IT WAS a solid victory for Warlingham but captain Zack King admitted "Christmas can't come soon enough" for his side after Sevenoaks dominated them for most of the first half.
Poor tackling and ball retention saw the visitors open the scoring after 12 minutes through Rob Streather.
But the game was yanked from them by Wars in the early period of the second half. They dominated Sevenoaks up front for two scores while Mark Kozminski punished them with his boot.
The home side, however, left feeling somewhat robbed thanks to a series of curious refereeing decisions.
Captain Zack King acknowledged the controversy, but insisted Wars did just about enough to earn the win.
"We were poor, to be honest, and we struggled to hit our stride. The Christmas break is coming at the right time for us," he said.
"I did have some sympathy with Sevenoaks, but we stuck at it and enjoyed 30 minutes of domination.
"The thing that disappointed me most was that we kicked ball away without really thinking. Kicking is important but it has to be in the right areas. Overall though we were happy with it, especially coming off the back of the Brighton game. It was so important for us to win and now we're only eight points off top spot."
Oaks almost had their first score on ten minutes, but home No 8 Olly Robinson collected what was deemed a forward pass, and moments later spilled an off-load in a similarly dangerous position.
Eventually the pressure told though, and after a scrum Adam Suttil spun a quick pass towards the right sideline, where the poor tackling continued.
But on 28 minutes the gap was closed, Michael Kozminksi finally finding his range with a penalty kick at the third attempt.
Wars emerged from the interval stronger and following a series of pick-and-drives, Tom Streath plundered his way over the whitewash.
Five minutes later Streath was on hand again to take the final pass, riding the final two tackles to score in the same left-hand corner.
Kozminski had arrowed in on the target by this point, slotting both conversions with aplomb for 5-17.
Jonny Barber kicked a penalty to lessen the gap, but the points were cancelled out seconds later, another penalty doing the damage and another curious decision made in awarding it.
With the next penalty, Oaks tapped and went and eventually the ball was spun left into the waiting arms of skipper Matt Dodd, who motored down the sideline. A high tackle halted his progress five metres out, for which Alex Skinner received an order to the sin bin, while most of the crowd were astonished it wasn't a penalty try. Fortunately, front rower Roger Tafua touched down soon after.
Then the referee punished Oaks once more. Kozminiski was allowed to retake a missed kick because someone in the crowd had said something as he approached the ball.
"I've never seen that happen in my life before," admitted King.
By the time he had set himself again and missed again, the clock had run down and the ball was kicked out of play to confirm the win for Wars.
They are next in action with a trip to Crowborough on January 5.
