Merrien injury takes the gloss off nine-try romp

Guernsey 55, Cobham 7

THE perfectionist in Jordan Reynolds knows that the scoreline did not tell the whole story on Saturday.

Yes, eventually it was a comfortable win for the home side at Footes Lane. But having started like a train in the open 20 minutes, Guernsey took their foot off the gas almost alarmingly over the next 20 or so.

The second half was more solid and the hosts' superior fitness shone through as they took their tally up to nine tries, but the player-coach emphasised that his troops need to cut out the patches of raggedness that they are prone to produce.

'We are still just not very functional at the moment,' he said.