Coach Nigel Baker is confident Haywards Heath will go on to be crowned champions after they knocked previously unbeaten Jersey off the top of the table with a thoroughly professional display.

Heath's title hopes looked to be over earlier in the season when they lost twice in their opening four games in London Two South but a run of 15 consecutive victories has made them favourites to clinch automatic promotion.

First-half tries from Dan Humphries and Joe Govett saw Heath establish a 14-6 advantage by half-time and they withstood everything the Channel Islanders could throw at them after the break to spark wild celebrations at Whitemans Green.

Wins against Chobham, Tunbridge Wells and Maidstone in their final three games will guarantee an instant return to London One but Baker insists they are not getting carried away.

He said: "We had a few beers after the game to celebrate but we know nothing has been achieved yet. This group of players have their heads screwed on and are aware Saturday's result won't mean anything unless we win our last three games.

"It was a very important win because if we had lost then we would have been looking at the play-offs but now we know three wins will give us automatic promotion.

"It's nice to be in the driving seat but the fact we are top doesn't really change anything. The mentality of the players is very strong and it doesn't really matter if we are top or second as we still would have to win our next three games.

"I am confident we have got the team to finish the job because we are playing the type of rugby other sides can't deal with but there is a lot of hard work still to do.

"We have got to play three teams in the top five and Jersey have got the bottom three so we realise we cannot afford even the slightest slip-up."

Heath played with a strong wind at their backs in the first half and took the lead inside the opening five minutes when Humphries went over following good work by the forwards.

Simon Fifield converted and, after Jersey had scored a penalty, Govett stretched the lead with a typical piece of trickery midway through the half.

Fifield slotted the kick again but Heath were unable to add to the lead and with Jersey scoring another penalty they looked set for a testing second half against the wind.

But the Channel Islanders were unable to take advantage of the conditions as Heath's forwards kept them at bay to the delight of the 500 crowd at Whitemans Green.

Baker added: "We defended brilliantly in the second half and the performance by our forwards was by far the best all season. It is an area of our game we have been working hard on in training and it has paid dividends as not many people score tries against us.

"It was a great result and was one of those games where we played to our full potential. I was surprised by Jersey's tactics as they played a very limited game and that fell straight into our hands.

"If I had been their coach I would have spread the ball wide as they have got some very good players but they seemed more worried about what our backs could do to them."

Worthing coach Ian Davies is sure his side will be playing in the National League next season after they virtually guaranteed their place in the play-offs with a 33-21 victory at nearest rivals Shelford.

The result put the Raiders six points ahead of Shelford with three games to play and their vastly superior points difference means they can start planning for a one-off promotion showdown with the runners-up in South West One.

Todd Murphy started the ball rolling on Saturday by scoring within 90 seconds and further tries from Peter Altona and Duncan Taylor and a brace for Alex Neilsen completed a comfortable win.

Davies said: "It would take an amazing sequence of results for us to miss out now but we can't take our foot off the pedal as we need to keep winning to secure home advantage for the play-offs.

"The hard job was getting to the play-offs and now we have done that I can't see us losing."