Leigh Miners Rangers might be in for a torrid time as they travel to West Cumbria for their National Conference Premier Division game.
Their hosts Wath Brow Hornets have lost three in a row and will be especially anxious to return to winning ways.
Hornets lost 24-4 at leaders West Hull last week while Rangers were collecting their fourth win in 10 games when they beat struggling Thornhill Trojans 36-16.
Just a few miles away neighbours Egremont Rangers are equally desperate to pick up a win as they face the threat of being cut adrift in the bottom three with Trojans an York Acorns.
It’s a tough test, though, as visitors Thatto Heath Crusaders are third in the table just two points behind West Hull.
Rangers fought hard at Siddal last week before going down 24-10 while the Crusaders travel north after a hard-fought 28-18 win against Rochdale Mayfield.
Kells coach Peter Smith will be warning against complacency when he takes jis side to Milford who are bottom of Division One without a point.
Smith’s men scored in the first minute against Saddleworth last week but were not at their best before eventually winning 40-16. Milford have conceded 379 points in 10 games and Kells already have the best scoring differential in the Division.
Barrow Island share the lead with Crosfields in Division Two but from a game more and tomorrow visit mid-table Dewsbury Moor Maroons while the Warrington side have a tougher assignment at home to fourth-placed Normanton Knights.
Defeat for East Leeds last week, their first of the season, at Oldham St Annes has given a clutch of pursuers hope just when it seemed they were going to be invincible.
As many as five teams are six points behind the leaders and Seaton Rangers are the only ones among them who have a game in hand.
Tomorrow Seaton are at home to one of their rivals on the same points, and the game has extra significance as it is the first clash at Conference League level between the two sides who were admitted for this season.
Millom are fourth bottom but with a recent influx of ex-professionals returning to their roots will expect to make some progress up the table soon.
They might be expecting a reaction from their visitors tomorrow as it’s East Leeds, still smarting from their defeat last week.
Which makes the game at Hensingham extra interesting because they host Oldham St Annes the first team in ten games to lower the colours of East Leeds. Jessie Joe Parker’s team, with just two wins in nine games, only have Eastmoor Dragons below them.
