Stockport are rooted to the foot of the table, without a point of any kind this season and have conceded four or more tries in all but the first game of the season, but those of us who went to the away fixture saw that they can still play some good rugby, and we thought that may have been a turning point for them, but so far it has been more of the same. They did hold Doncaster Phoenix to an 11 point win, so no room for complacency.

TEAM : Ben Leacock returns from the bench to the second row, with James Thompson moving to the back row. Ross McKay also returns, with Matty Houghton unavailable and John Dervey moving to the bench. The backline is the same as last weekend. Mark Carruthers joins the Development team, and there is a former player on the bench, with Kris Bratton named, who was with the team in 2011/12, before returning to Penrith.

WEATHER : An ever changing report, but currently it is a dry afternoon after a wet morning, and (hopefully correctly after last weekend) no suggestion of frost

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N.B. If you cannot get to the game this weekend, there won't be an early summary report shortly after the game this weekend, but the full report should be there as normal around 6pm