Banbury Bulls coach Grant Holmes was delighted with the way his side responded to their heavy opening day defeat.

Having lost their opening Midlands 3 East clash 55-0 to Old Northamptonians, Bulls rallied to defeat Aylestone St James by 48-3 this week.

“It was a very, very good team effort on Saturday, the forwards laid a pretty solid platform and the backs utilised the good quality possession they received,” said Holmes.

"We really raised our performance and to keep them from crossing our line was very satisfying.

“We were forced into making seven changes to the side that played the previous week due to injury and unavailability.

"And the seven who stepped up performed very well and this week we hope to have selection headaches for the right reasons – having many players to choose from.

“We cannot let ourselves get too carried away with the win, as good as it was.

"I think we have probably played the best and possibly one of the weaker sides in the league in our first two fixtures.”