(Photo shows George Bowen making a typical charge in Morley's early season defeat at Pontefract)

Pontefract took the honours and 4 points in a deserved 28-10 victory in their first ever league with Morley on September 17th. Two tries by George Bowen and Tom Davies early in the second half gave the Maroons some hope after going in 15-0 down at half time. However, aided by two yellow cards against Morley, Pontefract pulled away in the final quarter to win 28-10.

Both teams had good results on Saturday with Pontefract comprehensively defeating league leaders Moortown 38-11 at home and Morley doing the double over Pocklington with a 52-18 away victory.

Morley are relatively unchanged from last week. Will Kinder puts away his books to replace Theo Tyrer who goes back to saving lives on a weekend. Marcus Abbott comes back from his jollies with George Huzcavitch moving to the bench after a splendid performance at Pocklington. Jack Price returns after missing last week to replace the unavailable Nick Green in the backrow and Brad Freeman returns after work commitments to complete an impressive bench.

The only fly in the ointment in what should be a compelling and competitive match is the weather. The pitch has been frozen since Monday evening and the forecast for tonight and tomorrow is not promising. A pitch inspection will be carried out tomorrow to check the ground conditions. Watch the the website for an update.

The pre-match lunch with guest speaker Iestyn Harris will go ahead irrespectively (11.30am for 12.00 noon), come what may and the World Cup quarter final between England and France will be shown on the several big screens in the clubhouse.

The Cavaliers have the day off this weekend.

Team selections for Saturday