Okehampton coach Brett Luxton can't wait for the club's injury crisis to ease.
The Moorlanders are five places off the bottom of the table and nine points clear of the drop zone after going down 36-12 at Penryn.
The return of versatile Gary Sizmur in the backs – he scored both Okes' tries – was a definite bonus for Luxton as he battles against the effects of a long injury list. But until a few more casualties return to the fray, Luxton will have problems getting his side prepared properly.
"Truth be told, we are a bit light in the forwards due to injury. There are one or two who are playing who are injured and could do with a rest," said Luxton.
"The difficulty is getting something worthwhile done in training when you have players who either aren't there or don't want to risk making an injury worse.
"But if you wrap players in cotton wool, you can't run through things properly and that isn't helping us."
Okehampton entertain St Ives this Saturday, one of the teams below them in the table. Luxton is hoping home advantage will help them get back some of the points that got away at Penryn.
Teignmouth can gain ground on leaders Ivybridge at the top of the table by beating them at Cross in Hand this Saturday.
A 25-11 win over Devonport Services last time out kept Teignmouth at the heart of the leading pack.
The longer the game went on the scrappier it became, but Teignmouth had done the hard work in the first half.
But what was good enough to beat Services may not be enough to beat Ivybridge on their patch.
"Services are a decent side and worth beating – and we never looked like losing once we got ahead," said director of rugby Andy Crossman.
"The good things was that the things we have been working on – maul, defence and kick returns – were all vastly improved.
"Against Ivybridge we will have to be a lot more clinical in many of the things we do.
Having briefly gone 3-0 down against Services, the Teigns managed to ease 17-11 up by the half-time whistle.
Colin Aldworth, Chris Jose and Will Sowden all chipped in with tries and Dan Force potted a conversion.
Chris Sherlock added a second-half try for Teignmouth with Force slotting a penalty late on.
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