to forget as Brentwood secured their biggest ever win over the Oakfielders.

Tiernan, Mayes and Fly-half, Jamie Cox had a " field- day", surging through gaps, with Cox's kicking immaculate on an exposed wintry landscape.

In fairness, Thurrock never gave up on the struggle and, early in the second half staged a come back with Caolan Watts-Adams, Anthony Catchpole and Henry Bird adding to their season's tally. Alex Jones weighed in with a fine rearguard action and a couple of conversions.

Full marks to the Thurrock groundstaff for preparing a pitch to enable the game to go ahead, but there were several frustrated players and fans who probably wish they had failed!