THE Redruth Director of Rugby Dave Penberthy's after match comments included "winning a typical Derby ugly" to describe the game and few spectators would have disagreed. There were 19 penalties, 28 lineouts and 21 scrums, with both sides making too many errors.

The All Blacks coaches were pleased that their team had shown considerable improvement from their previous match. However "when your luck's down, it's down. But for the bounce of the ball we might have taken more from the game but we're happy with the progress we're making."

Playing up the slope with a difficult wind diagonally behind them, the Cornish All Blacks showed their intent to run with the ball, often from deep in their own 22. A terrible mix up in the visitors' defence almost led to an early Redruth score but was scrambled away.

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