Reds weather early storm to bring up half ton in style

By TOM INNES

JERSEY battled back from a 22-point deficit to claim an eventually comfortable win in their final home league outing.
Visitors Nottingham enjoyed a purple patch in the first half, scoring four tries in 15 minutes, but then faded and finished well beaten.
“The first half hour was definitely not in the script –we knew Nottingham would be like a wounded animal after losing the previous weekend, but we failed to weather the storm and made several errors in defence,” said Reds assistant coach Neil Tunnah.
“The players were challenged to get on the front foo...

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