View all match day highlights from Cinderford's defeat to Blackheath here
Star prop Chris Bundy admits it was "frustrating" to get little reward for his efforts at the scrum on Saturday but he isn't beating himself up about it.
The local lad who has grown into his role as Cinderford's loose-head had his opposite man on the ropes on three occasions at Dockham Road, including an impressive shove against the head under the home team's uprights.
Video footage shows Blackheath's tight-head Stewart Maguire rise to his feet as the set-piece wheeled away from the visitors.
To the Foresters' dismay, referee Elia Rizzo ran in under the posts to award a penalty-try, a decision the club has since reviewed.
Director of rugby Nic Corrigan has said however those individual decisions cannot be groaned at and that more onus must be placed on Cinderford's fallibility when confronted with the whitewash.
Bundy takes the same stance and doesn't want to discredit Blackheath, who did enough to grind out a 17-14 victory to climb to fourth in National One.
He said: "We were up against a good side. You can't take that away from them - that's seven wins on the bounce for them now.
"They have a strong pack and they are good out in the backs, especially when we gave them so much space - they took it to us well.
"I don't think there is anything that we particularly did wrong – there were a few dodgy decisions in places – but that's part of it.
"It is very frustrating when because you do all you can to get a penalty or a good position but, when the referee is on the wrong side, there is very little I can do about it.
"Even though these assistant referees are mic'd up, I don't really think they have much influence on the game so you just have to keep going at (the opposition)."
Cinderford must move on quickly with a trip to Rosslyn Park coming up this Saturday. The league's third-place team are closing in on Coventry and Bundy is relishing an opportunity to make amends for the performance against Blackheath.
He continued: "We were playing into a strong wind in the first-half so we had to change our game plan a little bit. We went through a lot more phases where we would usually play a lot of rugby but, once you get into the game, the cold doesn't matter.
"In the second-half, we could have used the boot a bit more but we could have played in better areas than we probably did.
"I dropped the ball a couple of times and it's a credit to their side that, as soon as that happened, they pounced on it and moved forward. It's those little errors (that cost us).
"We are always looking ahead; Rosslyn Park are a very good side at home but we will go at them."
