ROBINS boss Alun Rossiter believes Thursday night's Craven Shield return fixture against Eastbourne at Blunsdon will be a cracker after his side did him proud last night.
Swindon went down 52-41 to the Eagles, but Rosco, pictured, paid tribute to his troops as they recovered from a shaky start to finish with an 11-point deficit ahead of Thursday's tie.
And he is sure they will come into their own in front of the Robins fans, as he admitted: "We're not jumping all about the place, but I'm very pleased with it.
"We started off slowly, which was to be expected because it's a very tricky track.
"There's a lot of home advantage on it and they've been practising down there solidly for the last month or so. But Thursday is back on our territory.
"(Eastbourne's) Scott Nicholls and Lee Richardson will be good around Blunsdon, but the rest of our lads will come into play and they (Eastbourne) won't know what's hit them."
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