Aussie Patten leads from the back as stars step up

Guernsey 25, London Cornish 6

IF EVER Guernsey needed their senior players to step to the fore, it was on Saturday.

The opening home game of the London Three South-West season against Winchester a fortnight earlier had provided a relatively easy way of picking up their first points of the season. London Cornish, though, were a totally different proposition.

The black-and-golds, who had won three and drawn one of their first four games, were well organised and posed a big threat.

That Guernsey stood up to that threat and continually repelled it while producing some quick, fluid, attacking rugby was to their credit.

Captain Simon Sharrott wanted a big display from his trusted lieutenants and he got just that.