The Eels travelled over to West London for a game against a confident Richmond side, that had put the Surrey Sharks to the sword by 30 points the week before.

Brentwood got off to a great start with a huge kick off from Archie Holding, that Richmond couldn't stop & resulted in them having to drop out from under the sticks.

Kieran Mooney gathered the drop kick & loaded up captain Ollie Frostick who ran it back with interest, another big carry from Malachy Watts Adams took us to within 5 metres, Ben Kennedy hit the shape on the right & Findlay Gilmour made a short pass to Nathan Raffle who took the ball at pace & crashed over to open the Eels account.....Holding kicked the extras.

Richmond 0 Brentwood 6

Richmond restarted, Charlie Brand gathered the kick off & loaded up Will Hammond who picked up good speed before crashing into the Richmond defence.

The Eels pack were flexing their muscles, good footwork & a strong fend saw Femi Sanya make good metres, putting the Eels within striking distance, Kennedy spun the ball out from the ground to Holding, who took on the line before passing the ball out the back to Scott Chitty, who drew the defence before releasing Rohann Bankole on the wing, who flew down the line sliding over to score in the corner.

Richmond 0 Brentwood 10

Richmond came back strong, showing that they was a genuine threat with the ball in hand, moving it well they crashed over to score.

Richmond 6 Brentwood 10

Once again the Holding kick off was too hot to handle, finding the turf just over the tryline it kicked on & off the pitch, forcing Richmond to drop out once again.

Brentwood made the most of the opportunity, with Harry Crellin running a hardline before offloading to Femi Sanya who powered his way over the stripe to score.....Archie Holding kicked the extras.

Richmond 6 Brentwood 16

An Eels knock on from the restart gave Richmond great field position, their big number 8 carried well, before they found space out wide to score.

Richmond 10 Brentwood 16

The momentum of the game had shifted & Richmond were looking strong in their best spell of the game, half time approached & Brentwood worked hard in defence, as Richmond pounded their line with two back to back sets, but to no avail.

HT. Richmond 10 Brentwood 16

At halftime we talked about doing the basics well & earning the right to play.

Richmond kicked off & Brentwood put in a great set with huge carries from the forwards, including Sam Bindle who was having a great debut, smashing everything in attack & defence, Charlie Brand tipped on to Femi Sanya who broke the line to dot down for his brace.

Richmond 10 Brentwood 20

The Eels were starting to click & you could see the teams confidence start to grow, with selfless support lines being run, offloads in the tackle & out the back passes, our 110kg captain happily ran on to a pass at pace crashing over the top of the Richmond defence to score.....Archie Holding kicked the extras.

Richmond 10 Brentwood 26

With a healthy lead Brentwood started to really cut loose & unbelievably everything stuck, the Eels rolled from one end of the pitch to the other, with Malachy Watts Adams charging forward with a powerful offloading game, the Eels linked together 7 passes in the final play before Nathan Raffle crashed over to score.....Archie Holding kicked the extras.

Richmond 10 Brentwood 32

Richmond looked shell shocked, but kept fighting until the end with some huge tackles, but the movement of the ball in the last third & the power of the Eels pack was just too much.....Kennedy hit the shape, Holding took on the line shaped up to pass, his defender bit & he ran straight through to score under the posts.....converting his own try.

Richmond 10 Brentwood 38

The score didn't reflect the physicality of the game or the effort Richmond were making, but the Eels had a roll on & it was proving hard to stop, Hammond made great metres taking the Eels to within 5 metres, there was space out wide & Ben Kennedy spotted it, launching a 10 metre pass straight as a die along the tryline, Nathan Raffle ran onto it at pace & slid over for his hat trick.

Richmond 10 Brentwood 42

The Eels kept up their energy right until the final whistle, as a great running move saw the ball get out to Scott Chitty in the centres who shaped up to pass to Rohann on the wing, then stepped through the line score.....Archie Holding kicked the extras.

FT Richmond 10 Brentwood 48

Tries - Raffle 3, Sanya 2, Frostick, Holding, Chitty, Bankole

Conversions - Holding 6/9

Eels Team

1 - Charlie Brand
2 - Rohann Bankole
3 - Scott Chitty
4 - Harry Crellin
5 - Kieran Mooney
6 - Archie Holding
7 - Findlay Gilmour
8 - Ollie Frostick (c)
9 - Ben Kennedy
10 - William Hammond
11 - Nathan Raffle
12 - Malachy Watts Adams
13 - Femi Sanya
14 - Sam Bindle