CORNISH All Blacks flyer, Dan Pearce, admits that he’s aiming to score 300 points and get the club promoted in his first season at Polson Bridge.

The 26-year-old full-back, who can run the 100 metres in a staggering 10.90 seconds — just 1.32 seconds off Usain Bolt’s world record — joined the All Blacks from Bude over the summer and has got off to a scintillating start, scoring 74 points from his first five league games, including five tries, two of which have been scored from his own 22.

Such has been his form, captain Lloyd Duke and head of rugby Jimmy Tucker have both sung his praises for the impact he’s made.

The All Blacks have won four of their six fixtures (one of which saw Matson concede) to sit third in the South West One (West) table and Pearce, who works as a courier for FedEx, is hoping he can help the club make an immediate return into the National Leagues as well as thrive in his first season at this level for a number of years.

Pearce said: “It’s going really well at the moment. I’m really enjoying it and they seem to enjoy having me.

“I want to finish in the top two and make sure we get the club back to where they belong in the National Leagues.

“My own personal goals are to get as close to 300 points as I can, score as many tries as I can and get us in the best position possible to be promoted.”

Despite living locally at Week St Mary and being one of the most sought after players in the area, Pearce had never played for the All Blacks despite turning out for a number of clubs.

Having joined Bude as a seven-year-old, Pearce rose up through the ranks.

However, his age-group folded following their under 15 campaign, meaning he and a number of other players decided to join Newquay Hornets.

Pearce spent three seasons down at the Hornets, including his first two as a senior player before becoming fed up with the travelling and rejoined his hometown club ahead of the 2010/11 season.

Three years at Bencoolen Meadow passed before he decided to test himself at South West One (West) level with St Austell under the guidance of Steve Murley.

However St Austell were relegated from that level at the end of the 2014/15 season and Pearce decided to return to Bude for a second time, which proved to be the most special of his career as they were promoted into the Western Counties (West) as champions of the Cornwall and Devon League.

Pearce said: “At St Austell we went down and I didn’t really want to travel again. I spent a further two years at Bude and we won the league in our 50th season which was very special. But last year we went down and I’m 26 now and want to test myself at the highest level I can before it’s too late.

“Bude is my home club and has always been brilliant to me whenever I’ve gone back there, but it was the right decision to try something new.

“Lloyd (Duke) started talking to me a few days after the season about joining and said that he wanted me to score 30 tries this season and get us promoted. So I decided to join the All Blacks and it’s gone really well so far.”

Despite his brilliant start, Pearce is keen to share the credit around and believes that the increased pressure at Polson Bridge gets the best out of him.

“I was desperate to get off the mark quickly. I knew that the players would create space for me and I’m there to finish the moves off. They’ve lacked someone over the last couple of years to do that, so that’s what I’m here for.”

Pearce’s kicking has also proved to be a success, even though his only home outing so far didn’t go quite as well as he missed all three conversion attempts.

Pearce added: “I’ve been pretty pleased with my kicking so far. My only home game wasn’t that good but apart from that I think I’ve only missed one kick. I love the pressure of a bigger crowd as it makes me concentrate more.”

Concentration also applies to Pearce’s other great love — athletics.

He competes in Decathlon events across the country and represents Newquay and Par Athletics Club.

He’s currently ranked 17th in the country in the discipline. As well as his frightening speed, he’s also high-jumped two metres and represented England at under 16 level.

Pearce admits that his life is busy, but wouldn’t have it any other way.

He added: “The athletics is pretty much all year round. I get October off but next month I’ll only be able to train on Thursdays with the All Blacks. I squeeze in as much as I can and do athletics on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Sundays as well as rugby training and the matches on Saturdays.”

Pearce will be back in action on Saturday when the Cornish All Blacks entertain Teignmouth at Polson Bridge (3pm) on their rearranged annual Sponsors’ Day.

Tickets issued from the Matson game, are still valid for this weekend’s clash as the All Blacks look to get back to winning ways.