TEENAGER Sam Boxhall says he will continue working hard for the team after once again being drafted into the team.

The 18-year-old scum-half started against Chester after Louis Silver was recalled by his parent club Coventry due to an injury crisis at the National 1 League side.

It was Boxhall's second game for Luctonians after gaining plaudits for his display against Hull Ionians.

The teenager said he has noticed the step up after playing for the Colts.

"It's a massive step up from Colts which I've been playing in for the last two seasons," said Boxhall.

"I'm just enjoying my rugby and progressing every week.

"I just keep working hard at training and stay in the side.

"A lot of teams would have wrote us off with Chester being fifth, so it anything that is two points more than we would have had, so we're just that step closer to surviving, which I think we will."

Boxhall said that Silver's unavailability was a big blow to Lucs.

"He brought a massive buzz into training and leadership on and off the field,"said Boxhall.

"It's a shame, but we carried on and played well without him, which shows that we can survive."

Luctonians director of rugby Alex Davidson said that Silver's unavailability affected some of his players during the National 2 League North game against Chester.

"The squad took a big knock in the week with Coventry recalling Louis Silver late on the Thursday," said Davidson.

"To pull him at late stage in the week in our preparation was massive.

"As well as Sam Boxhall's skills are, I think it threw the other boys around him slightly.

"He's definitely one for the future, his skills set are brilliant, we just need that control and Louis was offering us that before."

Luctonians had victory within their grasp after opening up a 10-3 lead in a game that had huge implications on the home side.

But Chester fought their back and capitalised on mistakes made by Lucs that saw Thomas Foden grab a try with just over 10 minutes to go.

Carwyn Lloyd-Williams duly kicked over the conversion to level the tie at 10-10, but there was still time for Luconians to win it deep into injury time after winning a penalty.

Geraint Langdon's effort had the distance, but not the direction, and it sailed just wide of the posts.

Boxhall felt that Luctonians did enough to win the game, but conceded that his team made too many mistakes.

"I thought we deserved to win, it was just that penalty at the end which was a little bit too far that cost us the game," he said.

"It was just silly errors, a few offloads that shouldn't have gone and a few knock on's and we didn't keep the ball that led them in for their try.

"It's just little errors that cost the win, but a draw's better than a loss."

In a game of few chances, Luctonians opened the scoring in the 19th minutes after Langdon kicked over a penalty.

But their lead only lasted five minutes after Lloyd-Williams converted Chester's own penalty to make it 3-3.

Lucs then struggled to truly find their rhythm, with passes going astray on a number of occasions.

But they did manage to find the illusive try eight minutes into the second half after Will Burton found space out wide to score in the corner.

Langdon easily kicked over the conversion to put the home side 10-3 up.

Lucs really needed another try to put the game out of Chester's reach and secure a vital win.

But it was not to be and more errors led to Chester making it 10-10.