QUESTIONS TO ANSWER

SATURDAY TEST

It’s always strange when after a five point win you are left feeling unsatisfied, but our performance against Havant gave us many questions to answer. Our discipline was an area that put a great deal of pressure on us, four cards with one being a red. This is a situation we can’t afford to put ourselves in again. Havant kept knocking on the door until the final whistle and had chances to change the scoreline. That said, there were some great defensive sets in the last ten minute that ultimately proved the difference. After playing with 14 for large parts of the game, and even 13 on two occasions, we can celebrate the tries we scored and the resilience the players showed to do what was necessary.
This weekend’s fixture is always a big one in the calendar as Westcombe Park are the visitors to the Marine Travel ground. They sit one point ahead of us in the table after having a strong start to the season themselves, with their only loss also coming away at Guernsey. This fixture is always highly competitive and I’m expecting tomorrow to be another one to remember. This week we have been focusing on getting back to our best, after falling a long way short of it last Saturday.
After two weeks without a game the Pilgrims return to action tomorrow against Park House away. We are sending up another strong team full of experience and ability as they look to continue their unbeaten start to the season. The standard of the team improves every week and this week at training has been one of our most competitive so far.

Matt Corker, Head Coach