GALLERY: Chichester beat East Grinstead in the big Sussex rugby battle

It was more mud and thunder than blood and thunder - and the Chichester-East Grinstead clash in rugby’s National three London south east proved a highly-entertaining affair.

By The Newsroom

Published 2nd Feb 2015, 16:00 BST

Chris Johnson in possession for Chichester against EG Picture by warwickpics.com

The home side won 23-6 to leapfrog their visitors and go fourth in the table after a blistering second-half show which saw them score three tries.

See a gallery of Warwick Baker’s pictures from the game above - and more pictures here - and get the Observer on Thursday for a full report and pictures.

Click here to see our video of the curtain-raiser to the game - a match between Chichester and EG’s under-ten teams