 This created a great rivalry, but also split players between the two clubs (though they often worked together to help each other field teams).This period was not to last for long.The Second World War brought competitive rugby to an end, and after the war both clubs were struggling to survive - Letchworth had a bank balance of only 12s5d (62p in modern money) in 1947, and in 1950 The Tabulators folded.