STOURBRIDGE will go to bottom side Stockport this Saturday looking for the win that should all but secure their status in National League Division Two North.

A victory would see Stour secure their first back-to-back successes since November and move well away from the drop zone.

They go into the game on the back of a 23-17 win over Broadstreet at Stourton Park last Saturday and director of rugby Neil Mitchell is focused on getting the vital points to put a disappointing and injury-hit period behind him.

He said: "We will be taking nothing for granted. We must go there and get the job done.

"We have most of our injuries back, have got continuity in our training and seem to have turned the corner.

"We know what we are capable of and no team will want to play us at the end of the season.

"First we much beat Stockport before looking ahead. Once we have done that we can look to finish strong and build towards next season."

The queue for Stourton Park's treatment table is set to get even shorter due to the return of wings Nathan Bressington and Ashley Oyekan in the coming weeks.

Against Broadstreet last Saturday, Stour belied their lowly position in the first half and looked the much better side.

They withstood some early Broadstreet pressure before taking the lead on 11 minutes when British Police scrum half Toby Handley picked up at the base of a maul close to the Broadstreet line and spotted a gap in the defence to dive over for fly half Caolan Ryan to convert.

Broadstreet didn't help themselves when they had flanker Dan Wright yellow carded on 22 minutes for persistent infringements before Ryan rifled over another penalty to make it 10-0.

Ryan then swapped penalties with his impressive opposite number Ben Palmer to make it 13-3 at half time.

Stour struck right at the start of second half exchanges thanks to a superb piece of opportunism from flanker Bobbie Lawrenson.

Broadstreet caught the ball from the kick-off, which was flung back to Palmer for an attempted clearance kick.

But the quick-thinking Lawrenson stormed through and charged the kick down, before following through to touchdown by the posts and Ryan duly converted.

At 20-3 up, that really should have been the signal for Stour to go and seal the game - but it never happened.

Broadstreet began to battle back, keeping the ball within their pack whenever possible.

Their repeated pick up and drive policy began to pay off as they were awarded two close to the line penalties, which they chose to kick with the accurate Palmer bringing the score back to 20-9.

The pressure was beginning to tell as Stour had Sione Tuipulotu sent to the sin bin.

Broadstreet failed to capitalise until surprisingly Stour were back to a full compliment.

The Coventry club won a scrummage close to Stour's line and wheeled it effectively for scrum half Nick Thatcher to gather and wriggle his way over.

Thankfully Palmer's conversion struck the upright, but at 20-14, Broadstreet were now right back in the game.

Stour's urgency was underlined when awarded a penalty just inside Broadstreet's half on 73 minutes.

Instead of kicking to the corner, they elected for a shot at goal, desperate to put sufficient daylight between the sides. Ryan made no mistake with a rock-solid shot.

Broadstreet weren't finished. Palmer thumped over his fourth penalty with three minutes remaining , which led to an uncomfortable finish.

Thankfully Stour managed to keep possession long enough to wind down the clock before Ryan gratefully booted the ball out at the first opportunity.

"It was disappointing not to get the bonus point because the chances were there for us," added Mitchell. "We needed to be more ruthless in the first half and put the game away."