Titans

V

Otley

National Division 1

16th September 2006

Earth Arena

Kick Off 3.00pm

TEAM NEWS

Coach Andre Bester has made two changes to last weeks playing squad of twenty two. Erik Lund returns after sustaining a dead leg and Andrew Turnbull could get a start after overcoming a knee problem.

Out goes skipper Neil Cochrane who suffered a shoulder injury at Coventry and utility back Jon Buchanan who will play for the “A” side this weekend. Bester said of Buchanan, “Jon has tremendous potential and is a very good player; he wouldn’t be here if I didn’t think that.”

Looking ahead to the Otley game Bester continued, “They are a very dangerous side, they have changed their style this season to a more expansive game where they get the ball out to the backs quickly. Therefore we need to show more focus and more intensity. Last week we played extremely badly, we were awful and we made 32 unforced errors! We need to do the simple things better.”

*Jon Feeley will be out for another five weeks; he has a torn abductor muscle and underwent an operation on Monday.

Rotherham Squad

Adam Hopcroft, Andrew Turnbull, Barry Jacobsz, Bernard Hennessey, Brendan Burke, Brian Touhy, Erik Lund, Gareth Steenson, Hendre Fourie, Henry Head, Jamie Blackwood, Jannie Bornman, Jarleth Carey, Joe Bedford, Louis McGowan, Michael McComish, Mike Whitehead, Neil Hanna, Nigel Conroy, Sam Walsh, Showan Smith, Steve Croall, Tom Allen.

Otley Squad TBA

Coventry 15-22 Rotherham

Otley 37-27 Nottingham

Moseley 13-35 Rotherham

Pirates 39-0 Otley

Other Nat 1 fixtures this weekend

Sat 16 September 06

Bedford v Sedgley Park

Earth Titans v Otley

Exeter v Coventry

London Welsh v Newbury

Pertemps Bees v Leeds

Plymouth Albion v Doncaster

Sun 17 September 06

Cornish Pirates v Moseley

Nottingham v Waterloo