
Lee Blackett has had to wait 22 games and four years to score his first try in the Guinness Premiership but when it came it was a special one.
The 25 year olds first Premiership appearances came in January 2004 for Rotherham however his first try came on Good Friday in March 2008 when he wrote his name in the Guinness Premiership record books.
He crossed the line after just 8.28 seconds to beat the record previously held by Tom Voyce, who touched down for Wasps against Harlequins after 9.63 seconds in 2004.
Try-scorer Blackett - who touched down straight from fly-half Alberto Di Bernardo's kick-off - said: "I said to Albie to give me the ball inside the opening minute but I didn't actually mean within the first eight seconds! I don't really know how to celebrate tries. Obviously, it was a great start and it was an impressive performance as a whole. Amongst the squad, we have never, ever thought we are down. Obviously, if we had lost tonight the gap would have got even bigger but I genuinely, 100% believe that we've got a chance of staying up this year.
"I think Stuart and everyone in the squad genuinely believes that. People in the media and other people outside will write us off but we want you to write us off - we're happy for you to write us off."