Key test for RU men

OLDHAM RUFC already appear in a relegation dogfight in North Lancs/Cumbria division having lost their first two fixtures.

And tomorrow’s battle of the bottom two against Upper Eden at Manor Park is a fixture of huge importance to both teams.

Oldham, who have lost to Wigton and Vale of Lune in their first two matches, cannot afford another setback.

They are one of three clubs without a win, Upper Eden and Burnley being the others.

Player-coach Steve Molloy welcomes back Will Mellor and Adam Langley, but Owen Davies is unavailable while late fitness checks will determine whether Jo Hesse (arm), Ziggy Vatikions (knee) and Jordan Green (leg) will play.

1st XV (Upper Eden, home, meet club 1.30pm): Kenney, Jordan Green, Wilkinson, Ward, Langley, Mellor, Goodman, Barber, Scrivens, Wardle, Burston, Molloy, Vatikions, Fryer, Brogan, Hesse, Cooper, Bergin, J Taylor.

‘A’ XV (Sale thirds, home, meet club 1.30pm): D Simpson, Jason Green, Newton, Graham, J McEwan, P Waterhouse, Froggatt, N Taylor, L Jones, D McEwan, R Simpson, Knight, Howard, Wood, Collinge, Aylett, M Green, Renshaw, Connolly, J Watson.

Extra ‘A’ (Didsbury Toc H, away, meet club 1pm): Douthwaite, Lamb, Fitton, Beswick, Bailey, McNicholls, P Watson, Barrett, Kennedy, Mutch, Heginbotham, Walmsley, Massey, Martin, W Jones, Herbertson.

Vets (De La Salle, home, meet club 1.30pm): Belcher, Bernard, Billing, Bond, Brierley, Brown, Burgess, Dearden, Crimes, Forsyth, Hall, Higman, Hodkinson, Johns, Lockett, McDowell, Mullholland, Pierre, P Peacock, Shaw, Shore, Royston, Thackwell, Trickey, White.

Colts (Wigan, home Sunday, meet club 2pm): Ashcroft, Birch, Brennan, Denbigh, Clifford, Collinge, Davey, Froggatt, Goodman, Heginbotham, Holt, Massey, May, J McEwan, J Peacock, Piekos, C Roscoe, L Roscoe, Ward, Wan, McKenna.