Two Workington Comets team-mates are in direct opposition tonight in a big televised Premiership clash.
Jye Etheridge is set to make his Sheffield debut against Belle Vue, who include Tate Zischke in their line-up.
The two Australians will be up against each other as early as heat two as they are both riding at reserve.
The Tigers currently sit two places and three points behind the Aces, but they do have two meetings in hand.
Meanwhile an incentive for Belle Vue, who are four points adrift of leaders Ipswich, is that a fifth away win of the season would officially secure their play-off place.
Both sides are at full strength with Etheridge set to debut against his former club, having missed his opening scheduled appearances due to injury.
In total, Sheffield have seven fixtures remaining between now and the first week of September, and team boss Simon Stead feels that could benefit his side as they head towards the business end of the campaign.
Former Workington favourite Stead said: “We’ve got a regular run of fixtures starting with Belle Vue and hopefully that will do Nick (Morris) and Jye, and the rest of the lads, the world of good ahead of the play-offs.
“Yes, we’ve still got a little bit of work to do before our place is mathematically confirmed inside the top four, but the three points we brought home from Birmingham last Monday saw us take another massive step towards doing that.
“We know much tougher tasks lie ahead, starting against Belle Vue. We beat them comfortably (57-33) at home earlier in the season but we’re expecting them to put up much more of a fight this time around.”
- Sheffield: Jack Holder, Anders Rowe, Josh Pickering, Nick Morris, Chris Holder, Jye Etheridge, Leon Flint.
- Belle Vue: Brady Kurtz, Norick Blodorn, Jaimon Lidsey, Zach Cook, Dan Bewley, Tate Zischke, Jake Mulford.
