Before the break, a brilliant shot from Will Smallbone was kept out by Aynsley Pears and, with Rovers failing to clear the danger, Josh Laurent flung a cross to the far post.

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Delap would fare better not long after - but not before Smallbone had his moment when Philogene hardly covered himself in glory in a defensive sense.

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Even though Will Smallbone had opened the scoring to give Saints the lead, there was a point when it seemed as though they wouldn't be heading back to the south coast with three points.

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Kyle Walker-Peters got away from him far too easily down the right and the error was compounded by the failure to pick up Smallbone, who guided the ball into the net from close range following the Saints full-back’s pull-back.

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Smallbone made his Saints debut back in January 2020, although has been limited to just 20 senior outings for the club in three-and-a-half years.

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