Banbridge will be hoping to get their promotion campaign back on track in Ulster Bank All Ireland League Division 2A as Corinthians visist Rifle Park this afternoon.
Dan Soper’s side fell to their second defeat of the campaign last week at Terenure and slipped to third in the table.
Corinthians are fourth in the table with the same number of points as Banbridge and Soper is expecting a tough battle.
“We’re pretty disappointed with last week we let ourselves down, Terenure played well but we were poor and the players were disappointed, need to get a reaction get the confidence up and bounce back,” said Soper.
“If you’re at the top of the league you just can’t be satisfied with winning your home games you have got to perform on the road.”
“Corinthians have a lot of Connacht Acadmey players so they will be strong but we still have control in our own hands although the loser of this game will drop of the pace.”
“It’s getting interesting at the top and I think last week we got ahead of ourselves taking about it being a cup fial we have just got to build it and take it one game at a time.”
Backrow Ryan Patterson is ruled out after suffering a knee injury in Dubline otherwise it’s the same squad that was on duty last week.
Queen’s will be hoping to make home advantage count as Seapoint visit the Dub.
The students lost at City of Derry last week and are 10th in the table but only three points above the relegation zone and four of the clubs below them have games in hand.
Seapoint are a place and a point below the students.
Prop Luke Steel is unavailable while lock Tom Johnson is injured so Ross McGaughey comes into the second row.
In the back row Robert Whitten and Ryan Clarke are missing so Roger Bonnar and James Hanna come in.
Winger Damon Hall faces a late fitness test on a groin problem.
Derry will be hoping to build on their bonus point win last week as they travel to second bottom DLSP, the Judges Road club are 10 points of the play offs.
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