H&W reach Vase final

With only a penalty to show from the boot of Jaimie Marchant after some determined drives onto the Hastings half, Heathfield were guilty of too much passion and too little rugby.

This was emphasised on the 20th minute mark when Chris Jones was too exuberant in his rucking style and was given a yellow card.

With Jones back on after his sin binning, Heathfield started to play rugby. The power of the forwards gallantly led by star man Ian Jenkins began to take its toll on Hastings and a drive up the left side of the field was stopped just short.

However, the ball was whipped out to fly half English, who drifted inside his defender and managed the deftest of passes for full back Barry Slay, timing his run to perfection to crash through under the posts. Marchant converted the penalty for 13-0 up at half-time.

In the second half Hastings had no answer to Heathfield's powerful driving mauls and started conceding penalties, two of which were converted by Marchant.

Hastings tried to keep the ball away from the Heath forwards, but this tactic was punished when Heathfield 2nds' top try scorer Matt Skinner collected a loose kick on his own ten-metre line. His long mazy run broke through some ineffectual tackling and saw him score in the corner.

At 26-0 up, Heathfield were able to ring the changes with all the replacements coming on. This didn't diminish the dominance of the Heathfield side.

There was a fine try in the corner from scrum half replacement Ed Youngson which sealed one of the best performances of the season for the team and puts them through to the final on March 25.