RU men after Kirkby scalp

OLDHAM RUFC will be seeking to dent the promotion charge of Kirkby Lonsdale in North Lancs/Cumbria division tomorrow when they travel to the Lake District.

It is only three weeks since the two teams met at Manor Park where the Cumbrian club, in third place in the league, emerged 19-12 victors.

This game had originally been scheduled for October when it was postponed following the sudden death of Oldham’s Bob Simpson.

Mike Douthwaite, Rob Fryer and Ziggy Vatikions are unavailable but the pack is reinforced by the returns of Steve Molloy, Ross Cooper and Joe Hesse.

Added to the squad is 17-year-old Charlie Roscoe, younger brother of Luke who has become a first-team regular in recent weeks.

1st XV (Kirkby Lonsdale, away, meet club 11.45pm for 3pm kick off): Goodman, Gorey, Hesse, Ward, Barber, Collins, Heptonstall, J Taylor, Wardle, Wardle, Brogan, Molloy, Bergin, J McEwan, Cooper, Waterhouse, L Roscoe, C Roscoe.

‘A’ XV (Rochdale, away, meet club 1pm for 3pm kick off): Mellor, Collinge, Simpson, Turkington, C Jones, O Davies, Graham, Vatikions, N Taylor, L Jones, Burgess, Jakeman, Howard, McKenzie, Edwards, Crossley, J Watson, Renshaw, Pierre.

Extra ‘A’ (Didsbury Toc H, home, meet club 1.30pm for 3pm kick off): Beswick, Sweeney, Martin, Clifford, Nixon, Barrett, Mitchell, Froggatt, Flynn, R Jones, D McEwan, Walmsley, Lowther, Heath, Lowe, Phelan, Massey, Suiter.

Vets (Colne and Nelson, away, meet club 12.30pm for 3pm kick off): Bernard, Blogg, Brierley, Forsyth, Dom Hall, Hodge, Hodkinson, Horsfall, Lockett, McDowell, Mullholland, Selby, Shaw, Thackwell, Trickey, White.

Colts (TBA, Sunday): Ashcroft, Birch, Brennan, Denbigh, Clifford, Collinge, Davey, Froggatt, Goodman, Heginbottom, Holt, Massey, May, J McEwan, Peacock, Piekos, C Roscoe, L Roscoe, J Taylor, Ward, Wan, McKenna.