Verulamians start their Herts/Middlesex One season this Saturday away to UCS Old Boys.

The team have high hopes of a successful campaign with captain James Hayes targeting promotion.

Verulamians completed their preparation for the new season with four 20-minute sessions against Tring.

Vees prevailed throughout with driving forward power coupled with adventurous back play.

Among the new players who impressed were Charlie Reed after he scored a hat-trick while full-back Ben Russell added a brace of tries.