Despite a much improved performance in terms of passion, their inexperience at this level again cost them against a Leeds Carnegie side that now sit at the top of the table, for a few hours at least.
Jersey drop one place to second from the bottom, following Bristol’s 18-9 win at Doncaster last night, but it is by no means panic stations for the Island squad, who again showed they have the quality to beat sides in this division.
Inexperience
Said a disappointed Ben Harvey, Jersey’s director of rugby, minutes after the final whistle: ‘It’s inexperience and this young side will learn, as they have had to learn in the past when we’ve moved up a division. The only difference is they are having to learn while losing this time! But they will learn hard lessons, like tonight when they did not play our rugby in the right areas.’
Full report in Saturday’s JEP
