Last time out was an incredible match as Nth Shields led in the plate final on the last play. Instead of tapping and kicking the ball out the took a quick tap. We turned the ruck over and then Nick Arbuckle created a break out finished by Sam Busby scoring a 95 metre match winner.

Whilst we have hopes of another victory against our newly promoted opponents they will have targeted this game for a win. Not knowing too much about them should help as we can just focus on ourselves.

1st xv at Nth Shields 1500, meet at Novos 1300 - Josh Stacey, Daniel Shuttleworth, Pete Twentyman (captain) Tom Cox, Kit Sorenson, Ross Radford, Adam MacDonald, Darren Kelly, Lewis Chater, Rich Harrison, Shaun Stewart, Jez Nash, Isaac Robinson, Eoghan Phillips, Ben Wollerton. Finishers - Luke Menzfeld, Luke Foster and Jack Hearn.

2nd xv vs Aedan Moloney at Novos 1500, meet 1300 - Christian Selkirk, Andy Hall, Brendan Thomas, Ian Pratt (captain) Cam Carmichael, Jeff Burke, Alex Cokeley, Craig Eales, Paddy Sowter, Johnny Winterhalder, Ben Kelly, Mike Williams, Sam Bird, James Bass, David Marshall, John Watson, Gus Nye, Dylan Murphy and David Bowman.

4th xv home to Nth Shields 1500, meet 1400 - James Forbes, Stevie Thompson (captain) Iain Wood, Chris Brown, Rob Reid, Tom Harwood, Gareth Davies, Ryan Crowson, Billy Porter, Will Evans, Dave Thompson, Ricky Humble, Dom McDonnell, Ross Glasper, Jonny Lowes, Rhys Gibbons, JP Addison, Dan Green, Nash Katsande, Andrew Chambers, Neil Spence, Rob Strange, Dan Guy, Jack Deegan, Paul Fitch

Tough week last week against a good Stockton side but Saturdays sees regulars Kit Sorenson, Ross Radford, Ben Wollerton and Jack Hearn return to the squads after injury and unavailability.

Prep on Tuesday was handling and contact fitness based whilst Thursday was about how we want to play on Saturday. Hopefully two well attended training sessions has given us the opportunity to perform well. It has been a tough start to the season with Northern, Boro and Stockton as three out of the four games. However, the boys have stayed together as a group and hope to show higher standards during October.

We look forward to visiting North Shields and having a few beers afterwards.

Up the Vos !