The Blues' 44-24 victory ended a four-game losing streak and moved Graves' side five points clear of the relegation zone with three matches remaining.

He said: "It was a good performance. We've been building up to it in terms of the processes we play but we changed the game plan a little bit and it paid off.

"It sets us up nicely in that we're pretty much safe now and hopefully we can finish well and take momentum into next season.

"I've said all along we've not one of the worst teams in the league but it's been a big learning curve this year.

"We're an ambitious club, I feel there are a few teams in this league who are kind of happy to be where they are but we don't fall into that bracket.

"We've got a good set-up, a good structure and i'd like to think the coaching is decent.

"The issue in more to do with numbers but we;re putting plans in place to have a bigger pool,"

Andrew Huey impressed at No.9 and Ben Cliff, Joey Taggart and Luke Bowers showing good ball-carrying skills.

The team were also defensively sound in a first win since January.

Match report credit KM group.