Cambridge are ready to accept 'a few bloody noses' in the Premiership Rugby Cup as part of their learning curve, says boss Richie Williams.
Cambridge are ready to accept "a few bloody noses" in the Premiership Rugby Cup as part of their learning curve, says director of rugby Richie Williams.Last season's third-tier championsWilliams told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire the positives from that game will "have to be elevated even more" against Premiership club Saints.
But they are using the competition as preparation for the start of the Championship campaign against Ampthill on 21 October,"We've got a special group of players that we are really enthused about and I don't think we've squeezed out all the potential yet. We'll get far better," said Williams. "One of them was: were we able to compete on a physical level? I think we were. Set-piece - could we compete? Yes, [but] there were a couple of scrum engagements that we got wrong particularly in the first half.
"These are all things that will come over time, the level of cohesion amongst this group will grow, but there were some good things to take away. Set-piece held up really well, the line-out functioned, both sets of our half-backs were really good so there's some encouraging signs there, but that'll have to be elevated even more now going into round two on Saturday."who are an established Championship club and finished second last season.
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