SEB Reynolds hailed RAMS’ perfect 10th consecutive National One victory as ‘fantastic in a different way’ as they overcame a resolute and powerful Plymouth Albion side 26-14 at Old Bath Road.

After Jak Rossiter gave the hosts the lead with his 12th try of the campaign, RAMS produced an error-strewn first-half display which meant they went into the interval level after Ramaz Rukhadze powered over for Tom Putt to convert.

Things got worse when Jake Oulton touched down, Putt again on target, to push Albion 14-7 up after an hour.

But RAMS dug deep and after Jake Clemson was sin-binned for a cynical foul near his line, Max Hayman dove over for Tim Townsend to convert and level matters.

Plymouth hooker Harry Wilkinson was then sent off for a dangerous tackle on Dan Swain with 12 minutes remaining, and after turning down a shot at goal to kick to the corner, RAMS hit the front when Ollie Moffitt went over at the back of a superb rolling maul.

And unbelievably, with the final play of the game, Ellis Jones finished off a move initiated by Rossiter’s stunning break to make it 10 bonus-point wins from 10 ahead of the rest week.

Reflecting on another game which will forever be remembered for its dramatic conclusion, Seb revealed: “Were we at our best? No, but the guys have put in such a stint so far this year and they’ve been fantastic in so many games – and I thought we were fantastic in a different way today.

“We had guys making their first starts in Ollie Allan and Lucas Brooke, lads coming into the side in different positions in Axel (Kalling-Smith at centre) and Drew (Humberstone, fly-half) and then a guy on the bench making his debut (Tim Townsend).

“We had a lot of change and that means you can lack a bit of cohesion at times, so you have to find a way to get through and I thought we did that brilliantly.”

He continued: “To say we didn’t play that well would be rude and disrespectful to Plymouth, who are a very strong side.

“They started well, lived off our mistakes a little bit in the first half, but then had energy coming into the second half and they got in front.

“We had to dig deep because they’re getting better and better each week and credit to them for making a fantastic National One fixture.

“They deserved a bonus-point. They’ve come a long way, had problems with their bus on the way so it was a delayed kick-off, they had the red card late on as well, but they’re an excellent side and they’ll be a danger to anyone.”

With RAMS struggling for rhythm early on in the piece, they eventually took control of the final quarter and the DoR added: “The bench had a big impact and being able to bring on Josh Collis, Ollie Cole and James Baker, bringing a stability and platform, we knew we could make inroads if we got the field position.

“It was a bold call from Robbie to go for the corner at 14-14, and really sums up the way we want to play.

“Any other skipper would have said ‘go in the lead’ and I thought the same, but he wanted to go to the corner and we got the score.”

After 10 gruelling fixtures with just one week’s rest since the season started at the beginning of September, another comes next weekend before a trip to Taunton Titans on November 26, and Seb concluded: “The break is a good thing. Everyone can go and watch the autumn internationals, have a rest and then come back for a tough run of games up until Christmas.”