South End Sabres 20 Chiltern Cheetahs 6 (H/T 14 - 0)
Chiltern travelled to Southend on Sunday for a must win for both side. Chiltern kicked-off and after a short drive by the Sabres offence they were forced to punt with went out of bounds on the 3 yard line and leaving the Cheetahs offence with work to do, but 5 plays in to the drive Chilterns Quarterback Rob Suttling was intercepted and the ball returned inside Chiltern 20 yard line. This fired the defence into action and linebacker Tony White Intercepted Sabres QB Simon Jones.
Neither side could got never to scoring again until late in the first quarter when Sabres Glen Crease run in his first Touchdown with Kevin Kirwan running in for the extra point (8 - 0).
The second quarter was much the same as the first, but Sabres were looking to add to their points and did so on an 8 Yard run by Crease for his second score of the day with the extra point no good (14 - 0).
Chiltern made some changes for the second half as Sabres kicked-off. Good running by Andy Cochrane and Kris Stephens with the later Scoring on a 15 yard run and the extra point no good (14 - 6). But as the game went on Chiltern offence could not move the ball well enough and this was not help by penalties and fumbles.
The Sabres made sure of their win and to leap over Chiltern in the conference table with a 22 yard touchdown reception by John Stott late in the fourth quarter, and the extra point was no good (20 - 6).
Chiltern defensive captain Nick Rockell led the tackles with 12 solo, with Darren Whybrow and Jim Logdon close behind on 9 & 8 Solo Tackles. Chiltern next game is at Home to Norwich Devils on 15 July in what must be a win game for chance of the play-off.