OUR BEST IS NEEDED

MATCH PREVIEW

We put a lot of energy last week into getting our attack back to a place where we are proud of it. Scoring 56 points was exactly the reaction that I wanted to see. I thought the players returned to attacking with multiple threats and moving the ball in a positive way that asked more questions of Havant than they had answers for. Charlie McGovern, Tyler Oliver and Harvey Furneaux all scored a brace and Frank Reynolds was perfect off the tee, converting eight out of eight. The only slight disappointment was allowing Havant to leave with a bonus point, but we didn’t deal with their attacking maul well enough to deny them one. Still a very good Saturday with smiles all round.

The Pilgrims came breathtakingly close to registering their first win of the season away at Bromley. They were leading going into the final quarter, but penalties and a failure to execute in the closing stages meant that the game slipped away as they lost 38-30. Despite the result, there were so many pleasing improvements in their performance, setting up this week’s fixture nicely as we welcome Dartfordians to the Marine Travel Ground tomorrow.

If the Pilgrims continue their week-on-week improvements we know the results will come. Dartfordians sit just one place ahead in the table, so this weekend’s result could prove very important come the end of the season.

Meanwhile, the 1st XV travel to face Old Albanians, who currently sit top of National 2 East. They’ve been the in-form team in the league since January and we’re excited by the challenge they pose. Testing ourselves against the best is how we find out where we truly are only our best will be good enough, and our best it will have to be.

MATT CORKER, HEAD COACH