Driffield Preview

By Dave Picken - January 24 2014
Driffield Preview
Ian Pinchen is fit and is the only change to the side which ended Rochdale's excellent run last week. The challenge for the other 14 is to continue where they left off against Rochdale last week ....

The difference between home and away performances is now quite marked with the lack lustre display at Malton & Norton the latest example. Travelling North doesn't seem to be a problem but the Yorkshire hoodoo still exists with only a solitary win at bottom placed Sheffield to show so far this season.

Drififeld will be another big challenge - as they always are at Kellythorpe. There was a time when we got a good hammering whenever we turned up in East Yorkshire, but we won there 22-17 back in 2011 and this season prevented them scoring at Brinkburn while scoring 26 points ourselves.

At that time Driff were in the middle of a very poor run which saw them lose eight games on the trot. They reacted by bringing in some new players including much travelled Tongan No 8 Tony Maka.

As a result they've gone on  to win half their games and are fairly comfortable in mid-table, although not totally out of danger.

So it'll be a hard fought game, as ever, and the coaches will be looking to to the pack in particular to put in the same effort as last week.

West: Colin Cheslin, Scott Butcher, Andrew Cheslin, Liam Bailey, Luke Mallinson, Stu Waites, Ryan Painter, Ian Pinchen, Andrew Rollins, Adam Coates, Owen Bennett, Michael Hogan, Dan Boatman [c], Jon Boatman, Sam Miller. Changes: Andrew Dixon, Andrew Turner, Davy Tighe.

 

 

 

 
Driffield Preview
Posted by: Official West Hartlepool RFC (IP Logged)
Date: 24/01/2014 10:04


Re: Driffield Preview
Posted by: Denny Dixon (IP Logged)
Date: 25/01/2014 04:38

Continuation of last weeks performance over 80 minutes for sure is required and need to ensure at least 4 and even 5 points I am sure that if you do the maths we need all the points we can and even then the away fixture at Huddersfield will probably be a winner takes all match.(See what they did to Malton and Norton last week???)
Good luck to WEST and all the sides playing and hope the weather does not have too much influence on the games. Bound to be heavy underfoot but hope rain and wind stay away!!!

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