Rugby reaction: Race for play-off place gathers pace

But given that Irish are the side they’ve just beaten to put the destiny of their Championship play-off hopes in their own hands, with just two league games to go, it’s not going to be easy.

Excitement has only rarely been higher at St Peter after Jersey’s ninth win on the bounce put them to within two points of Doncaster, their next opponents, and just three off third-placed Ealing.

Tries from Nick Scott and Gary Graham, plus five points from the boot of Callum Sheedy, were enough to see off previously unbeaten Irish in front of a record home Championship crowd on Saturday – a triumph which coach Harvey Biljon described as one of the best in his three-year spell with the club.

Full report and reaction in Monday’s JEP.

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