LEAGUE 1 ROUND-UP
WEST WALES RAIDERS chief executive Peter Tiffin believes the club's biggest issue this year has been the lack of consistency in the squad.
Once again, the Llanelli-based club finds itself rooted to the bottom of the league with just one win. But Tiffin thinks that if coach Ashley Bateman had been able to select the same side on more than one occasion, then things may have been different in some games.
Injuries and unavailability were so bad at one stage that Bateman himself had to be registered in time to pull his boots on and feature from the bench against Cornwall in June.
"We haven't had the same squad available from one weekend to the next all season," confirmed Tiffin, who is pleased that even when players have been unavailable, they have stayed closed to the rest of the squad.
"Whether it's been injures, Covid, or a sickness bug that passed through the squad one week, it's really hit us and has meant it's been a frustrating season.
"I don't think we have had a week all season where we've not had someone have to pull out of the squad after the final training session.
"It's been tough, because it's meant we've just not been able to get continuity, and that has been a big issue for us.