Basement battle

OLDHAM RUFC host Upper Eden in a bottom-of-the-table clash in North Lancs/Cumbria division tomorrow.

It has been a disappointing start for Oldham, who have lost all three league fixtures, while Upper Eden are only one place higher, having got off the mark last weekend against Fleetwood.

Oldham pack man Paul Wardle and winger Ben Mayers, both injured last Saturday at Wigton, are missing, as are the unavailable Ross Cooper and Mark Goodman.

Joe Hesse, John Hayes, Charlie Roscoe and Jake Watson are called into the squad.

1st XV (Upper Eden, home, meet 1.30pm for 3pm kick off): Hayes, D McEwan, Edwards, Jackson, Souter, Duncan, A Waterhouse, Fryer, L Roscoe, J Taylor, Hesse, Graham, C Roscoe, Barber, J Watson, Gorey, Mellor.

‘A’ XV (Glossop, away, meet club 1pm for 3pm kick off): L Jones, Burgess, Heap, Jakeman, Wood, Froggatt, Howard, Pierre, M Green, Collins, P Waterhouse, Collinge, J McEwan, R Jones, Lamb, Danby, O Davies.

Extra ‘A’ (Rochdale, home, meet club 1.30pm for 3pm kick off): Kennedy, P Watson, Beck, Lowe, Bearpark, Maxwell, Brooks, Beswick, Simpson, Hackman, J Green, Wheeler, Nixon, Ashcroft, Hawkins, Bergin.

Vets/4ths (Broughton, away, meet club 1pm for 3pm kick off): Bradbury, Roberts, Faulkner, Royston, Dom Hall, Aylett, Hodge, Thackwell, Hodkinson, Hushion, Lee Moran, L Moran, McDowell, Mitchell, Trickey, Selby, Shaw, White.

Colts (Rossendale, away Sunday, meet Horseshoe car park 10.30am for 12.30pm kick off): Clarke, Bardsley, Barker, Sayle, O’Brien, Lambert, Shenton, Davison, Wright, J Watson, North, Connor, Stringer, Kidd, Connolly, Bemasconi, Brown, Simister.