PREVIEW: POOLE v EDINBURGH (CAB DIRECT CHAMPIONSHIP)

POOLE look to close in on the top of the Cab Direct Championship table when they host Edinburgh at Wimborne Road tonight (Wednesday).

The Pirates are currently fourth but have matches in hand on the teams above them, and they are also 100 per cent at home this season.

However, the Monarchs performed well on their previous trip to Dorset in the Cab Direct KO Cup, going down by just nine points, and they are seeking a rapid improvement after Tuesday’s heavy defeat at Plymouth.

Poole welcome Tobias Thomsen back from injury but Vinnie Foord is out with a fractured wrist so Max Perry – the rider replaced by Foord recently – gets another chance to impress.

Pirates promoter Dan Ford said: “Just like any meeting in the Cab Direct Championship we really need to produce the right result, and that means giving ourselves a healthy lead to assist in the quest for the aggregate point.

“We know first-hand what Edinburgh are capable of, and ideally we would have had our full team together for this one, but that is not to be the case.   

“We are calling on Max Perry for this meeting and I am sure that he will be relishing the opportunity to show us more of the stuff that we saw last Wednesday.”

POOLE: Richard Lawson, Tobias Thomsen, Ben Cook, Zach Cook, Tom Brennan, Sam Hagon, Max Perry.
EDINBURGH: Josh Pickering, Kye Thomson, Lasse Fredriksen, Paco Castagna, Justin Sedgmen, Max James, Connor Coles.
SCB Referee: Gary Allen

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