THURSDAY’S PREMIERSHIP TEAM NEWS
ROWE Motor Oil Premiership leaders Ipswich are set to return to full strength for their home clash with Sheffield on Thursday.
Captain Danny King (injury) and heat leader Jason Doyle (flight problems) both missed Monday’s defeat at Belle Vue but both are declared for in the line-up at Foxhall as the teams meet in a repeat of last season’s Grand Final.
IPSWICH: Emil Sayfutdinov, Jordan Jenkins, Danny King, Adam Ellis, Jason Doyle, Keynan Rew, Dan Thompson.
SHEFFIELD: Jack Holder, Kyle Howarth, Chris Holder, Josh Pickering, Tai Woffinden, Jason Edwards, Dan Gilkes.
SCB Referee: Chris Gay
At Cowley, Oxford Spires hand a home debut to Erik Riss as they take on King’s Lynn, with Scott Nicholls guesting for the injured Lewis Kerr.
The Stars have Ben Cook coming in to guest for Benjamin Basso, with rider replacement in operation for Vadim Tarasenko who has stood down from the team and will be replaced next week by Nicolai Klindt.
OXFORD: Maciej Janowski, Scott Nicholls, Charles Wright, Rohan Tungate, Chris Harris, Erik Riss, Ashton Boughen.
KING’S LYNN: Tobiasz Musielak, Vadim Tarasenko r/r, Niels-Kristian Iversen, Michael Palm Toft, Ben Cook, Patryk Wojdylo, Anders Rowe.
SCB Referee: Paul Carrington
Meanwhile Leicester host Birmingham in a Midlands derby with the Lions holding a 43-29 advantage for the aggregate point.
Lions boss Stewart Dickson has shuffled his second strings with Luke Becker and Richard Lawson exchanging positions, whilst the Brummies are at full strength as Wiktor Lampart returns from injury, and they track skipper Steve Worrall at No.2.
LEICESTER: Max Fricke, Luke Becker, Sam Masters, Richard Lawson, Ryan Douglas, Drew Kemp, Joe Thompson.
BIRMINGHAM: Vaclav Milik, Steve Worrall, Wiktor Lampart, Tom Brennan, Piotr Pawlicki, Zach Cook, Leon Flint.
SCB Referee: Mick Bates
