Kohler try–ing so hard
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UPPING his workrate is top of winger Mark Kohler’s list of priorities after he touched down his sixth try of the season in Bedford’s 29-17 win over Plymouth Albion at Goldington Road on Saturday, writes Mark Wood.
Having made the step up from National League Three London & South East side Luton, Kohler knows he still has plenty to work on to become more of a fixture in the Blues starting XV.
He said: “That’s taken me to six for the season. Not quite as many as Josh Bassett’s 17.
“The aim is to get my hands on the ball as much as I can and Mike’s said to me he wants the wingers to touch the ball at least 12, 15 times a game and that’s just down to workrate as well. It’s not all about tries, there’s plenty of tries throughout the team and tries are just a bonus for me.
“I think I’ve adapted really well and am really enjoying it at the moment.
“I had a break just after Christmas when Pritch came back from the World Cup. I got sent out on loan to Cambridge which taught me as well.
“It’s been tough in areas. When I first came there were a lot of areas I needed to work on and I sat down with Mike Rayer and he said you’ve got to work on this and this.
“It was more workrate and running off rucks as well. At Luton, whereas you can get away with standing on the wing and then be passed the ball and beat a few players, here you can’t really do that, you really have to work.
“Just watching some of the other players like Handre and Josh I’ve really been able to up my game since the New Year.
“Workrate’s a big thing here and Josh has an unbelievable workrate and that’s why he’s scoring so many tries.
“Another one was kicking as well, there were a few grey area especially with my kicking. But now I’ve worked on them.”
Arctic conditions meant Saturday’s game was in doubt right until a few hours before kick-off, but Kolher was delighted it went ahead.
He added: “When I woke up this morning, it was minus 13 at eight o’clock in the morning.
“I live with Brendan and Gregor and we were looking at each other thinking is it going to be on or not?
“We had the call at 11 o’clock to say the game was on. The pitch was in decent condition. The Italy v England game, meanwhile, was a horrible pitch with snow everywhere.”
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Tuesday 29 May 2012
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