Foresters hope to continue away day success

CINDERFORD travel to Redruth tomorrow with renewed confidence after winning three out of their last four away games in National One.

Last season the Cornish outfit boasted a formidable home record but the Foresters are in sparkling form on the road at the moment.

Following wins at Otley and Cambridge in the last two weeks, head coach Phil Greenaway says there is no secret to their improved upturn in fortunes.

“We are getting used to the away trips now,” he said.

“We have done well recently and won three out of four.

“We are going well at the minute and we got a good win at Cambridge and an equally good win at Olney which gives ourselves a bit of breathing space so we want to push on now.

“It is just hard work that we have put in. We have had no real changes in personnel, everyone is just working hard and things are starting to come together.

“We have had a few guys back from injury. George Evans is back in so there is no secret to the success otherwise I would be earning a lot more money.”

Just five points separate Cinderford in 12th and Redruth in ninth and Greenaway says his troops are looking up the table now rather than down it.

Cinderford have the luxury of being able to select their England Under-20s pair for this week, second row Danny Wright and prop Shaun Knight.

And Greenaway says they will try to freshen things up for Redruth after so many long trips recently.

“We are hoping we have dragged ourselves away from the bottom now and we can push on towards the higher end of the table,” added Greenaway.

“We have got a couple of games in hand on the other teams and we will be looking to target those.

“It is always a tough place to go so we know we will get a physical encounter so we have to try and match that and box clever and keep the ball away from their pack.”

? NEV Codlin scored twice against his old club as Cinderford United recorded a comfortable 33-8 Merit Table victory over Coney Hill II.

Alan Bryan, Danny Trigg and Tim Stevenson scored the other tries with Stevenson also landing four conversions.