Bedford and London Scottish are two teams known for their brand of rugby and liking to entertain the crowds. So when they met on a dry, hot, spring’s day fireworks were expected, and both sides delivered.

With Bedford flying high coming off the back of beating Ealing the week before and a massive victory over Nottingham prior to that, Scottish knew there was a big test ahead.

And so it proved with Bedford flying out of the blocks, throwing the ball around and scoring three early tries in the opening 15 minutes. However, it would be London Scottish’s up front power that would get them back into the game, two tries off the back of the maul from Austin Wallis took his side back into contention before the two teams traded scores before the break.

After the break the tit for tat nature of the game continued with attack’s firmly on top and both defences struggling to gain any foothold. A try from Dan Nutton, just after the break sparked hopes of a come back but Bedford were always able to cause trouble when they had ball in hand.

A last minute pearler of a score from Tom Wilstead who picked up the final pass from a beautiful break from Josh Bellamy was the try of the day as the final score finished 61-38. An incredibly entertaining game and one where London Scottish will rue the opening quarter of an hour which put them too far behind to mount a serious challenge.

Efforts now turn to a massive three weeks as Scottish take on Cambridge, Chinnor and Caldy in succession, a chance to climb the table perhaps but those three sides will be looking to do a number on the Exiles so it will be an incredibly entertaining few weeks.