Expect A Battle

Away at Guernsey has historically always been a tough fixture and after taking the lead early we put ourselves in a great position. Conceding twice in quick succession put us on the back foot but we scored a well worked try to go in at half time trailing by four points and very much in the game. Within the first fifteen minutes of the second half we had conceded three tries and given ourselves a mountain to climb. The silver lining is that we fought back to within two scores and created enough chances to retake the lead, but our execution at crucial times undermined us.

After some honest conversations this week, we reviewed that we didn’t get to the right level physically for us to earn the win we so badly wanted. Coming away empty handed has dropped us to 6th in the table and for us to keep pace with the top of the league the next three games are very important.

We welcome Havant to the Marine travel ground this weekend, who are new to the league but sit only a few places behind us after four games. They will have learned a lot in the first four rounds and I’m expecting Saturday to be a battle.

The Pilgrims go into their second week without a game, last week’s cancellation and this week’s planned rest weekend means they have had a fortnight off. They are training hard as they prepare for Park House next weekend.

Matt Corker, Head Coach