A bumper crowd bolstered by the Christmas lunch saw a typical south-coast derby full of passion and enthusiasm but lacked structure for most the game for it to be a decent spectacle.
Havant opened the scoring on 16 minutes when Ben Griffin found space out wide, after some great work from the pack, the conversion was missed.
Havant extended the lead further when Jack Phillips converted a penalty after an infringement at a ruck. Game on for Havant.
However with most derbies the away side always comes back and some pressure inside the Havant half saw their first try scored by Sam Myles the conversion was missed.
Continued pressure from Worthing with their backs running through, saw Elliott Powell score, converted by Dylan Worsley.
Bringing the first half to a close.

Halftime Havant 8 Worthing 12

The 2nd half started with a bang for Havant and Ben Griffin again found some space for his 2nd and Havant’s third try, converted by Jack Phillips. The noise level went up a notch!
The game turned into a scrap with neither side really producing much in the way of attacking prowess, defences were on top.
Havant with better structure probably could have scored a couple more tries pushing away from Worthing but they defended like devils.
Worthing had the last laugh scoring a well worked try by Sam Myles converted by Tom Myer.
The game then descended into an arm wrestle with neither side giving an inch in the gloom of Hooks Lane.
There was a collective roar from the thousand plus crowd when the referee blow the whistle

Fulltime Havant 22 Worthing 19

Will Knight's thoughts after the game
"I have said all week that this was going to be a tough game and Worthing threw everything they had at us. While the score was close I never felt we were going to lose and to do the double over a team that have been at this level for quite some time was pleasing. Obviously there are a number of our home grown players that have spent a bit of time at Worthing and for them the win was that little bit more special too."