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Thursday, 16 February 2012 22:31

Lions v Hunslet Match Preview

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Swinton Lions v Hunslet Hawks (2.00pm) Swinton Lions coach Steve McCormack has warned his men to expect a thorough test in Sunday's Northern Rail Cup clash with Hunslet Hawks. McCormack said: “They have a new coach in Barry Eaton who is vastly experienced in this division. “He has done a lot of work with the Welsh squad and any team prepared by Barry will be well-drilled and very difficult to beat.” He added: “It will be a decent bench mark for us because they got promoted the season before us. They have done well and knocked some good teams off over the years.” Hunslet coach Barry Eaton will give late fitness tests to Richard Blakeway (back) and David March (calf), while Dennis Tuffour (hamstring) is almost certainly out of Sunday's fixture. Tuffour came off during Wednesday's 34-18 win over Whitehaven, and Eaton expects him to be unavailable for the trip to Leigh Sports Village. Eaton said: “We've got some fitness checks to make. At this part of the season players are feeling bumps more than they will do in a couple of months' time. They're not battle-hardened just yet, so it's a tough ask to have a four day turnaround, but we're looking forward to the challenge.” He added: “We were good for large chunks of Wednesday's game against Whitehaven. We started well and finished strongly, but we had a switch-off period in the second half and there are some lessons to be learned there because we made it more difficult than it should have been. “We can't do that on Sunday. Swinton won last year's Championship One at a canter. They cruised to the title and they've since strengthened very well. They'll be fresh and hungry to get out there and perform. We've to be ready for that.”

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