WITH the mouth-watering first-versus-second Friday Night Lights game between Rams and Chinnor just two days away, we rank the previous 21 league games between the sides – and it’s currently 10 wins apiece along with a draw!

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21) Chinnor 24-5 Rams (January, 2008)

Joe Duffelen scored the visitors’ only points in a disappointing loss.

20) Chinnor 12-5 Rams (September, 2011)

Three penalties and a drop-goal gave the hosts control, meaning Jevon Marsh’s try was merely a consolation.

19) Chinnor 22-10 Rams (September, 2010)

James Baker and Rob Castell crossed for the away side, but a Matt Goode hat-trick helped Chinnor home.

18) Chinnor 16-10 Rams (January, 2017)

Jak Rossiter touched down for Rams, but they were unable to overturn a 16-3 half-time deficit.

17) Rams 17-32 Chinnor (October, 2016)

Tries from Dan Sanders and Robbie Stapley were insufficient as the hosts trailed 20-10 at the break.

16) Chinnor 36-14 Rams (September, 2017)

The hosts secured promotion to National One at the end of the campaign, and they were too good early in the season despite Greg Illingworth and Josh Collis going over.

15) Rams 18-24 Chinnor (October, 2007)

Jez Flynn and Iain Buzza touched down for Rams, but it was a title-winning season for the visitors who took the spoils at Old Bath Road.

14) Chinnor 8-6 Rams (December, 2009)

A game which might not have taken place but for an incredible effort from the Chinnor membership to clear the pitch of snow, the visitors had only two Sid Matthews’ penalties to show for their efforts in a low-scoring affair.

13) Rams 22-22 Chinnor (April, 2012)

Robbie Stapley was at the double and Shaun Brown also crossed the whitewash in the only draw between the two sides, Guy Swadling adding seven points with the boot.

12) Chinnor 30-46 Rams (September, 2022)

Played as a tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the visitors produced a fine display with Jak Rossiter and Max Hayman both at the double and Ant Marris, James McRae, James Baker also touching down.

11) Rams 29-19 Chinnor (September, 2023)

The hosts had to weather a ferocious early assault, but eventually got the win thanks to tries from Axel Kalling-Smith (two), Dan Swain, a penalty try and Max Hayman.

10) Chinnor 43-40 Rams (April, 2022)

There were tries galore in a game with an end-of-season feel, both sides with little to play for, and ultimately it was hooker Mark Darlington – on his 50th appearance and having returned to Chinnor expecting to play Veterans’ rugby – who scored the last-minute winner.

Henry Bird grabbed a brilliant hat-trick for the visitors as Robbie Stapley, Stevie Bryant and Drew Humberstone also went over.

9) Rams 38-22 Chinnor (March, 2022)

In a first for National League Rugby, the game was live-streamed through its website and Robbie Stapley wrote his name further into the folklore of the fixture with a hat-trick – on the same day his son Arlo was born!

Ben Henderson, Jak Rossiter and Henry Bird were the other home try-scorers.

8) Rams 50-31 Chinnor (February, 2023)

Debutant Zach Clow scored twice as a devastating first-half performance helped the hosts to victory against a Chinnor side who had been improving under new DoR Nick Easter.

Ollie Cole also crossed twice – the second following James Baker’s unforgettable 35-metre midfield break – with Ellis Jones, Axel Kalling-Smith, that man Baker and Max Hayman also going over.

7) Rams 37-21 Chinnor (April, 2016)

Having looked dead and buried after the early stages of their first season at National Two South, the hosts ensured survival thanks to tries from Jamie Guttridge, Sean McDermottroe, George Drury and Conor Corrigan, along with 17 points from the boot of Spike Chandler.

6) Rams 23-20 Chinnor (September, 2009)

James Baker, Seb Reynolds and Robbie Stapley helped the hosts overturn a 15-point deficit as Spike Chandler landed a conversion and two important late penalties.

5) Rams 29-31 Chinnor (January, 2018)

Ben Henderson, Connor Stapley, Matt Weller and Ben Henderson scored for Rams, but it was not enough as the visitors took a massive step towards what would end with a promotion-winning season from National Two South.

4) Rams 17-16 Chinnor (January, 2011)

Spike Chandler again played a pivotal role in a one-point triumph, landing four penalties as Azza Hopkins’ try ensured victory for the hosts.

3) Chinnor 39-41 Rams (December, 2015)

One of the most important results in the club’s history, the return of Robbie Stapley from Henley kick-started Rams’ brilliant second half of the season run to secure National Two South survival.

Sean McDermottroe (two), Tom Vooght, Stapley, Ben Henderson and Olly Foxley got the tries as Luke Flower slotted four conversions and a penalty for a famous win at Kingsey Road – despite the hosts clawing back from 41-26 down and having two shots at a conversion to snatch a draw.

2) Rams 27-21 Chinnor (September, 2019)

Henry Bird bagged a brace – the second proving the last-gasp match-winner in what would become known as ‘Birdy’s Corner’ – as Conor Corrigan and Robbie Stapley, in the 75th minute to start the grandstand late comeback, helped Rams to a dramatic bonus-point success.

1) Chinnor 17-21 Rams (January, 2020)

The original Friday Night Lights and still arguably the most memorable battle between two sides chasing National One promotion before Covid shortened the season.

Rams built up a 21-3 lead in front of a huge Kingsey Road crowd, Tom Vooght twice touching down after Ben Henderson scored his side’s first, but they were indebted to Ollie Taylor’s final-minute line-out steal to finally set the seal on one of the greatest games in the club’s history.

Now what awaits in two days time!