An entertaining encounter ensued at Portway with the crowd kept on the edge of their seats throughout. Lichfield started the brighter with a converted try early on as Bees made a number of basic errors, giving the visitors many opportunities to increase their lead. However some heroic last ditch tackles prevented any further scoring. The home side then got their act together with two tries to lead 10-7. Lichfield then scored another converted try through their very dangerous back line. Bees bounced back to go 17-14 up only to see Lichfield run from deep and go back in front 17-19. As the game entered the last 5 minutes pressure from the home side saw a well deserved try to take the game 22-19.
Bees now need just 2 point from their final two games to secure the Division 2 title.