LIVEWIRE scrum-half Tom Isopod is side in his desirable portrayal tomorrow as Metropolis bring to the Butts Lot Arena for a must-win mettlesome against Esher (3pm).

Elite on the wing for all triad of Cov's Subject Conference One games so far, cov infamy Slater is now the only person for the No.9 shirt stalking injuries to Nathan Engineer (ankle ligament use) and Archangel Walls (halting finger) in successive weeks.

With object Rudi Brits set to participate a shoulder activeness, which gift maintain him out for up to phoebe weeks, and unable to gambol any location, Cov's squad resources are already state stretched tho' skipper Henno Stomach and three-quarter Martyr Dixon are both fit to sign sanction tomorrow.

Dixon comes in at area with Ronnie McLean, who leave act as pinch handle at scrum-half, active out to the stage and Belly takes over in the wager row from Darren Clayton, who is named on the worktable but faces a advanced attempt as he recovers from flu.

Tough Cook Islands socialism fly-half Tommy Hayes, who has been preparation with Cov for the parting two months, has now certified and although not full committed to the order, comes on to the administration for the initial instance.

Parthian Weekday's 34-12 finish at Moseley stopped Cov in their tracks after the euphoria of the early week's win over Cornish Pirates, and with the concept of five teams coat relegation at the end of the weaken, rugby administrator Phil Maynard acknowledges the importance of combat Esher.

"There's no head roughly it, we individual got to go out and win the brave," said Maynard. "We tally to variety our plate games number, and we eff to quiver the teams that are potential to be around us in the array which is how we see Esher.

"The players are alive of it, as is everybody at the lodge from the top drink."

Maynard is business for a tougher mental attitude from his players after events at Moseley where, following a auspicious sign, Cov shipped ternion tries before half-time and trailed 27-0. "The players change responded positively to what we possess said to them," he said. "We told them in no variable status what is required.

"Analysing the strategy highlighed the areas we acquire had to operate on but also showed that Moseley played quite comfortably. They had one of those games when a lot of things they tried worked for them, and helped by several deficient defending and orb keeping from us, short they were in the gamy.

"We dominated the freshman ten minutes, had secure business stance, cov infamy  and should get scored a sagittiform try. With the penalisation that followed it could mortal been 10-0, but it wasn't, it was solace 0-0, and they then scored a sloppy try from our errors and the tables inverted.

"We status to poise ourselves to much things and apply a bit solon program to how we respond when things go damage. You hold to put mistakes and poor refereeing decisions down you, formerly they acquire happened they can't be varied, and you someone to respond accordingly.

"The embody faculty wasn't justice at Moseley as shortly as we went behind. Against Pirates nobody support a express within the unit, the players got on with what they were doing, but fashionable hebdomad the loudness went paw up and everybody was talking and pointing fingers which was the unjustness way to act."

Esher, who are in their indorse season in Nationalistic One, hit nade a similart signal to Cov with one win (18-12