by Steve Hughes

Folkestone knew that they were in for a hard match, having to play the League leaders who were to be promoted after this game. It therefore came as no suprise that the visitors were a competent unit with a large pack and swift three quarters who ran the ball on every occasion.
Within minutes of the kick off Alleynians threw a miss pass in the middle of the park and their outside centre burst through to run in under the posts for an unconverted try.
Perry, Murray and Simpson combined to put pressure up the right wing but a stray pass lost a possible seven points.
Then Powell and Murray again made inroads only for the final pass to go astray.
The visitors had the heavier pack but Folkestone coped well in the scrums but gave way in the line outs as they only used Rogers as a jumper whereas Alleynians varied their play with two jumpers.
Another try by the visitors increased their lead before Fell kicked a penalty. Walton and Perry made progress up the park but a good move finally petered out. Alleynians then added two quick tries to give them a half time lead of 24 - 3.
Fell had a chance to increase the home score but was off target only to see the opposition cross for another two tries.
Folkestone were creating the chances to score but failing to complete them due to errors.  James got close near the posts before Walton finally got across.