Cornish Pirates get their second-biggest win of the season as they beat London Scottish 43-12 in the Champ.
Cornish Pirates claimed their second-biggest win of the season as they beat London Scottish 43-12 in the Champ.
Sol Moody scored a hat-trick for the Cornish side as he took his tally to seven tries in Pirates' past two home games.
Both those matches have been played at neighbours Camborne, as work continues to repair damage caused to the Mennaye Field by last month's storms.
"It wasn't a lot of defence for us for a change, we had a lot of possession, which is quite nice to see," joint-head coach Gavin Cattle told BBC Radio Cornwall.
"This team's learning how to play this pitch, I felt we did it better than we did when we played against Ampthill last time.
"We looked to run it out a little more, get a bit more elevation up the hill, and then when you get to that halfway [line] potentially get into that contestable game.
"We kept momentum and I think we managed possession well because, as you know, in the first half we had a lot of territory, it's hard to get out of that 22 then."
Pirates had their bonus point secured after 22 minutes as they blew away their opponents, who are second-from-bottom of the table.
Angus Mawson gave them a sixth-minute lead before Josh King crossed four minutes later.
Moody scored twice in a six-minute spell to secure the four-try bonus point before completing his hat-trick shortly prior to half-time as Pirates led 31-0 at the break.
The visitors' Robbie McCallum reduced the deficit 24 minutes into the second half, but two tries in as many minutes from Rory Suttor and Alex Everett snuffed out any hope of a Scottish comeback before London's Tom Marshall got a consolation try in the closing moments.
The win consolidates ninth place in the table for Pirates, who travel to eighth-placed Caldy in their next game.
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