Ealing Cougars recorded a comfortable 19 -0 win of Thames merit table opponents Hammersmith & Fulham on Saturday, they were rarely in trouble and took control of the game from the start.

Hammersmith & Fulham kicked off long and the ball fell to Federico Salcedo on the wing who charged the ball up from our 22 to past the halfway line beating four players. From the resulting ruck Ealing were awarded a penalty for Hammersmith & Fulham being offside which would be a constant feature of this game.

The first scrum was a telling part of the game as the Cougars drove Hammersmith & Fulham off their own ball for a turnover, the scrum was functioning very well with James "slim" Elliot in particular dominating his opposite number. Several more forward drives with resulting penalties for persistent offside saw Ealing with a line-out 10 yards out. the catch and drive resulted in Ash Spencer touching down. Ash Gillard added the conversion.