The top two faced off at the Sheephaven Bay, and Pericardium proved their worth by handing Old Itonians their first defeat of the season. Old Its got the full house bonus point, the only one in Division One this week. Atletico are now in second, and are the only team in the division to have won all their games, narrowly overcoming Telstars after trailing for most of the match. An 8-3 score in Round 7 gave Atletico the two-point lead that they maintained in Round 8. A three-man Allsorts team had a comfortable win at home to Pineapple, Gavin Fuller top-scoring for the week with 26. The top non-tub-assisted score was Mick Lancaster's 20, in a losing cause for Five Bells against Broken Hearts. Finally, Nomads had all four players in double figures once more, and beat the week's other tub-deployers, Waterloo Sunset.
The Banana Splits kept up the pace at the top of Division Two, beating Mealy Bugs 47-35. Ian Orriss notched 22, the top-score of the week in the division. Gray Monks could join or even pass them if they win their game in hand, after their hefty win over Accies. All four holy brothers scored between 14 and 18. Eclectics won one of the tightest encounters of the year so far against Outcasts – there was never more than three points in it all the way through, but Eclectics' solid second half saw them squeak home. Outcasts picked up two points for their troubles. Ovalytes beat a short-handed Sons of the Dessert 46-34, while London Scottish enjoyed their first win of the season at the George, beating Wharfside 36-28.
A fairly unremarkable statistical week, though three of the four roundhouses scored came on Round 4 (one going first, two second). As one might expect, then, Round 4 proved the highest-scoring of the week, with 11.9 points on average. Seven of the teams who went second won. Average scores in Division One were 39.2 going first, 51.4 going second and 90.6 overall, while in Division Two the corresponding figures were 34.6, 44.6 and 79.2. Barb's friendly was generally positively received, and produced average aggregates of 87.6 in Division One and 67.6 in Division Two.
Week Six sees a traditional heavyweight clash at the Old Star, as Allsorts welcome Atletico. In Division Two we have The Banana Splits facing Sons of the Dessert - let's hope that's not a pudding of a game. The friendly set will be courtesy of Five Bells.
| Pos | Pre | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | Avg | CB | HB | 2s% | Pts | Form |
| 1 | 1 (-) | Pericardium | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 264 | 192 | 72 | 52.80 | 0 | 2 | 55.00 | 20 | DºWºW¹W¹Wº |
| 2 | 3 (+1) | Atletico | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 196 | 157 | 39 | 49.00 | 0 | 1 | 53.13 | 17 | WºWºW¹Wº |
| 3 | 5 (+2) | Nomads | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 205 | 169 | 36 | 51.25 | 0 | 3 | 56.25 | 17 | D¹W¹W¹Wº |
| 4 | 2 (-2) | Old Itonians | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 185 | 170 | 15 | 46.25 | 0 | 4 | 49.22 | 16 | W¹W¹W¹L¹ |
| 5 | 6 (+1) | Allsorts | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 211 | 153 | 58 | 52.75 | 1 | 2 | 51.56 | 15 | W¹C²WºWº |
| 6 | 7 (+1) | Broken Hearts | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 243 | 221 | 22 | 48.60 | 1 | 2 | 51.88 | 15 | C¹W¹W¹LºWº |
| 7 | 4 (-3) | Telstars | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 215 | 198 | 17 | 43.00 | 1 | 1 | 42.50 | 14 | W¹LºWºWºC¹ |
| 8 | 8 (-) | Pineapple | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 195 | 246 | -51 | 39.00 | 0 | 1 | 38.13 | 5 | W¹LºLºLºLº |
| 9 | 9 (-) | Barb | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 133 | 203 | -70 | 33.25 | 0 | 1 | 29.69 | 1 | LºLºLºL¹ |
| 10 | 10 (-) | Five Bells | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 189 | 245 | -56 | 37.80 | 0 | 0 | 35.00 | 0 | LºLºLºLºLº |
| 11 | 11 (-) | Waterloo Sunset | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 174 | 256 | -82 | 34.80 | 0 | 0 | 33.13 | 0 | LºLºLºLºLº |
| Allsorts | 53 - 33 | Pineapple (F) |
| Gavin Fuller 26 Kevin Ashman 19 | Dom Tait 14 |
| Atletico (F) | 47 - 45 | Telstars |
| Robert Willer 18 William De Ath 15 Brian Wright 14 | Bob Bunting 17 William Barrett 14 |
| Broken Hearts | 50 - 40 | Five Bells (F) |
| Ian Bayley 18 Sean Carey 15 | Mick Lancaster 20 |
| Pericardium | 55 - 41* | Old Itonians (F) |
| David Stainer 17 Kathryn Johnson 16 Beth Webster 15 | Fred Filby 16 Tom Dineen 11 |
| Waterloo Sunset (F) | 35 - 54 | Nomads |
| Ray Ward 18 | Paul Steeples 16 David Lea 15 Andrew Frazer 12 Roger Bennett 11 |
| Pos | Pre | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | Avg | CB | HB | 2s% | Pts | Form |
| 1 | 1 (-) | Banana Splits | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 228 | 168 | 60 | 45.60 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | 20 | WºWºWºWºWº |
| 2 | 2 (-) | Eclectics | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 213 | 178 | 35 | 42.60 | 0 | 1 | 36.88 | 17 | WºWºL¹WºWº |
