By MARK BENGOECHEAESHER face the daunting trip to title favourites Taunton Titans on Saturday hoping to shrug off their heaviest defeat of the campaign at Henley last weekend.The Eees went down 46-20 to the Hawks, which gave the Thames Valley club the league double over Peter Winterbottom's side following their equally emphatic 34-13 victory ...

By MARK BENGOECHEAPETER WINTERBOTTOM says Esher face their biggest challenge of the season when they travel to promotion-chasing Henley Hawks on Saturday.The Thames Valley side are riding high in third place in National Two South, just two points behind leaders Tonbridge with six matches left of an absorbing title race.Henley's hopes suffered a set...

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By MARK BENGOECHEAPETER WINTERBOTTOM says Esher are determined to set the record books straight against Worthing Raiders on Saturday and make amends for their disappointing display in Sussex in November.The Eees produced a below-par performance at Roundstone to slide to a 20-15 defeat, which saw their five-match winning run in National Two South en...

By MARK BENGOECHEAESHER go in search of a league double and local bragging rights in Friday night's rearranged home derby against Barnes.The Eees won a 14-try thriller 61-34 at Barn Elms in September with Tom James scoring a hat-trick to help his side notch up their first win of the campaign.But the conditions will be very different on Friday at Mo...

By MARK BENGOECHEAPETER WINTERBOTTOM says Esher's defence must step up to the plate if they are to cause an upset at league leaders Taunton Titans on Saturday.The West Country side are on a roll with four straight wins catapulting them to the top of National League Two South and buoyed by an impressive 36-10 at Clifton last weekend.And Esher Direct...

By MARK BENGOECHEAPETER WINTERBOTTOM wants Esher to find their ruthless touch as they face National Two Division South's bottom side Bournemouth at Molesey Road on Saturday.And the Eees Director of Rugby is also demanding a reaction to the Jekyll and Hyde display that saw them scrape a 25-25 draw in an extraordinary match at Old Redcliffians last w...

Old Redcliffians 25 Esher 25 National Division 2 SouthSaturday February 1 2020Lorcan Dow snatched a draw for Esher in the dying moments as they staged yet another fighting comeback at Old Redcliffians.The Elmbridge side would have had even more to cheer had the resulting conversion not been charged down, which ensured ORs were above Sutton &am...

By MARK BENGOECHEAESHER Director of Rugby Peter Winterbottom says his players must be mentally tough at Old Redcliffians on Saturday if they are to notch up a third successive victory.The Eees have failed to mount a promotion challenge in National League Two South this season with six defeats on their travels proving costly and leaving them in eigh...

By MARK BENGOECHEAESHER will be hoping to bottle the magic formula they discovered in Leicester last week when they face local rivals Sutton and Epsom at Molesey Road on Saturday.The Eees produced one of their finest performances of the season to beat Leicester Lions 20-17 to claim their first league double and a first awayday victory since October...

By MARK BENGOECHEAESHER must rediscover their defensive steel if they are to claim a rare win on the road at Leicester Lions on Saturday.That was the message from Eees Director of Rugby Peter Winterbottom this week after disappointing defeats at Dings Crusaders and at home to Bury St Edmunds.Winterbottom feels both were games Esher should have won ...

By MARK BENGOECHEAESHER have been told to "meet fire with fire" against Bury St Edmunds on Saturday to stand a chance of avenging their defeat in Suffolk in September.The Eees return to Molesey Road still smarting from last week's patchy display at Dings Crusaders that saw them go down 45-33 and leave them in ninth spot in National League Division ...

By MARK BENGOECHEAPETER WINTERBOTTOM has called for his Esher side to cure their awayday blues as they start the New Year hoping to complete a league double at Dings Crusaders on Saturday.The Eees have lost five of their eight games on their travels and that poor record leaves them in eighth place in National League Division Two, although they have...

By MARK BENGOECHEAPETER WINTERBOTTOM is demanding more consistency from his Esher side as they start the second half of the campaign aiming to complete the double over local rivals Barnes at Molesey Road on Saturday.The Eees have been dogged by lapses in concentration in the first half of the season that has thwarted their promotion ambitions and t...

Esher produced a stirring second half fightback against visitors Clifton on Saturday, overturning a half-time deficit of 18 points to record a thrilling 32-26 bonus point win over the West Country side at Molesey Road.The home team got off to the worst possible start as Clifton gathered possession from the kick-off and made a break down the left wi...

Esher got their season back on track again on Saturday with a much needed bonus point win, overcoming visitors Old Albanian with a commanding second half display to secure a 31-20 victory in an incident-packed encounter at Molesey Road.With the conditions set for a dry but bitingly cold afternoon, the home side were forced into some early defending...

Esher slipped to their first home defeat of the season in a game of two halves on Saturday, opening up a 13 point half-time lead before suffering a second half collapse to lose 13-34 at the hands of visitors Henley Hawks.With both sides looking to bounce back from disappointing results the previous weekend, it was Esher who made the brighter start ...

Esher vs Taunton TitansMatch Report, Saturday 2nd November 2019Esher moved into the top four with a fifth straight win on Saturday, surviving a late onslaught to edge out league leaders Taunton Titans with a 10-8 victory in a tense encounter at Molesey Road.The home side made most of the early running on a damp and blustery November afternoon, gain...

Esher fought their way to a third consecutive victory on Saturday, overcoming visitors Old Redcliffiians a thrilling contest to seal a late 30-26 bonus point win at Molesey Road.On a bright and mild October afternoon, it was the away side who started the game at a furious pace as they went on the attack from the first whistle, breaking down the rig...

Sutton & Epsom RFC vs EsherMatch Report, Saturday 12th October 2019Esher made it back-to-back wins on Saturday with a comprehensive 38-6 bonus point derby day victory over historic local rivals Sutton & Epsom at a rain-soaked Rugby Lane.In a first meeting between the two sides for nearly 23 years, it was the hosts who made the brighter star...