FRESH from his star performance for the Guernsey 2nds at the weekend, Luke Sayer can expect to return to the 1st XV for Saturday’s must-win final National 3 home game against Westcombe Park.

The versatile Sayer will slot in at fullback after Jim Elliott, who played there in the win against Tonbridge Juddian, dislocated a finger.

Matt Hema, the No. 1 choice in the 15 shirt, also remains out.

‘Sayer will be playing full back this week, which will be great,’ said Reynolds, who has been reflecting on the Tonbridge game and the emotions of first thinking they had guaranteed their league placing with the seven-try win, but then discovering via social media that they were not quite there yet.

‘We thought that by getting five points we would be pretty pleased. But then we found out that the others had got their bonus points, which meant we had to re-gather ourselves.’

But it was the victory that Reynolds demanded, saying beforehand than anything less would be ‘catastrophic’ if Tring, Westcliff and co. also won.

‘It was a big must-win for us and we stepped up.’

But, the job is not quite done, as the coach has been keen to point out while looking at the various scenarios.

‘If we get one bonus point from Saturday, even if Tring and Westcliff get the full five, we should be OK as our points difference is so much better that we will be pretty safe,’ said the coach, who admits he was made to suffer on the side-lines as Tonbridge moved into a healthy early lead.

‘I did lose a couple years of my life in that first half,’ added the coach who is keen to score a big win at home to Westcombe this Saturday, rather than depend on points difference.

‘We are thinking of winning well, but potentially it could come to that.

‘Personally, I think Tring will win again, but Westcliff have got Barnes who could still take top spot and will be up for it.

‘Nothing is safe at the moment, but we are getting there.’

Before Westcombe, Reynolds’ medical team will be working on patching up a number of players from a rough and tumble clash against Tonbridge.

‘We have got a lot of wounded bodies.

‘Matt Thomas’s knee is giving him trouble and although we are getting him assessed he can’t really walk on it at the moment.

‘Lewis Hillier has a shoulder injury, but we think he will be there.

‘Ned Brown has a slight tweak of his groin, but he got through the whole match OK.

‘Jim Elliott busted his hand ... he dislocated one of his fingers, and ‘Barts’ split his head open in the first five minutes. He has had it glued.

‘Tom Ceillam has got a nice shiner but he doesn’t count that as an injury.’

But Tonbridge with their monster-size pack, as it happens, fared no better.

‘They were up for the contest and they used five of their maximum eight subs in the first half. They had three guys carried off and two of their blokes didn’t look in great shape.’