Late check for Union pair

OLDHAM RUFC have injury worries and are unable to finalise their side to play at Keswick in North Lancs/Cumbria division.

Exciting centre Michael Ward and pack-man Ross Cooper will be given late fitness checks and there will be a number of changes as Steve Molloy, Chris Pickles, Ziggy Vatikions and Joe Hesse are all unavailable.

Influential captain and stand-off Gareth Barber returns, along with Matt Brogan, James Wilkinson, Peter Scrivens and Paddy Farnan who all missed last Saturday’s home league win against Fleetwood.

1st XV (at Keswick, meet club 10.30am for 3pm kick off): Goodman, L Roscoe, Gorey, Scrivens, Mellor, Wilkinson, Douthwaite, Barber, Collins, Heptonstall, J Taylor, Wardle, Brogan, Farnan, Fryer, Bergin, A Waterhouse, J McEwan.

‘A’ XV (Village Spartans first team, home, meet club 1.30pm for 3pm kick off): Langley, Collinge, Simpson, Graham, C Jones, Lamb, J Green, Vatikions, N Taylor, Maslen, Burgess, Jakeman, Howard, McKenzie, Edwards, Crossley, J Watson, Renshaw, Pierre.
Extra ‘A’ (Sale 3rds, meet club 1pm, KO 2.45): Fitton, Beswick, Barrington, Martin, Watson, Walmsley, Barrett, Mitchell, Froggatt, Foster, R Jones, D McEwan, Kennedy, Nixon, C Lowther, J Lowther, Lowe, Holt, Massey, Suiter.

Vets (Ashton, home, meet club 2pm for 3pm kick off): Aylett, Blogg, Bradbury, Brierley, Byron, C Davies, Flynn, Forsyth, Dom Hall, Damian Hall, Hodge, Howarth, Hodkinson, Horsfall, A Jones, Luke, McDowell, Moran, Mullholland, Selby, Shaw, Thackwell, Trickey, Whitehurst.

Colts (Manchester, home Sunday, meet noon for 2pm kick off): Ashcroft, Birch, Brennan, Denbigh, Clifford, Collinge, Davey, Froggatt, Goodman, Heginbottom, Holt, Massey, May, J McEwan, J Peacock, Piekos, C Roscoe, L Roscoe, J Taylor, Ward, Wan, McKenna.