Kenilworth travelled to Bromsgrove for their Regional 1 Midlands fixture on the back of a confidence boosting victory against Syston the previous week.

The side contained a number of changes due to injury and unavailability but hopes were high for another strong performance.

However the home side had other ideas and dominated proceedings from the opening scrum.

An early penalty saw an easy kick and the visitors were on the back foot.

Kenilworth put together some good passages of play when they secured possession but lost the battle in the forwards for the majority of the game.

Bromsgrove's hard running centres took advantage of a stream of good possession and broke through the Kenilworth defence a number of times resulting in a 30-0 lead at half time.

It was testament to the determination of the visitors that after conceding two quick tries at the start of the second half, they held firm and scored a very good try of their own from Will Morgan after a break from Charlie West, with a good conversion from full back Mark O'Connor

Kenilworth will be keen to put things right ahead of the local derby against Broadstreet on 27 January.

The talent and tenacity in the squad will be hoping to come to the fore again and a large crowd is expected for what is always an entertaining and attritional fixture.

Bromsgrove RFC 49 Kenilworth RFC 7