RUGBY: Pretty much everything that could have gone wrong did go wrong for Braintree in the run-up to Saturday's final league game of the season.
Tree were without Tom Carslake, John Smillie and Chas Monk through injury and unable to select top points scorer Kingsley Joslin and Reece Lane due to college game commitments.
Matters went from bad to worse as stand-in scrum-half Darren Page was taken to hospital with a suspected broken leg on the stroke of half-time.
The black and ambers also sustained further injuries as Woodford's scrum out-muscled them comprehensively.
Four first-half tries helped Woodford into 27-7 half-time lead, with the only positive for the home side being Joss Adams' try after he sprinted clear from his own 22 to score – and then converted it himself.
With the bonus point they needed secured, Woodford took their foot off the gas in the second half and added just two more tries.
The defeat saw Tree drop to seventh place but despite the lacklustre end to the campaign there were still many positives to take from the season.
Tree's battle-weary team now have to rouse themselves for this weekend's visit to Bruges where they will face local side Brugsche RFC on Saturday.