CHARGERS WILL BE FIRED UP

OXFORD boss Peter Schroeck is backing his NDL team to secure the club’s first item of team silverware since their hugely successful return to the sport last year.

The Chargers have reached the league Grand Final where they take on defending champions Leicester, and a close contest is expected as just one race point separated the sides on aggregate when they met in the regular competition earlier this season.

A date for Oxford’s home leg is to be confirmed after Wednesday’s postponement, but the teams are due to meet at Leicester on Sunday afternoon. (*UPDATE: Oxford v Leicester now arranged for Saturday October 21, 7.45pm)

Schroeck said: “Everyone at the club is proud of the squad’s achievement in reaching the Grand Final, but we want to go a step further and end the year with silverware in our cabinet.

“Leicester have been fantastic all season and secured all seven aggregate points available to them, so we’re under no illusions how tough both meetings will be.

“But all year we’ve championed how talented our own squad is and personally I see no reason why we can’t overturn the formbook and end the year on a high. There’s very little between both squads and for the neutral it’ll be an amazing spectacle.”