Travelling to Teeside to face unbeaten Billingham with only a squad of fifteen, short of any replacements by call ups to the first fifteen and work commitments and injuries was always going to be a difficult challenge to overcome, however everyone played their part in a valiant performance by the Tyne Valley side in providing a great game of rugby between two quality teams. Despite coming out on the losing side Tynedale did have the satisfaction of knowing that they had given their all for the club and indeed came out on top in the second half, despite playing 60 minutes with only 14, credit to the competative nature of this group of players.

The hosts took the lead after ten minutes with a try, only for Tynedale to strike back with a try by the strong running Alex Dryden.
The home side regained the lead with an unconverted try, and Tynedale's task became even harder when a head injury forced Callum Burke to leave the field, however Tynedale did even the game up when Tom Williams finished off a great move involving Jake Turnbull, Dryden and James Clark to race over for the unconverted try.

With the man advantage the front row of Owen Loughead, Toby Jowett and Ed Craney were struggling to gain any decent possession from the scrum and Billingham effectively won the game with some strong running and with the numerical advantage and the element behind them they ran in five unanswered tries, four of which were converted to give them a 43- 10 interval lead.

From the restart when it looked as though the Raiders would be on the wrong end of a big score defeat, the pattern of the game changed with captain Dicky Dunn leading his side to a battling fightback and indeed came right back into the game with two tries, first from Ewan Morrell after Clark had broke through the home defence, then the hard working Henry Aitkinhead grounded the ball after a series of forward drives with Callum Morrell, Will Jonas and Dunn all being denied by the home defence, Dan Kerr converted both scores.

The home side then scored a converted try to swing the game back in their favour but again Tyne hit back with a Jamie Dixon try after another Clark break, and indeed scored a further try through the impressive Alex Dryden, this time breaking the home sides defensive line to touch down. A well deserved score after numerous mazy runs failed to breach the strong Billingham back line.

The hosts finished off the scoring with an unconverted try but the travelling Tynedale side came off with pride, knowing they had contributed so much to the contest and having played 60 minutes with a one man disadvantage were left to wonder what the outcome would have been had they been afforded the luxury of fresh legs in the heavy conditions from a full squad with replacements available.