Wheatley Hills Preview

By Dave Picken - November 21 2014
Wheatley Hills Preview
The coaches are keeping faith with the side which pulled off an excellent win at Pocklington last week. There are only three changes to the squad which takes on Wheatley Hills at Brinkburn ..

Liam Bailey has served his mandatory rest period after being knocked out three weeks ago. He will be on the bench with Scott Butcher returning, and replacing Jonny Boatman who has been sent back to his retirement home. Butch will be in the centre alongdside Peter Youll with Luke Mallinson and Kyle Jamieson continuing out wide.

Ian Pinchen has work commitments so Ross Wood will start in the front row.

The hope, of course, is that the squad can put in another fully committed performance.  The scrummage and hard tackling  were the cornerstones of last week's victory - more of the same will be needed against the Doncaster side who have one of the biggest packs in the league.

Hills have moved up to third thanks to an impressive home record which has seen them take some notable scalps at "The Cage," but they haven't travelled quite so well with their only victories on the road at Old Crocs and Horden

In the last two games, against Alnwick and Horden, Hills have scored 75 points and only let in ten. They've conceded a similar number of points to us, but have scored almost 100 more - hence the five place difference in the table.

Our aim is to move up to the comfort of the top half of the table, which, given the injury problems and unavailibity issues of the season so far, would be a  decent return.

West: Stu Waites, Kyle Jamieson, Scott Butcher, Peter Youll, Luke Mallinson, Zac Southern, Ryan Painter, Ross Wood, Andrew Rollins, Adam Coates, Joe Rafferty, Luke Chapman, Jordan Baggs, Dan Boatman [captain], Sam Miller.

Reps: Jack Angus, Jay Corbett, Liam Bailey.

Wheatley Hills: Matty Green, Jordan Ajimati, Chris Blessed, Liam Butler, James Montgomery, Owen Gillvray, Matt Poste, Sam Kerry, Mark Cahill, Anton O'Donnell, Dan Undy, Neil Dunn, Martin Balshaw, Ryan Craswell, Tom Buckenham.

Reps: Carl Mortimor, Jamie Webb, Brad Stephenson

 

 

 
Wheatley Hills Preview
Posted by: Official West Hartlepool RFC (IP Logged)
Date: 21/11/2014 10:20


Re: Wheatley Hills Preview
Posted by: Denny Dixon (IP Logged)
Date: 22/11/2014 04:31

Looking at the fixtures this weekend we definitely need to win this one and even then we may not move a place up the table. But it is vital to stay in touch with the top half which would also create a gap to the bottom teams. Commitment and similar performance to last week I'm sure is needed and will be needed throughout every member of the squad. Should be a real good battle!!!

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