Havant travelled up the A3 to play league leaders Wimbledon which on paper was a tasty clash. A feisty encounter with both teams showed some great skill.
Havant again made changes to the starting line-up, some were forced upon with injury and illness some were rotation and positional. Armandus Morgan and Wayne Dugan casualties were replaced by Tom Blackburn and Joe Moore respectively. The game also saw the return of Navy back row Gav Hughan back on dry land again and Will Owen.
The game started at a frenetic pace with both defences on top, Havant certainly had the fair share of possession and the better of the scrums. Something that should have yielded more penalties than were given.
The early stages also saw some huge hits going in, Havant's defence was outstanding. Joe Moore's impressive hit on halfway a high-light of this period of play.
Wimbledon finally breached the Havant defence on 26 minutes having an extra man in attack for their wing to fly over in the corner. The conversion was missed making the score 5-0.
The home side was still in the ascendancy and continued to probe the Havant defence for opportunities but the door was kept shut. They then looked odds on to score after another overlap out wide but the tenacious Jake Hewett ripped the ball from the attacker with the home crowd already cheering for a try.
Havant went straight up the other end and Joe Moore's deep run almost got Havant level, only a last gasp tackle stopped a certain try. From that tackle Wimbledon broke quickly and scored again in the corner, their winger again having too much gas on the outside, again the conversion was missed making the score 10-0.
In time added on in the first half, Havant got themselves back in the match with their first try, a fantastic run by Jacob Knight was offloaded to Joe Moore who made no mistake this time, Jacob Knight missed the conversion making the score 10-5. There was still time for a Wimbledon penalty although the crowd seemed to think it went the other way, this was slotted over in front of the posts and the referee blew the whistle for half-time.
Half-time Wimbledon 13 Havant 5

The 2nd half was only minutes old when the Knight brothers produced a bit of magic. A sublime reverse pass from Jacob Knight sending the covering defence the other way found Joel Knight and he dived over for Havant's 2nd try of the afternoon. Jacob Knight converted making it a one-point game 13-12.
The game was getting very passionate on the pitch but also on the sidelines too, with both sets of fans in fine voice, although calling for a yellow for the Harry Carr incident was a little distasteful and not in the spirit of the game being played.
With the man advantage again Wimbledon showed why they are in some peoples minds favourites for the title, their backline made room outside and scored their 3rd try of the afternoon giving them an 18-12 lead. A short time later they extended the lead further with a penalty.21-12.
Seven minutes later, Havant again produced a good move and showed they were not out of the game by any means. Ben Holt snipped in the corner and Jacob Knights miss kick conversion just crept over to make the final 10 minutes very interesting 21-19.
Both teams had chances in the final moments with again Havant unlucky not to come away from the game with more than just a bonus point.
The referee's whistle blew and Wimbledon celebrated the win.
Full-time Wimbledon 21 Havant 19

Will Knights thoughts
"I thought it was a very good game against a talented Wimbledon side. We did some very good things in attack and scored a couple of lovely tries"
"They too took their chances well and with quality players like their wings you just can't give them that space"
"We felt perhaps deserved a bit more from the scrum where we were clearly dominant but that seems to be the theme of this session!"
" At the death, I think we could have had a couple of kickable penalties but we really shouldn't have had to rely on that"
"We will bounce back and already the players are looking forward to a huge test against Dorking next week".