Tom Jarvis jet setting for the Saxons

Centre Tom Jarvis is ready to join the jet set and help Stourbridge Saxons director of rugby Neil Mitchell put one over on his mentor.

The Stourton Park star will be lining up for England Counties in Ireland on Friday but has agreed to fly back in time for his club's derby clash with Coventry the following day.

And it's a clash that Mitchell is desperate to win for more reasons than most.

He said: "I wanted two wins from these two games and while we got an ugly win against Otley, the Coventry match is the key one for me.

"I will impress on the players the importance of the game for me, the fact that I played there and the fact that their director of rugby Phil Maynard was involved here.

"I have been doing this job for eight seasons now but I am still the junior boy as far as Maynard is concerned. I used to speak to him when I was first starting and I have to say there is a little bit of Maynard in me.

"I like the guy and I like his style. But there is a little bit of rivalry there and I would love to beat him next week.

"He has some good players and there are a few that we will have to target."

The Saxons ran in three tries to seal their 'ugly' 21-19 victory over Otley last week and Mitchell admits it was closer than it should have been.

He said: "Overall we made too many errors. All credit to Otley, they starved us of possession in the first-half.

"When we had the ball, we took it in rather than passing it outside and although we had some good position, we never finished it off. We were very careless with the ball. The games are too tight this year to be cavalier but players are going on their own.

"Maybe we showed a lack of experience when we were put under pressure."

The return of Sam Robinson at fly-half saw him link up with scrum-half Peter White for the first time and Mitchell has high hopes for the partnership.

He said: "I thought we had a proactive back line and I was very impressed with Sam Robinson who controlled the game well.

"It's only someone like him who can put in the sort of kick that led to Ashley Smith's try."