Cricket: Origin stars playing for Test places.Byline: JOHN LAWLESS THERE will be more than just inter-county pride at stake when Lancashire and Yorkshire go head to head in the first of two Origin clashes at JJB Stadium The stadium The stadium design is based on counter-levered prefabricated steel roof and terrace structuring. It is an all-seater arena with a seating capacity of 25,135. , Wigan Wigan (wĭg`ən), city (1991 pop. 88,725) and metropolitan district, N England, located in the Manchester metropolitan area on the Douglas River. tonight (ko 8pm.) Players from both sides will realise a good performance could gain them one foot on the plane to Australia for the one-off Test scheduled to take place on July 12. Brian Noble Brian Noble may refer to:
The Yorkshire side seem to have had the more injury-troubled preparation having lost Bradford forward Stuart Fielden and Hull half-back Richard Horne. Warrington's in-form prop Nick Fozzard is in the frame to to start at prop. Most pundits agree that Millward's Lancashire look stronger on paper and they are sure to start as bookies' favourites but these Roses clashes have a history of throwing up surprise results. Millward is taking the `favourites' tag with a pinch of salt. He said: ``There's going to be a lot of pride at stake out there and I'm expecting a really tough encounter. ``You've got to remember there are Test jumpers up for grabs so there will be no holding back.'' The second Origin game takes place at Headingley, Leeds next Tuesday (ko 8pm). Lancashire: Radlinski (Wigan); Stewart (St Helens), Gleeson (St Helens), Wellens (St Helens), Johnson (Wigan); Sculthorpe (St Helens), Deacon (Bradford); O'Connor (Wigan), Newton (Wigan), McDermott (Leeds), Joynt (St Helens), Sinfield (Leeds), Farrell (Wigan). Subs: Mills (Widnes), Stankevitch (St Helens), Hilton (Warrington), Donlan (Halifax). Yorkshire: Pryce (Bradford); Calderwood (Leeds), Hodgson (Wigan), Senior (Leeds), Pratt (Leeds); Orr (Castleford), Sheridan (Leeds); Fozzard (Warrington), Diskin (Leeds), Farrell (Widnes), Peacock (Bradford), Hay (Leeds), Gilmour (Bradford). Subs: Sykes (Castleford), King (Hull), Harland (Castleford), Burrow (Leeds). CAPTION(S): UP FOR IT: Lancashire coach Ian Millward with kit man Stan Wall and the Saints players in the Origin squad |
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