PROP Rob Gummer says Greyhound are facing another relegation battle after they were battered by top-of-the-table Cleobury Mortimer in Midlands Four West (North).

The Worcestershire side rattled in 11 tries in a routine 74-5 win at Hereford City Sports Club.

Greyhound only just stayed up last season and now find themselves five points from safety this campaign.

They are not in action this Saturday but face a tough trip to Rugeley on December 20 before the festive break.

"We have been trying really hard in training to try and rectify everything, but to be honest, we're just not good enough at the moment," said Gummer.

"We struggled last year and we were hoping this year to turn the corner and go for it a bit more, but another relegation battle looks on the cards.

"We were just looking for mid-table at the start of the season and make this home a bit of a fortress, but to be honest, our results here have been worse than away from home.

"Hopefully after Christmas we can build on it and get a few wins and get away from the relegation battle."

Gummer spent 10 minutes on the sidelines at the start of the second half after he was sin-binned.

"I just made the tackle and I felt I had realised the player," explained Gummer.

"I went for the ball and sadly it just went off my feet and went over the other side.

"The referee interpreted it as being in our own 22, which is fair enough I suppose."

At that stage, Cleobury were 35-5 to the good and were always on top against a struggling Greyhound outfit.

Dave Leach converted his own try to put Cleobury 7-0 up after only five minutes before Josh Phillips grabbed try number two just a minute later.

The away side were then awarded a penalty try after 18 minutes before ex-Luctonians star Paul Hulland went over.

Greyhound finally got on the scoresheet when Rob Tyler went over the line following good build-up play but Cleobury increased their lead to 35-5 following another penalty try.

Leach kicked over a penalty three minutes after the break before Simon Boyd got try number six.

After 53 minutes it was 48-5 when Phillips grabbed his second try and four minutes later Tom Leach went over.

Sam Sutton then got on the scoresheet with his try on the hour mark before Hulland made it 65-5.

Cleobury's last try was from Ben Howman, with Dave Leach, who scored 24 points in the match, adding the conversion.

Gummer felt Cleobury's dominant scrums helped secure them the win.

"We played well in stages but is was just not good enough at this level," said Gummer.

"We are missing a few players but we are getting them back now, which is good, but when you play the top of the league side we were hoping for a bit more than we got.

"It's a bit disappointing but we go again in the next couple of weeks."

Assistant manager Shaun Thomas felt Nathan Morris was Greyhound's best player on the day.

"He had a very good game defensively off the wing and when he cut inside towards the end, he made a few breaks," said Thomas.

"We also scored a lovely, beautiful team try that everyone partook in.

"There were a few positives, but it was obviously a disappointing result.

"But they are top of the league and destroying teams.

"There have only been a couple of teams that have been able to score against them and luckily we're now one of them.

"It was a good fought performance from the lads, I thought they held their heads up and did well."