PREVIEW: POOLE v SCUNTHORPE (CAB DIRECT CHAMP GRAND FINAL)

POOLE trail Scunthorpe by eight points heading into the second leg of the Cab Direct Championship Grand Final at Wimborne Road tonight (Wednesday).

The Pirates are looking to secure a fifth league title in six years, whilst the Scorpions were previously successful back in 2012 in a dramatic decider against Somerset.

Scunthorpe won the first leg 49-41 last Friday and promoter Rob Godfrey insists previous results in Dorset this season should be discounted.

The Pirates won 61-29 in early April when the sides met in the MAXiCab KO Cup, whilst the league encounter in August resulted in a 58-31 home win.

Poole are at full strength whilst Scunthorpe bring in Jordan Jenkins to guest for Jacob Hook who is out with an aggravated collarbone injury.

Pirates promoter Dan Ford said: “This is going to be tough, and obviously I am happy that the lads managed to limit the damage on Friday to single digits.

“There were phases of the meeting up there when we could easily have been looking at a much bigger target, but the boys dug deep when it mattered and have given us a good chance of completing another double this season.

“But Scunthorpe are not going to give up their advantage without a fight and as I said last week, our strength could well be on the terraces.”

Godfrey said: “Our previous results at Poole this season count for nothing. This is a fresh 15 races.

“Everyone seems to consider Poole as the favourites, and that’s fine with us – it places all the pressure on the Pirates. They are expected to win every season. We’ve been treated as the underdogs all season long, and that suits us.

“The boys know what they need to do. It’s a long trip down to Poole on the South Coast, but the more fans we have on the terraces to cheer on the lads, the more it helps us complete the job.”

POOLE: Zach Cook, Will Cairns, Lewis Kerr, Cooper Rushen, Richard Lawson, Slater Lightcap, Kyle Newman.

SCUNTHORPE: Josh Pickering, Connor Mountain, Jordan Jenkins, Michael Palm Toft, Luke Harrison, Ryan Ingram, Nathan Ablitt.

SCB Referee: Paul Carrington

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