On a tight, fast pitch UMW needed quick hands and  lightening ball movement and that is what they did -   Fullback Bill Tamani sliced through SVU early and raced 50 meters to score. UMW then fell into a mode of making their tackles count and holding the line, forcing SVU errors. Freshman Kit Waddington cleaned up all types of ball at scrumhalf and hit his schoolboy teammate Jamie Cooper at pace all day. Jamie's kick and pass selection was perfect, SVU was either running sideline to sideline or chasing a variety of kicks over their heads into space. At halftime it was 30-0 UMW with UMW's pack really shining in a workmanlike way, including a nice try from tighthead Cameron Giwa-McNeil. 

At the start of the 2nd half SVU showed some power, rucking their way to a couple penalties and pinning UMW inside their 10 meter. This resulted in two unconverted try's by SVU. UMW answered with a pair of converted penalties by Flyhalf Cooper. SVU then literally muscled a try in under the posts in an impressive show of force. 

The rest of the half was UMW stretching the field and making some fantastic combinations. It was just beautiful rugby. Senior Seamus Brennan scored a nice try and was a calming force on offense and defense all day. Sebastian Schefermann really stretched SVU's defense all day and had a number of assists and scored a late second half try himself.  Finally sophomore big man Riley Lopez showed some pace a minute after he got in the game and scored a nice try. 

Man of the Match was Jamie Cooper for his boot and his calm quarterback play at 10 - he ended the day with 5 conversions and 4 penalties for 22 points. A quick second choice for man of the match could have been any of the eight finishers UMW fielded in the 2nd half - there was no drop or even slow down in play, Rory Naylor delivering a couple big tackles and Joseph Ritter and Aidan Gallagher showing no mercy, springing teammates for try's.