London Scottish number eight Mark Bright refuses to take all the credit for guiding his side to the Greene King IPA Championship play-offs, despite setting a try-scoring record, writes Joanne Pendleton.

The 36-year-old scored 20 times in 24 appearances – the highest season tally in the competition’s history – as he skippered Scottish to third place in the league, earning a semi-final spot.

Their opponents will be second-placed Worcester, who beat Scottish 56-15 at the end of March – but Bright is hopeful his team can learn from their mistakes in order to overturn the Warriors in their two-legged contest.

“Playing Worcester will be a massive challenge because they put over 50 points on us recently so we know how big a threat they are,” he explained.

“We need to look back at that and see where we went wrong, but the fact is anything can happen in the play-offs, so hopefully the boys can up their game.

“It’s great to get over the try line, but I can’t take credit for the amount I’ve scored this season.

“I give all the credit to the guys up front who’ve smashed it this year and made it easy for me.

“But it is good to get that record for the most tries in a season, everything seems to be going well and as long as my body holds out, I’ll keep playing.”

Although it has been a successful season for London Scottish, Bright acknowledges they stuttered to the finish line with back-to-back defeats against Yorkshire Carnegie and Rotherham Titans.

And with those recent losses in mind the England Sevens player is determined to make the most of his side’s play-off opportunity and ensure they are mentally prepared for the challenge that awaits them.

“The season has gone really well, at the start we set ourselves that goal of reaching the top four so to finish in third is pretty pleasing,” he added.

“We’ve only been in the Championship for four years so to have a chance to get into the top division is fantastic.

“The fact we have lost the final two games does affect how we go into the semi-final because we’ve got no real momentum, but hopefully there’ll be an attitude shift for such a big game and I know the boys are really up for it.

“It’s just a really exciting chance to make the final, to get to the play-offs at all is a great achievement but we want to go one step further.”

Bright was shortlisted for the Championship player of the year award this week and added: "It's a fantastic feeling to be nominated for this award, especially as it's voted for by the Championship club captains.

"While I'm indeed very humbled and thankful for their support and encouragement, rugby remains a team sport and without my team-mates I wouldn't be where I am today.”

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