If the match had finished after twenty minutes Welwyn would be through to the second round of the cup after going two tries and a conversion with no reply from Harps. The first try came from a powerful display by centre Scott Clewlow, who burst through the defensive line to score under the posts. The conversion was duly slotted between the uprights by Tim Wilson. The second try came from captain James Smith, playing at fly half, who took the ball from Harry Atkinson at scrum and chipped through four Harps players and out-paced them to touch down the try. Harps then woke up and sought revenge, running in a couple of soft tries after the Welwyn midfield missed their tackles. But just as the crowd had started to predict a Harps rout, the Welwyn forwards stepped up a gear and came close on several occasions before finally after a series of passing moves along the back line Smith took the ball from a ruck and forced himself over for his second try. Man of the match was awarded to Alex Tenn, who had an outstanding game.

Close match report.