Cougars chief Jason Demetriou has warned his side not to rest on their laurels, despite claiming a fourth consecutive win.

Keighley defeated South Wales Scorpions 46-26 today to keep up the pressure on Co-operative Championship One leaders Swinton but Demetriou was not completely satisfied.

The Aussie knows their defence must improve ahead of next week’s Challenge Cup tie at Super League Warrington Wolves.

“It was a good result and we scored some good tries,” he said.

“But we bombed three or four good opportunities in the second half, so the scoreline should’ve been around 60 and that would have made us a little happier.

“Our edge defence let us down again so that’s still a work in progress.

“I felt the standards at training this week were not quite as good as they should be, and the performance mirrors that.

“I’ve told the players the week starts on Tuesday, not game-day, and they have to keep up the intensity throughout.”

The Scorpions started well, Aled James and Andrew Gay scoring after Richard Jones’ opener to give them an early lead.

But James Hutchinson touched down to put Keighley back on level terms and Demetriou edged them in front, Danny Lawton also kicking six points to make it 18-12.

Lee Williams closed the gap with an unconverted try but Gavin Duffy scored and Lawton converted to make it 24-16 at the break.

Demetriou and Ben Sagar both touched down within eight minutes of the restart before James Feather and Andy Shickell scored, Lawton contributing three conversions.

Dalton Grant claimed a late consolation for South Wales.

“The main thing was that we got the win,” added Demetriou.

“We picked up the points and keep the pressure on Swinton. We’ve got a big game coming up and that probably played its part in the performance.”

Keighley: Luke Helliwell; Gavin Duffy, Ben Sagar, Danny Lawton, James Hutchinson; Jason Demetriou, Ryan Smith; Andy Shickell, Jamaine Wray, Ryan Benjafield, Richard Jones, Chris Baines, Greg Nicholson. Interchange: James Feather, Scott Law, Rick Barr, Jamie Shepherd.