RAMS RFC head to Cambridge this Saturday for a mouth-watering National One encounter at Volac Park (2pm).
While the Sonning side’s trip to Darlington Mowden Park was postponed due to a frozen pitch last weekend, this Saturday’s opponents produced one of the most eye-catching results of the season as they won 35-19 at leaders Sale.
It was a result which snapped the Manchester men’s 10-match winning run and means there are just five points between the top three – Sale have 70 from 17 matches, while Rams are on 67 from 15 and Cambridge 65 from 15.
After the postponed fixture at the weekend, where Rams were dut to face Darlington, means that the team now have two games in hand to catch up on league leaders Sale.
The Blood & Sand’s win was based on a hat-trick from wing Kwaku Asiedu – who also scored twice at Old Bath Road earlier in the season – and he is now the joint top try-scorer in the division.
Asiedu’s tally now stands at 18, while hooker Ben Brownlie also bagged a brace to move into double figures.
Cambridge have a phenomenal home record and are unbeaten on their own patch this season, their last defeat a shock 17-15 loss to Leeds Tykes way back in November, 2021.
In that time they have won 15 consecutive matches at Grantchester Road, although it was Rams who took the spoils 29-26 in a pulsating home contest back in October.
Cambridge head into the contest with a record of 12 wins, one draw and two losses in what has been an outstanding run of games to keep them within touching distance of the league’s top two teams.
The postponed trip to Darlington Mowden Park will now take place on Saturday, February 4 (3pm), with another rearranged fixture – the home Friday Nights derby against Chinnor – is set for February 10.
By Richard Ashton
