After seeing his side hold out for two consecutive wins against King's Lynn and Gloucester City, Rugby manager Billy Jeffrey believes his side is now mentally better equipped this season.

	David Staff netted his first goal for the club in the 3-2 win against Gloucester on Saturday

An own goal plus goals from Scott Musgrove and David Staff saw Rugby take a 3-0 lead against Gloucester on Saturday but after conceding two goals, the Tigers pressed late on for an equaliser but Rugby held out.

Billy was very pleased with his side's performance for the opening 75 minutes of the match and also happy to see his defence hold out.

He said: "It's a great result and keeps a little run going for us. The performance was much better than the King's Lynn victory, we got the chances at the right time and took them well - it's nice to see teams make mistakes against us for change rather than the other way round.

"The first was handed to us by their defender, but our second was an excellent one - with Scott Musgrove cutting in from his wing and putting in a great cross for Staffy - who applied an equally impressive finish. Akin did well to chase the keeper for the third, and Scott took advantage of his poor clearance to chip in from distance."

Billy believes that his side should have held out comfortably after establishing the 3-0 lead but despite allowing the hosts back into the game, Billy was happy with the teams defending.

"Having done the hard work and taken the three goal advantage, we really need to learn how to win a game properly. We should have killed the game off, but we got carried away a little and probably made too many runs and gave them the space and opportunity to get back into it.


"It was like the Alamo for the last ten minutes or so. Simon (Lynn) made three or four excellent saves, and we rode our luck a little too. Perhaps we would have gone under in the same situation last season, but the team is a year older and hopefully more able to cope with the pressure."