Pulborough maintain perfect start but it’s three defeats from three for Holbrook

It was a closer game then the result suggested, with the game scoreless at half-time, but home side Boro’s superior fitness told as they ran in five unanswered second half tries.

Skipper Richard Nicholls said: “I’d say it was our best performance so far. We defended really well as a team and squeezed the life out of them, built pressure in defence and attack and our fitness came through in the last 20 minutes.”

A physical Crawley side had the wind at their backs in the first half and