O'brien Leads Charge As Sutton Beat Wimbledon.

Sutton and Epsom's wealth of talent combined with a gutsy team performance devastated Wimbledon on Saturday.

Finally showing what they can do when playing effectively as a unit, Sutton and Epsom left Wimbledon floundering in the London and South East Division One match.

By the end only a mistake by winger Jason Allibone, who appeared to have scored the best try of the match but had accidentally stepped over the dead ball line, kept the score respectable.

Sutton's five props and back row were too strong and always on hand to disrupt what little possession Wimbledon had while the backs burst through their line at every opportunity.

Jamie O'Brien opened Sutton's account with a penalty after only two minutes, before exchanging penalties with Wimbledon's Perkins to take the score to 9-9 after just 20 minutes.

With Sutton's forward power beginning to tell, Geoff Green on the right wing put Sutton ahead after his pack had won a scrum against the head on the half hour mark.

However, the conversion was missed and Sutton then allowed 10 points to go begging.

First the try that never was from Allibone, and then electing to run a penalty instead of kicking with the ball under the posts.

At half time Sutton led 9-14 and soon picked up where they left off.

After a penalty from Wimbledon's Perkins had narrowed the lead to two points, Sutton's scrum half James Daniels stretched the visitors lead back up to nine points with a piece of individual magic.

Picking up from a scrum on Wimbledon's 10 metre line, he jinked, dummied and twisted his way over between the posts.

O'Brien kicked the conversion, before taking his tally to 17 points with two more penalties to leave Sutton safely clear with three minutes to go.

To their annoyance they were punished at the death for relaxing when Wimbledon's Tim Grace battered his way over the line for a converted try.

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