Naylor blasts ‘average’ display

SCOTT Naylor found it hard to come to terms with the fact that Roughyeds dropped a point at home after leading Hemel Stags 16-0 at half-time and 20-12 with only three minutes left.

They still get two points for the 20-20 draw, but the Oldham boss was far from happy with his side’s second-half performance.

“Our second-half defence was no more than average,” he said. “And why on earth we tried to run the ball on the last tackle when we were four points up with a minute to go I’ll never know.

“All we had to do at that stage was to put a kick in and defend the last set in their half of the field and we would have won. That just about summed up our second half in a nutshell.

“We didn’t match Hemel’s zest and enthusiasm after the break. We gave them too much field position and too much ball with the result that we had too much defending to do near our own try line.”

“I’ll get things right, make no mistake, but it’s frustrating when you are so close to winning and then you let it slip.”