INJURED referee Arron Williams said he knew something was wrong as soon as went down in Hereford's game against Kenilworth, meaning the game was abandoned at half-time.

Williams received treatment on the pitch after the incident and, despite battling on for the remaining 10 minutes of the first half, decided to call the game off at the break.

"It was extremely muddy out there," said Williams, who was taken to hospital following the game to be checked over.

"I called a tackle, my foot got stuck in the mud and a guy came underneath me and took me out.

"It wasn't great and was disappointing but as soon as it happened I knew something was wrong.

Hereford were leading 10-0 in the Midlands 1 West match at the time thanks to tries from James Harris and Lloyd Willcocks.

"It was a fantastic game," admitted Williams.

"Hereford started very strong up front, the scrums were a little bit messy but the ground conditions didn't help and Kenilworth came fighting back towards the end of the half."

Rules state that the results only stand if 60 minutes are completed, meaning that Hereford have to play catch-up on the other sides in the division.

Hereford's previous game against Stoke-on-Trent was called off after the away refused to play on the Wyeside pitch, deeming it 'unplayable'.

"It's something we've got to deal with and at least it means we get another home game," said coach Kieram Hallam, who was in sole charge of the side in the absence of Bob Stewart.

"If he's unable to ref the game properly, then he needs to call the game, it's just disappointing that we didn't get to 60 minutes because I thought that in the next 20 minutes after half-time, we could have put them away and that would have been enough for the result to stand.

You don't want a back-log though because it interferes with your plans and work.

"We were asked to play on Rugby World Cup Final day for a cup game.

"May it's something that needs to be looked at and there's too many fixtures in the league in such a short space of time"

Hallam felt Hereford were excellent at times.

"In the first 20 minutes, we were brilliant and were two tries up," he said.

"We played to our strengths, hitting the corners, and had a nice driving maul.

"We probably fell off a bit, but I would say that was down to Christmas and we've only had one session in between, so there is plenty to work on, especially fitness-wise."

The match was switched to the Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School due to Wyeside again being flooded.

"We got called off at the start of December after the river came over, so we were trying to fit it in last Saturday," explained Hallam.

"Fortunately, Bishop's were able to accommodate us because the river was over again.

"It will probably happen again soon and become more regular."

Hereford opened the scoring after seven minutes when the forwards drove over Harris from a scrum.

Morgan Goodall missed the conversion, but another try was scored five minutes later by Willcocks.

Kenilworth fought back well and the home defence had to avert a lot of dangerous plays, especially as they ended the half with 14 men after prop Ben Hillstead was yellow carded.

"I spoke to one of the assessors and he said it was for illegal use of the feet," explained Hallam.

"I couldn't see it myself, but if it is, then you can't argue with that."

But the match was brought to a premature end after Williams felt he could not referee the second half.