INJURY-plagued Malvern are rueing bad luck following their latest defeat, according to frustrated director of rugby Dave Robins.

The Spring Lane side travel to Hinckley tomorrow with a far from clean bill of health and rocked by a 56-10 defeat at the hands of Broad Street on Saturday.

But the game will now have to be replayed due to the injuries Malvern suffered to their front row during a heated contest, which saw Simon Daws sent off after just 10 minutes.

Robins said: “When you look at the injuries we have picked up over the last few weeks, it seems that we are having no luck at all.

“Despite that, the lads are still showing good spirit and are turning up with the right attitude at training.

“For such a young squad they are showing increasing maturity week on week and we must keep faith in them.”

Robins also questioned the use of inexperienced referees for certain matches in Midlands One.

He said: “Unfortunately, the game is now seeing some inexperienced referees, who haven’t themselves played at particularly high levels, being fast-tracked through the system.

“They often aren’t able to distinguish between some of the more technical areas at the ruck, which I feel is what caused the problem.” Malvern First XV v Hinckley (a, kick-off 2.15pm): D Chesham, M Humphreys, T Drew, G Taylor, D Smith, S Clark, S Daws, A Ruddock, J Gwynne, C Pimlow, R Henshaw, R Fleming, R Watkins (c), T Beechey, C Hooper. Replacements: S Doolittle, G Summers, TBA.

Meet at Spring Lane at 11.15am and the Ketch, Worcester, at 11.30am, Number one dress code, navy blue shorts and socks, from: Second XV v Luctonians (h, kick-off 2.15pm): Players to be advised directly. Meet at Spring Lane at 12.45pm.

Third XV v Ross-on-Wye (a, kick-off 2.15pm): Players to be advised directly. Meet at Spring Lane at noon.