PREVIEW: SCUNTHORPE v POOLE (Cab Direct Champ P/O Group A)
SCUNTHORPE host Poole tonight (Friday) in a massive meeting in Group A of the Cab Direct Championship play-offs.
The Scorpions collected a point from Wimborne Road last week and know two wins this weekend against the Pirates and then at Edinburgh on Saturday would take them into the Grand Final – putting the defending champions out.
Both sides are set to be at full strength, and Scunthorpe promoter Rob Godfrey said: “I’ve played the meeting out in my head and it is going to be tight, no question about it.
“I’ve played it out that we are going to win, because I don’t want to be thinking about the other possibility!
“It’s going to have to be a whole team effort again with every point counting. We benefitted from a great team effort down at Poole, which was phenomenal and really great to see, so I want to see that again although we do need a bit of luck and nothing to go wrong, as everyone does.
Pirates promoter Dan Ford said: “We had hoped to have been going there with a lead to defend, but our result at Wimborne Road last week has changed all that. Effectively it is a winner-takes-all match on Friday for, without being disrespectful in any way to Edinburgh, I do believe that whoever wins this meeting will go on to win the group.
“There is no question, we have a very high mountain to climb as we all know how well Scunthorpe go on their home track, although of course, we have won there this season in a thrilling match back in August – although it will be argued that Scunthorpe are a bit stronger this time around.”
SCUNTHORPE: Ryan Douglas, Connor Mountain, Simon Lambert, Jake Allen, Michael Palm Toft, Drew Kemp, Nathan Ablitt.
POOLE: Richard Lawson, Anders Rowe, Ben Cook, Zach Cook, Steve Worrall, Kyle Newman, Joe Thompson.
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