St Jacques claim their own line-out ball at St Peter against Jersey Seconds. (Picture by Tony Pike, 0665712)

ST JACQUES’ season went from bad to worse as they suffered a crushing 81-3 defeat at the hands of Jersey Seconds at the weekend.

The Sarnian side find themselves stuck to the bottom of the JRA League table having not won a game yet this campaign.

And their woes continued when they travelled to Jersey on Sunday to take on the strongest team in the league, who are effectively the old Jersey first XV before they brought in professional players coupled with some very promising youngsters.

‘The final scoreline was not a pleasant one to consider at 81-3, but other sides have fallen foul of comparable scorelines this season, including Guernsey Seconds and Banks, who both suffered heavily at the hands of a Jersey second team fighting for their first team places,’ said St Jacques coach Chris Griffiths.

‘The gulf between Jersey seconds and the other sides in the JRA League has been growing bigger and bigger over the last few seasons and it is now apparent that they really are a league or two above in terms of quality and strength.’