Oxford head coach Alan Hancock offered a frank view of their 43-18 home defeat to Chipping Norton.

The Southern Counties North reverse, which was Chippy’s first win of the season, leaves Oxford three points above the drop zone.

Hancock said: “We had a couple of guys binned, our discipline let us down. It was not good at all.

“We were up for it. We just couldn’t compete up front and were losing our scrums.”