Cullompton go into Saturday's basement battle against Clevedon boosted by a 29-15 win at St Austell.
Cully had gone a while without a win – three defeats on the trot since beating Bideford 31-30 – and were bottom of the table.
Victory lifted Cully ahead of Matson and put them just a point behind Clevedon, another team they have to get ahead of on the way out of the bottom three. Head coach Chris Wall said it was a bit early to talk about turning the season around, but confidence is definitely rising.
"After we beat Drybrook we thought it was a corner turned then, but it wasn't," said Wall.
"The players feel they have taken a big step forward by winning at St Austell, and that is the important thing.
"We started tentatively at St Austell, but as the game went on we played more and more rugby.
"Our set-piece went well, we ran the ball well and you could see the confidence coming back.
"Clevedon is a big game and, at home, we need to win it.
"We haven't been making it hard enough for sides at Stafford Park and it is time to turn the place into a fortress."
Wall shifted Alex Brooks from 10 to 12 against St Austell in the absence of the injured Mark Harold and the move worked well.
"Alex at 12 gives us a bit more distribution and an extras kicking option as well," said Wall.
Cully shot ahead at St Austell with two tries from Matt Handford in the second row, both converted by Adam Pearce, who then added a penalty.
Saints got back to 17-8 down at half-time but had their comeback hopes dashed virtually from the restart.
Marcus Busch scored a try on his return after injury and there was another for Alex Ford.
A late St Austell try did nothing to change the outcome.
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