| 3 | 5 (+2) | Gray Monks | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 213 | 142 | 71 | 53.25 | 1 | 3 | 60.94 | 16 | C²W¹WºW¹ |
| 4 | 3 (-1) | Rosslyn Park | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 168 | 152 | 16 | 42.00 | 0 | 1 | 43.75 | 13 | LºWºW¹Wº |
| 5 | 4 (-1) | Sons of the Dessert | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 196 | 177 | 19 | 39.20 | 0 | 0 | 33.13 | 12 | WºLºWºWºLº |
| 6 | 7 (+1) | Ovalytes | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 153 | 153 | 0 | 38.25 | 1 | 1 | 39.84 | 10 | WºC²LºWº |
| 7 | 6 (-1) | Accies | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 176 | 206 | -30 | 35.20 | 1 | 0 | 31.88 | 9 | C¹WºLºWºLº |
| 8 | 9 (+1) | Outcasts | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 127 | 161 | -34 | 31.75 | 1 | 1 | 18.75 | 6 | WºLºLºC² |
| 9 | 8 (-1) | Mealy Bugs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 184 | 205 | -21 | 36.80 | 1 | 0 | 31.88 | 5 | LºLºWºC¹Lº |
| 10 | 10 (-) | London Scottish | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 163 | 211 | -48 | 32.60 | 0 | 0 | 29.38 | 4 | LºLºLºLºWº |
| 11 | 11 (-) | Wharfside | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 106 | 174 | -68 | 26.50 | 0 | 0 | 23.44 | 0 | LºLºLºLº |
| Gray Monks | 62* - 26 | Accies (F) |
| Will Jones 18 Paul Sinha 16 Mark Cooper 14 Peter Ediss 14 |
| Mealy Bugs (F) | 35 - 47 | Banana Splits |
| Hugh Brady 14 Michael Dawson 12 | Ian Orriss 22 John Seager 10 |
| Outcasts | 40* - 42 | Eclectics (F) |
| Alan Cook 12 John Saunders 12 | Donald Yule 16 Marianne Fairthorne 10 |
| Ovalytes | 46 - 34 | Sons of the Dessert (F) |
| Patrick Hurley 14 Duncan McDonald 12 Tony Allen 11 | Stuart Solomons 13 Chris O'Shea 11 Simon Bradshaw 10 |
| Wharfside | 28 - 36 | London Scottish (F) |
| Shrirang Raddi 11 | Sandy Clark 10 |
| Pos | Table | P | W | D | L | Avg | B | Pts |
| 1 | West London | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 47.50 | 5 | 33 |
| 2 | North London | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 46.13 | 1 | 21 |
| 3 | Outer London | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 41.25 | 2 | 18 |
| 4 | Central London | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 44.13 | 3 | 17 |
| 5 | South London | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 36.50 | 0 | 10 |
| 6 | East London | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 37.00 | 0 | 8 |
| Pos | Division 1 | P | W | D | L | Avg | B | Pts |
| 1 | Broken Hearts (C) | 20 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 52.90 | 14 | 84 |
| 2 | Pericardium | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 50.95 | 9 | 77 |
| 3 | Nomads | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 50.15 | 12 | 72 |
| 4 | Atletico | 20 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 47.85 | 8 | 62 |
| 5 | Allsorts | 20 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 47.35 | 4 | 54 |
| 6 | Old Itonians | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 45.55 | 9 | 53 |
| 7 | Telstars | 20 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 42.00 | 5 | 37 |
| 8 | Barb | 20 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 38.70 | 5 | 27 |
| 9 | Pineapple | 20 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 37.65 | 4 | 22 |
| 10 | Waterloo Sunset | 20 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 37.40 | 1 | 13 |
| 11 | Five Bells | 20 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 38.10 | 1 | 11 |
| Pos | Division 2 | P | W | D | L | Avg | B | Pts |
| 1 | Gray Monks (W) | 20 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 48.75 | 9 | 77 |
| 2 | Banana Splits | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 43.65 | 3 | 67 |
| 3 | Rosslyn Park | 20 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 39.85 | 5 | 57 |
| 4 | Eclectics | 20 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 40.80 | 4 | 54 |
| 5 | Accies | 20 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 38.25 | 3 | 51 |
| 6 | Sons of the Dessert | 20 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 39.40 | 6 | 48 |
| 7 | Mealy Bugs | 20 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 39.10 | 4 | 40 |
| 8 | Ovalytes | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 38.20 | 4 | 38 |
| 9 | Outcasts | 20 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 34.05 | 7 | 29 |
| 10 | Wharfside | 20 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 29.70 | 2 | 14 |
| 11 | London Scottish | 20 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 29.90 | 1 | 13 |
| Pos | Table | P | W | D | L | 2s | Pts |
| 1 | Sussex | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 117 | 16 |
| 2 | Mastermind Club | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 122 | 11 |
| 3 | Oxford | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 81 | 11 |
| 4 | London | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 103 | 8 |
| 5 | Beds & Herts | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 94 | 8 |
| 6 | Cambridge | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 89 | 6 |