Medway 24 Camberley 32: London 1 South match report

Medway tasted defeat at home for the first time this season as Camberley were crowned London 1 South champions at Priestfields on Saturday.

With both sides already promoted, a large crowd gathered for what promised to be an entertaining affair and they were not disappointed.

Medway coach Taff Gwilliam said: "The last few weeks have been difficult with injuries and illness but we showed our strength in depth with a performance our club can be proud of.

"We are promoted and that is a brilliant achievement for our club. Camberley are worthy champions and we congratulate them."

Camberley kicked off and dominated the early stages, playing a direct physical game with their large pack of forwards. A series of pick and drives narrowed the Medway defence and some crisp passing saw the visitors winger go over in the corner for a converted try.

On 12 minutes Medway responded. Some great individual work from Alfie Orris saw him kick ahead and regather to score out wide. Dan Harvey converted to level the scores.

The rest of the half belonged to Camberley. Their forwards were dominating the breakdown and forced Medway to concede a penalty. The visitors kicked to the corner and scored a converted try with a catch and drive from the line-out.

On 34 minutes Camberley won another line-out on the halfway line and a well-worked strike play from their backs saw them score an excellent unconverted try in the corner. Medway went into half time trailing 19-7.

The lead was extended to 26-7 on 51 minutes when a cross-field kick appeared to be covered but the unpredictability of the bounce wrong-footed Medway and Camberley pounced.

Medway once again showed they have pride and character in abundance as they picked themselves up and took the game to