Keighley Sport

Keighley aim to extend good run

11:11am Thursday 26th January 2012

Keighley travel to lowly Castleford on Saturday determined to continue their fine form ahead of a potentially huge clash at home to Yorkshire One leaders Bridlington.

Having won nine of their last ten games, the fourth-placed Rose Cottage side have catapulted themselves into the promotion mix and are currently just four points behind second spot.

And, on paper at least, Saturday’s trip to second-from-bottom Castleford looks an ideal opportunity to continue their momentum before the leaders visit Utley on February 4.

Director of rugby Graeme Sheffield said of Keighley centre Danny Price’s former club: “They beat us twice the season after they came up but we have beaten them quite heavily in our last two meetings (including a 54-16 victory at Rose Cottage on October 8).”

However, he warned: “I don’t know what to expect from Castleford this weekend.

“They are quite an old team and their skipper has joined Heath.”

Sheffield also stressed the importance of good work at training and of the players looking after themselves.

He said: “It doesn’t matter what Dave Lister, Kevin Young, Tim Brunskill or myself say on a Saturday.

“Games are won on Saturdays but leagues are won by what happens through the week, such as at training.”

Third-placed Driffield became the latest statistic in Keighley’s winning sequence when they lost 10-0 at Rose Cottage last weekend but they certainly enjoyed their day.

Sheffield added: “They didn’t leave our club until 8pm and we kept supplying them with jugs of ale.

“It was a good old-fashioned game of rugby and a good old-fashioned day all-round, and it is great that these things are still carrying on.

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