After an eventful week which saw Rugby gain a home draw against Tiverton and exit the Birmingham Senior Cup at the hands of Midland Alliance side Atherstone Town, Valley boss Billy Jeffrey reflected on what could have been.

	18-year-old forward David Kolodynski saw red against Tiverton after kicking out just after coming off the bench

Rugby looked good value for a win against Tiverton, especially when David Stone slotted home in the second half to give Valley the lead but Tivvy clawed back to gain a draw.

Billy was relatively pleased with the performance: "We put in another gutsy performance and it's good to keep the unbeaten run going.

"We really should have been rewarded with a victory though, as we had them exactly where we wanted them up until the sending off.

"We had fought back well from a goal down, and were starting to stretch them about the park and I fancied us for another goal or two."

The pivotal point in the match came when David Kolodynski was given a straight red card just minutes after Rugby had taken a 2-1 lead for kicking out at Tiverton's Nathan Rudge.

"David knows he was foolish to kick-out at their skipper and has apologised for it. He has been provoked into doing it, but that is no excuse and hopefully he can learn from the incident.

"He's a young lad with undoubted talent, but he needs to show more maturity in his game at times."

Billy handed full debuts to Ashley Blake and on-loan defender Leigh Platnauer and was pleased with how his side coped.

"They were a very physical side - perhaps too physical at times - and they got away with a lot of very heavy and clinical challenges, especially in the first half.

"We stood up well to that though, and considering there were a couple of new faces in the line-up, I thought we performed well as a unit."