FALMOUTH did fly like eagles as their name suggests rather than manoeuvred like Christmas turkeys as they have of late on Saturday.

There 38-11 victory at home to Honiton in the Tribute Cornwall/Devon League was a vastly improved performance and the old adage of there being no ā€œIā€ in team was fully justified with all 18 players doing their bit.

The Eagles started at a pace which the visitors, who began the day three places ahead of their hosts in the table, could not cope with and how it took 15 minutes to put points on the board is a mystery.

Perhaps outside centre Tom Spiller could answer this question though as he inexplicably knock-on the ball as the dreaded white line fever gripped him just inches away from scoring.

However, quite deservedly four wonderful tries followed before the interval to make the score 24-6 by the time the half was up.

These were achieved through co-ordinated momentum from runners with the ball, completely baffling Honiton who could only respond with two penalties.

The first and fourth scores were taken by the Symons brothers, Matthew and Josh, who were stationed on the wings while number eight Symon Bailey found himself on the end of a lovely ten man handling move to crash over.

Young scrum-half Andy Munro-Lott also dotted down with a great piece of play as he pulled off the perfect dummy before shimmying and side-stepping like a ballroom dancer to scamper over.

After the break, the visitors tightened their defence, but fly-half Justin Irons, who had converted two of the first half tries, managed to open them up and added five points to his tally for the day as he went in under the posts.

He completed the easy conversion for another couple of points and by this point the Eagles were playing some expansive and adventurous rugby.

This would back fire though when full-back Kieran Rodda tried what would have been a wonderful chip.

But it fell into the hands of Honiton winger Martin Keep who then ran three-quarters the length of the pitch to give the away side a little hope and inspiration.

It was an evenly contested final 20 minutes, but a move by flanker Nick Carne left three defenders bamboozled allowing him to run in for the game's final try.

Overall it was a pleasing performance to take into a rest week with genuine belief the team may not contend for the title but can be a tough proposition for any of the leading teams in the league to face if the squad sticks together.

Falmouth's second XV, the One and All, are scheduled to play St Agnes with a 2.30pm kick-off.

The clubhouse will also be screening the England v Australia match, which starts at the same time.

FALMOUTH: 15 Rodda, 14 J Symons, 13 Spiller, 12 Stuthridge, 11 M Symons, 10 Irons (c), 9 Munro-Lott; 1 Kevern, 2 Church, 3 Searle, 4 Dobson, 5 Baglow, 6 David, 7 Carne, 8 Bailey.

REPS: Instance, Gilbert, Varker.

TRIES: M Symons, Bailey, Munro-Lott, J Symons, Irons, Carne.

CONS: Irons 4/6