HARVEY Biljon has the satisfaction as rugby director of Jersey Reds of being the only team in the Championship to defeat Bristol this season, causing a sensational 38-34 upset at Ashton Gate in early March.
However, Biljon knows also that being competitive in the Championship often carries a sting in its tail, and this season it came in the guise of losing three players – props Jake Armstrong and Jake Woolmore, and wing Tom Pincus – to the league winners. Biljon says players being picked off by promoted sides is a familiar story: “Reds lost four players my first year here,...