Old Crocs preview

By Dave Picken - October 22 2010
Old Crocs preview
Carlo
Old Crocs are the visitors as we look to get back to winning ways following last week's frustrating deafeat. There are are enforced changes, with Adam Howard away and Paul Rudd still feeling a back injury, so Stephen Stockdale starts in the back row. Carlo Robinson comes in at prop.

Scott Jordan is also still injured so the only change in the backs is a direct swap - Paul Moss starting and Peter Hodgson on the bench.

We'll be taking on a side which has run into a bit of form, specially at home. Their pack will include prop Andy Day who began playing for the first team in 1984 and this game will be his 603rd for the club.

In their last two games at Broomside Avenue they've beaten Team Northumbria and drawn with Percy Park, with their pacy backs catching the eye.

They haven't done so well away from home, the only victory being at struggling Driffield. Most of their defeats have been by relatively narrow margins apart from a 31-13 defeat the hands of local rivals Old Brods.

We were desperately disappointed to lose there ourselves last week and must bounce back ahead of next week's difficult trip to Percy Park.

West: 15 Darren Thomas 14 Scott Butcher 13 Colin Cheslin 12 Paul Moss 11 Adam Larkin 10 Gareth Foreman 9 Andrew Foreman 1 Anth Carr 2 Liam Bailey 3 Carl Robinson 4 Andrew Davies 5 Tom Dixon 6 Dan Boatman 7 Jon Boatman (Capt) 8 Stephen Stockdale 16 Peter Hodgson 17 Paul Rudd 18 Ross Wood

Old Crossleyans 15 Chris Seymour 14 Joe Baker 13 Jack Hammond 12 Neil Richardson 11 Leigh Thomas 10 Chris Jones 9 James Wainwright 1 Mark Palmer 2 Richard Wheale 3 Andrew Day 4 Chris Wood 5 Simon Normanton 6 Navneet Sembi 7 Daniel Temm 8 Adam Hinchliffe 16 James Cooper 17 Rory Davis 18 AN Other

Referee: Ralph Mitchell [Warwickshire]