RU men hoping it’s third time lucky

OLDHAM RUFC will be aiming to break their away-day duck in Cumbria tomorrow when they travel to Furness in North Lancs/Cumbria division.

After losing at Wigton and St Benedicts, Oldham will be striving not to come away empty handed for a third time.

Newly-promoted Furness are mid-table while Oldham, with two wins and four defeats, are in the lower reaches.

Oldham have selection worries as pack-man Dean McEwan is ruled out for the season after fracturing his knee.

Rob Fryer, Adam Waterhouse and Jack Taylor are also unavailable, though their absences have been offset by the returns of Paul Wardle, Ross Cooper and Kyle Howard.

1st XV (Furness, away, meet club 11am for 3pm kick off): Wardle, Edwards, Jackson, Souter, Duncan, Hackman, Cooper, J Watson, J McEwan, Hawkins, Gill, Graham, C Roscoe, Barber, Goodman, Gorey, Douthwaite, Howard.

‘A’ XV (Broughton Park, home, meet club 1.30pm for 3pm kick off): Maslen, Hayes, Heap, Savage, Jakeman, Howard, McKenzie, Pierre, Crossley, Connolly, Bergin, Green, Collinge, Collins, Beswick, Danby, Lamb, Davies, Froggatt.

Extra ‘A’ (Bury, away, meet club 1pm for 3pm kick off): Kennedy, L Jones, Lowe, Booth, Brooks, Forster, Barrett, Newton, Ashcroft, Burgess, Nixon, P Watson, Phelan, R Jones, Goodyear, J Green, Wheeler.

Vets/4ths (Dukinfield, home, meet club 2pm for 3pm kick off): Aylett, Bradbury, Faulkner, Fitton, Forsyth, Dom Hall, Hodge, Hodkinson, Lockett, McDowell, L Moran, Les Moran, Pickles, Roberts, Royston, Selby, Simpson, Thackwell, Trickey.