The Manx Shield meet between Ramsey and Nomads is likely to be a close run affair. Both have gone well in Cheshire this season and the last meet down at Ballakilley saw Nomads just lose out 24-30. This augurs well for the rematch.

Ramsey were missing a few regulars for the first game at Ballakilley but should be back to full strength for this game. Ben Hardman and skipper Matt Meechan missed out last time and the influential Jake Richmond was missing from the centres too. All three return for this one.

Ramsey had a week off last week and other than Kieran Kneale’s wrist injury, have no personnel concerns. Kieran's brother Ste is back on the IOM and he'll replace his twin in the back row, with Mrs Kneale on standby to give him a lift afterwards. Tom Moffatt is also back from a long term absence and has lost none of his touch in the ten jersey.

Nomads just edged past Western Vikings in the Cheshire Bowl. The win however puts them in a commanding position and they should pick up a place in the final later this season. The two danger men last time around were the Craine brothers Mikey and Rob they bagged three tries between them and Ramsey had no answer when the ball was moved to the wide channels.