26/07/2024
Sean Long has named his 21-man squad which will make the short trip to the Crown Oil Arena to take on Rochdale Hornets this Sunday.
Coming into the squad is Elijah Taylor who was forced to sit out of last weekend's 44-6 win over title-challengers Keighley.
Elijah had been following the RFL's Return To Play protocols after failing a HIA (head injury assessment) during the North Wales game a fortnight ago.
He comes in for Ben O'Keefe who has been struggling, in the past two weeks, with a slight niggling injury.
Should Roughyeds win on Sunday, it would be their fifth consecutive win over rivals Rochdale.
Roughyeds boss Sean Long, in his preview on Roughyeds TV, warned against becoming complacent.
"If you don't turn up with the right mentality you will get out-enthused," Long warned.
That is one thing we have spoken about - we don't want to drop our guard now going into the last six games. We don't want to get complacent, we want to keep our standards high coming into this week.
We don't want to be a team that has good wins and then drops off our standards the week after."
After our biggest crowd in over 16 years, with 2,572 spectators watching our big win over Keighley, demand has been high for Sunday's derby at the Crown Oil Arena.
Hornets have opened the Sandy Lane End due to tickets selling fast and Roughyeds can confirm that over two thirds of tickets have now gone.
Both clubs have urged fans to purchase their ticket in advance to avoid huge matchday queues and, more importantly, ensure nobody is turned away on the day.
Squad in full: Agoro, Aldridge, Astley, J.Chapelhow, T.Chapelhow, Craven, Dean, Dixon, Farnworth, Gallagher, Jack Johnson, Josh Johnson, Kopczak, Laulu-Togaga'e, Moran, Sidlow, Taylor, J.Turner, C.Tyrer, Wardle, Wildie.
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