PENRYN travelled to Truro full of confidence after a run of three good victories against strong opposition.

They started well, receiving the ball and driving up the pitch with good power from the pack and gainline breaking runs from the backs.

After only two minutes, the visitors had broken the back of the Truro defence, splitting it with multiple phase play and quick ball out to Sam Price on the left wing led to a great try near the corner.

At this point, it seemed as if Penryn would just continue in their rich vein of form and leave Truro behind.

Unfortunately, it seems as if the Penryn players also believed this was going to be the case and their intensity dropped off.

Truro came back hard and luck went their way as they scored a breakaway try under the posts.

Charlie Levick managed to captain the visitors back into action and it was no surprise when, after another good passage of play from the Penryn pack, he crossed the line to score a well earned try.

Again, Penryn's intensity and concentration lapsed and Truro scored a breakaway try and another try from a series of Penryn mistakes.

Sam Hammersley kicked a penalty with the last kick of the half to bring the scores to near parity.

Penryn were clearly the stronger and better equipped team in the first half bit just did not maintain any sort of continuity.

The second half did not start well for Penryn as Truro upped their energy levels, especially with their rucking, and scored two quite quick tries.

Penryn did manage to counter for a short period of the half but to no avail.

Had it not been for the tough tackling of the backs, the half backs and some of the pack, Truro would surely have scored more.

Archie Bawden made some of his powerful drives, the Price brothers ran hard on the wings and the centre pairing of Charlie Levick and Sam Ahearne showed great character in attack and defence.

The smaller members of the squad, Sam Hammersley, Jack Valentine and in particular, Jonah Frost, showed enormous determination and strength in trying to stop the rot by retaining the ball and tackling hard but as Truro's better fitness levels started to take toll, so the score moved on.

The home side scored two more unanswered tries and won the match quite convincingly.

Truro played the best rugby they have played all season, especially in the second half with their rucking being the most noteworthy.

Penryn played probably their worst rugby of the season.

The Penryn team were taught the valuable lesson that victory has to be fought hard for, it does not just come because of a good run of matches.

Any team can beat any team on the day - it just depends who wants it the most and who tries the hardest.

On Sunday, Truro wanted it more and tried harder.

As both teams (especially Truro) had more players than could easily be used in the normal time of the match, it was decided to play a '3rd half' so all the boys could have a good run out. This half was played with much more determination by the Penryn players and many of the boys showed great ability and passion. Penryn just edged Truro in this section by one conversion and deservedly so. Charlie, Toby, Bartek, Oscar, Jacob, Harri and Connor all made a big impact on the game and clearly enjoyed the chance. The also made an impression on the coaches who now have even more to think about!

Man of '3rd' half - Harri Truen for tackling, driving and hard running.

Man of Steel - Charlie Levick for enormous tackles, hard running and persistent driving on of team - a captain's effort!

Man of the Match -Jonah Frost for being everywhere, huge tackling, ball stealing, ball retention and never giving up.