INSTALLED as favourites for relegation by most pundits, Sedgley Park are beginning to show their survival instincts, with a second win in three games and the first away from Park Lane.

Having grabbed four points from a home win over Penzance and Newlyn two weeks ago, a losing point in the 13-8 reverse at Bedford was added to their tally.

The Tigers then showed their claws to emerge from Old Deer Park with their first away success of the season.

While many people may have been surprised at the 21-17 result away to London Welsh, player-coach Tim Fourie was not one of them.

"The first 15 minutes we attacked the areas we wanted to attack and played where we wanted to play, and Jimmy Naylor scored a cracking try," said the big South African.

"After that we let them come back into it and score a couple of tries, which left us chasing the game.

"So we had a good chat at half-time, one or two were told in no uncertain terms where they were going wrong and we got stuck in again in the second half and were quite honestly faultless."

A further try from centre Ian Voortman and successful penalty kicks from stand-off Blair Feeney paved the way to victory.

"Teams are making the mistake of taking us lightly, and we are catching them out," he added.

"There is a strong spirit among the guys and our biggest fear is not the oppositon but letting one another down.

"We are not safe yet, but we are going the right way, and if we had beaten Plymouth and Bedford like we should have done, people would be looking at us differently.

"But I suppose the 'Sedgley who?' approach is working in our favour."

Unfortunately the Tigers will have to wait a week before they can get back into action, which is both a good and a bad thing.

"Its a pity we haven't got a game Saturday to keep the momentum going," said Fourie.

"However, it does give us a chance to recharge our batteries, we'll have a squad training session instead and go over things in detail, because the following Saturday we face Exeter at home.

"If we can play the way we have been recently we are more than capable of surprising them.

"They are quite a forward orientated team, but once they feel they have subdued the opposition pack they do try to play rugby

"But they won't necessarily get it all their own way when they try to dominate us in the forwards, as other teams have found out."