CORNISH All Blacks player/coach Ryan Westren wants his side to get into their ‘attacking rhythm’ tomorrow when they make their longest journey of the season to Maidenhead in the South West Premier (3pm).

With the division down to 13 teams, it was Launceston’s turn to have last Saturday off and the results went in their favour with Bracknell falling to the bottom of the table following their 11-10 defeat at Brixham and Newbury Blues’ victory at fellow strugglers Exmouth.

Those results mean Launceston are four points clear of Newbury, who have played a game more, although the Cornishmen will have their hands full in Berkshire on Saturday against a side who are second, four points clear of Weston-super-Mare, although the Somerset side have two games in-hand.

However the All Blacks have won their last three games against Drybrook, Exmouth and Ivybridge, the latter two meaning they have yet to lose twice to the same side.

Westren said: “It’s a nice little incentive for us to keep our run going. I feel that if we can get on a roll we can push on over the back end of the season.”

The trip to Braywick Park will see the All Blacks have to deal with a 420-mile round trip and a side that have lost just once at home all season.

Westren said: “It’s a tough place to go, we’re all aware of that. If we want to keep our momentum going we’re going to have to improve as well.

“Conditions will be much different to the ones we’ve faced in the last few weeks, so that’s the main challenge, as is the journey. But all teams have to contend with that at this level.

“The distance is new to some people but we’ve also got a few guys who are used to it. We’ll make sure we leave early enough to stretch the legs and have a bit of a focus and then go from there.”

When the two sides met at Polson Bridge on October 5, the sides served up an 85-point thriller with the ‘Maids’ emerging victorious by a point after Glenn Coles missed a conversion with the last kick of the game.

Westren said: “It was a game that we lost as opposed to them going out and winning it. With the errors that we made and the points that we left out there, it was one that got away, so it’d be nice to go and rectify that.”

Maidenhead have scored the second most amount of points in the division behind Exeter University, but Westren believes his much-improved defence will stand up.

He said: “They’re very effective at what they do. They’ve got big powerful ball carriers as opposed to really snazzy moves. They’re very direct and are good at getting in behind you. If you allow them to do that they’ll be a very dangerous side. But on the flip side, if we stop them at source, we can put them out of their comfort zone and force them into trying to find a plan B.

“We also know that that they concede a fair few points. We need to make sure that we get our attacking rhythm and cause them problems.”

Westren and joint head coach Ian Goldsmith have made just one change from the Ivybridge game, as Tom Sandercock comes in for full-back Alfie Lang.

Sandercock takes his place at outside-centre with Reuben Edwards taking over at 15.

Cornish All Blacks —

Edwards, Pearce, Sandercock, Westren, Kneebone, Coles, Collings; Cinnamond, Bulut, Thomas, Bottoms, Clarke, Lightfoot, L Duke (captain), Rowley.

Replacements: Bartlett, Goldsmith, Lang.