Pirates
forward James Inglis believes Sunday's home win over Waterloo can act as the ideal
springboard for a big month ahead in National League One. Having
surrendered top spot in the division following their defeat at Otley a fortnight
ago, the 20-year-old helped playing a starring role as the Pirates returned to
winning ways with their 36-18 success at Camborne's Recreation Ground. The
Cornish club simply had too much power up front for the visitors from Merseyside,
who earlier in the season had inflicted the first of three league defeats on Jim
McKay's side.  |
Inglis
- who is on a season-long loan deal from Guinness Premiership side NEC Harlequins
- was not involved in that setback at Blundellsands, but he helped play his part
on Sunday as the Pirates enacted their revenge.
"After
the Otley game it was important that we got back winning straight away,"
said Inglis afterwards. "We were all pretty disappointed with the way
we played up there and we knew Waterloo would come at us today. "Conditions
were obviously tough out there, but we stuck to our game plan and we controlled
things well up front. I thought our line-out and our driving mauls functioned
really well, which is good because we had done a lot of work on those areas in
the build-up to the game." Having been on the bench
for the Otley game, Inglis was recalled to the starting line-up for Sunday's clash,
partnering Namibian international Heino Senekal in the second row. However, Inglis
has been just as impressive alongside Joe Beardshaw, the man who made way for
his inclusion against Waterloo. "I'm really enjoying
my time down here," added Inglis. "I didn't really know too much
about the place before coming down, but it's been great so far. Playing regularly
rugby is definitely helping and I do feel I'm adding new things to my game all
the time." With Harlequins boasting one of the
biggest squad in the top flight, Inglis knew breaking into the first team at The
Stoop would be tough. | | James Inglis
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"Quins
have a massive squad, so it was going to be tough trying to play in the first
team on a regular basis this season. Speaking to a few of the younger guys at
the club, some of those are even struggling to get into the A league games, so
I feel I've made a really good decision coming down here." With
a tough schedule to come over the next month, Inglis is hopeful he can help the
Pirates reclaim their position at the top of the pile. "I
don't think we're looking too far ahead at the moment, the main focus is really
on the next game," said the 6ft 5in, 17-stone foward. "December
is going to be a tough month for us as we've got Moseley this week, then Leeds
and Plymouth Albion ."  |
It's
a view echoed by Inglis' club-mate Sam Betty, who claimed his maiden Pirates try
in Sunday's success.
He said: "We'll take one game
at a time and see where we go from there. The important thing was that we won
today against Waterloo . "Personally I'm very
happy because that was my first try for the club and we won the game.
I don't think it was a great performance from us, but after losing at Otley we
needed to make sure we won this game and keep the pressure on the other sides." | | Sam
Betty | |
This weekend the Pirates
find themselves on the road when they travel to Birmingham to face Moseley, a
side they have already defeated 52-16 back in September. |
