Wimbledon made it three wins on the spin in London Division One South on Saturday thanks to a 18-15 victory over Guildford.

The win owed a lot to the kicking of skipper captain Neil Hallett, who scored all the points with his trusty aim.

Less encouraging for the coaching staff was the way that the newly promoted Guildford side were able to gain ascendency in the tight phases of the match leading to their tries.

The first came on seven minutes from a 5m scrum, where number eight Nick Taft was able to score after the pack had pushed Wimbledon over their line, and later on 17 minutes he repeated the score from a driving maul.

Full back Jarrod Adam converted the second and Guildford were feeling confident.

Wimbledon opened their scoring with Guildford going off their feet in a ruck near the 22m line in front of the posts, Hallett kicked the first points.

On 30 minutes Guildford’s front row slipped their binding in the scrum and the score was repeated.

Then after a good drive from Guildford, Wimbledon’s defences were sound and this completed a lengthy first half of 49 minutes, time stretched by both injuries and advice to the captains from the referee.

At half time Wimbledon introduced former captain Chris Lewis for lock Aiden O’Brien and with some other adjustments the Guildford forwards found themselves being bested in pace round the pitch.

Replacement prop Dan Howden also was able to slow down the activities of the Guildford front row, who later lost their hooker for a yellow card for stamping.

A fine kick to the Wimbledon right to the corner resulted in a line out where the Guildford centres went offside and Wimbledon took advantage with Hallet scoring a further penalty in the 50th minute.

Wimbledon were able to draw the scores level on 66 minutes - Guildford’s forwards gave their backs very little chance to attack and finally on 78 minutes after side entry to a maul by Guildford, Hallett kicked Wimbledon into the lead with a long range penalty.

At about this time the referee advised the players that a further seven minutes were to be played and with mounting dread the Wimbledon forwards conceded a penalty about 30m out.

However Adam’s kick was wide and eventually, after a 53-minute second half, Wimbledon were able to celebrate victory.

Next week, Wimbledon go to Hove with a 3pm kick-off.