Supermarine Ladies' rugby side were beaten 40-12 at league leaders Plymouth Ablion on Sunday.
Starting with only 13 players, Marine started with plenty of intesity and within 10 minutes Emily Taylor crossed the line to open the scoring with Rachel Popham scoring the conversion.
But Taylor was soon to come off injured and the visitors were reduced to 12 as the first half closed 12-7 to the hosts.
Ablion rattled up more tries after the interval, with kicks behind the Marine backline.
A penalty late in the second half saw Scottish international Shona Watt run in a try to bring Supermarine up to 12 points.
Marine will hope to have a full contingent when they host Redruth on March 6.
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