Will Knight's squad was pushed further with injuries, Cam Boa making his debut at hooker replacing the injured Sean Shepherd, Wes Dugan played scrum-half after the late withdrawal of Ben Holt.
After a quick start from Havant in front of another bumper crowd Tonbridge showed their obvious class by scoring the opening try by Lloyd Connor converted by Sam Evans.
The game was by no means one sided as Havant showed they could mix it with the best.
Another driving attack from Havant was only stopped by last ditch tackling from the Tonbridge defence.
Back came Tonbridge, again showing how quick the backline was. But again poor handling under pressure from Havant cost them points.
Another indiscretion at a breakdown put Tonbridge back on the score board with Sam Evans making no mistake. The feeling around the ground was Havant were still in the game.
Finally Joel Knight kicked a penalty giving the home side their first points.

Half-time Havant 3 Tonbridge Juddians 10

The 2nd half start with Havant on the front foot and a sublime line from Joel Knight saw him score to the left of the posts and converted to.
Tonbridge then scored two quick fire tries the first from a mistake deep in the Havant 22 scored by Vincent Everitt and converted by Sam Evans. Next was Curtis Barnes running in from five meters out, down the wing this time the conversion was missed.
A sniping try from Lloyd Connor converted by Sam Evans further in front at 10-29.
Havant’s pack created the next try Cam Boa crossing the whitewash converted by Joel Knight.
Havant closed the gap further when Cam Boa finished off a superb rolling maul against converted by Joel Knight.
Sam Evans nudged Tonbridge further in front at 24-32 but the game was not finished.
Truman Sullivan scored Tonbridge’s fifth try converted eventually by Tom White.
Havant were not to be out done and scored a bonus point try when Dylan Lawley crossed the line after some great work again from the pack, Joel Knight converted.

Full-time Havant 31 Tonbridge Juddians 39

Will Knight's thoughts after the game
"TJs are a quality side and showed us a little bit today about how taking your chances even when you are in an arm wrestle is so important. Having said that we showed a lot of resolve and clearly had our own chances to take the win. We are competitive against teams at the very top of the table but the squad are not satisfied with that and we are focused on turning these tight losses into wins."