Both teams came out of the changing rooms wearing almost identical kits to a noisy Hooks Lane.
Will Knight made several changes from the previous weeks defeat, Jack Phillips replacing the injured Ben Holt at scrum-half with Rob Cuffe, Armandus Morgan and debutant George Edson making the bench.
The game started at a frenetic pace with both sides attacking well but it was Havant's defence that coughed up the first try on four minutes after some pressure from the marauding WP attack, the conversion good, Havant trailed 0-7.
With twenty-three minutes on the clock WP went further in front with an unconverted try. Making the score 0-12.
In the mean time Havant had several attacks deep inside the WP half only to be thwarted by the clash of kits!
Another rolling maul was successful, with the fans cheering loud as Sean Shepherd rolled over the try line only to be pinged by the referee's whistle, WP cleared their lines. A frustrating 1st half came to an end.

Half-time Havant 0 Westcombe Park 12

The 2nd period started with Havant now in red and white hoops attacking WP from the off. A quick penalty and good field position, Wes Dugan finished off the move with Havant's first try of the afternoon, game on! Jacob Knight's conversion was good 7-12.
Moments later and Havant were Infront, captain Joel Knight running a perfect line, brother Jacob slotted the conversion Havant had their noses in front at 14-12.
Back came WP who always looked threating, scoring their 3rd try of the afternoon, the conversion was good and WP had the lead back at 14-19.
The next period of play was Havant keeping the pressure up with the forwards causing problems for a tough WP defence. The result two penalties in as many minutes from Jacob Knight, Havant had the lead back at 20-19, going into the last ten minutes.
A huge long range penalty by scrum-half Jack Phillips after an infringement at a ruck game Havant a 23-19 lead. The faithful were in full voice.
WP rolled their way to the try line after more pressure inside the 22, finally breaching the try line for their bonus point and the lead at 23-26.
Jack Phillips had another opportunity to level the scores but this time he just shaved the left upright, a 2nd defeat in a row for Havant in the National league.

Full-time Havant 23 Westcombe Park 26

Will Knight's thoughts after the game
"Another difficult one to take. We seemed quite flat in the first half and didn’t really get going. Westcombe Park took advantage of this and scored two good tries early on. There was a good reaction after half time and I felt we could push on and get the win but it wasn’t to be. The boys are gutted they know there needs to be a reaction and I believe you will see it next week."