Driffield Preview

By Dave Picken - October 24 2014
Driffield Preview
It's all change once again as work commitments and injuries give the coaches selection headaches. Out are Pinchen, Bailey, Barker, Atkins  and Miller and in come Angus, Foreman, Chapman and Baggs .

Pinchen, Barker and Bailey are working and Atkins is honouring personal commitments by going to The Lion King, while top try scorer Miller injured his ankle in training last night and so Baggs gets his first start of the season.

He impressed last week, after coming on against Horden, pulling off one great tackle to catch a flying winger only to look as stunned as everyone else when a penalty try was awarded against him.

Hopefully he'll have better luck at Kelleythorpe where the home side are having similar selection issues - made worse last week when skipper John Dervey was red carded in the home defeat by an improving Northern.

The good news for us is that Dan Boatman has served his one match ban for two yellow cards, and Stu Waites is close to a quicker than expected return after his shoulder injury

Games between the two sides are always lively with last year's encounter marked by an horrendous squall, which forced both sides off the pitch for ten minutes, and a last minute winning kick from Stu Waites.

It has to be said that neither team is setting the league alight, so far, with Driff coming into the game off the back of a run of four defeats, while our form is very much up and down. Amazingly we are still waiting for a bonus point of any kind. When  it comes let's hope it's for scoring four tries.

West squad: Luke Mallinson, Kyle Jamieson, Andrew Foreman, Peter Youll, Scott Butcher, Zac Southern, Ryan Painter, Jack Angus, Andrew Rollins, Adam Coates, Owen Bennett  Joe Rafferty, Luke Chapman, Dan Boatman [c], Jordan Baggs, Stu Waites , Ross Wood.

 

 
Driffield Preview
Posted by: Official West Hartlepool RFC (IP Logged)
Date: 24/10/2014 10:11


Re: Driffield Preview
Posted by: Denny Dixon (IP Logged)
Date: 25/10/2014 05:00

My thoughts exactly about the bonus point, although we have not found them easy to come with Driffield. That said the win is the vital element. Best of luck to WEST two wins on the run after two defeats in a row would balance the books a little bit!!!. God luck to all teams and players this weekend.

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