Cornishmen run amok
The Pirates delivered a post-Christmas stuffing to their cross-Tamar rivals, scoring seven tries to Albion's one.
Biljon paid tribute to the way his side prepared for the game. He said: "I'm absolutely delighted, if we were looking for a late Christmas present, I think we got it today.
"It's all been about our preparation, we knew there were going to be interruptions for Christmas but all credit to the players for staying focused the way they did.
"If you look at the game, the performance from the forwards and the backs – and the way we moulded them together was great for the team.
"What we did was target the start at 150 miles per hour because we knew they were capable of getting at us after beating Exeter and they would be full of confidence.
"We just thought if we could control possession and territory and really keep pushing ourselves into their final third it would force them to play or give us the ball back and we would be in with a chance."
The scoreline was a bitter disappointment to Albion chairman of rugby Graham Dawe who gave his side's opponents credit for their display.
He said: "You have to applaud the Pirates, it was quite tough conditions for us to play into in the first half and we didn't really master them. They got a couple of good tries and they ended up going in three tries up – it's then a big ask, but we still felt we were in the game. But they soon killed it off with another penalty and a try.
"They had all the field position in the first 15 minutes, but I felt we coped with it quite well for a while. We were defending and our forwards worked extremely hard in the first 40 minutes and it probably showed in the second half."
The half-time break was crucial according to Biljon. The Pirates had already plundered three tries, but it was important they closed the game out in the second half.
Biljon said: "Half time was key, it was about not getting too excited and we didn't veer off our gameplan, we stuck to our guns, we played the territory and we kept possession. It worked and all credit to the boys, they stuck to it.
"I was getting excited thinking we were going to get the bonus point before half time. There were a couple of occasions where it was close.
"We could have gone for the bonus point early in the second half but we kept building the score with penalties and bided our time and then maximised it into a bonus point and got seven tries.
"It is also about the team building and moulding together, we're starting to get to that stage of the season where the players are starting to see who they are.
"There have been a lot of introductions into the team. There's a couple things, we have got senior players coming back and then those players getting some games together without injuries interfering – it's all those little things coming together now which will start making the difference."
Dawe, meanwhile, must now patch up his squad in time for Saturday's tussle with Moseley, but he refused to allow injuries and unavailabilities to be an excuse for yesterday's defeat.
He said: "The season is a squad effort and it is just something you have to get on with. It has got to come from within everyone, we're certainly not the finished article. We're a good team and can compete with all the teams in this league and that's our goal as usual going forward.
"We've got eight weeks left of the regular season and we need to be improving in certain areas of our game in a few technical areas and we need to try and maintain our form going into the end of February."
The Pirates must now take their form into Friday's encounter at Bristol, who went top of the Championship after beating the Exeter Chiefs yesterday.
Biljon said: "Hopefully we can build on this and it gives us a little bit of confidence and momentum going into what is undoubtedly going to be a very tough game against Bristol.
"First and foremost we will look at bodies and make sure we don't have too many injuries. We'll let the boys enjoy themselves this evening and then re-assess what we need to work on before the game. We'll need to maximise the short turnaround before Bristol game."
But as impressive as his side's performance was yesterday, Biljon is keen to see his squad peak at the right time. He said: " It mustn't happen too soon, let's just be patience. It's the old cliche about taking it one week at a time."
Pirate Tyrone Holmes tries to find a way past Plymouth Albion's Ben Mercer (left) and Gary Kingdom with Rob Cook in support
