North Wales Crusaders head coach Carl Forster has called on the club’s supporters to bring the noise this Sunday as his side prepare for a crucial Betfred League One clash against Dewsbury Rams.
Last weekend’s 56-22 victory over Workington Town has left Crusaders sat top of League One, three points clear with a game in hand.
Whilst title challengers Workington and Midlands face eachother this Sunday, Forster’s North Wales host a Dewsbury side harbouring their own play-off ambitions.
Speaking to the media ahead of the game, Forster said: “We’re expecting a really tough game yet again this weekend.
“Dewsbury are a really strong side, they cit just outside of the play-off places as we speak, so they’ll have their own aims of coming to Colwyn Bay and making a statement to get themselves back into the top-four contention as we head into those final few games.
“We’ve obviously beaten them already this season when we went there on the opening day and came away with a 20-10 victory, but that was the first game of the campaign and I think both teams have progressed since then, so I probably won’t take too much from it.”
Touching on last week’s result, Forster added: “I think it took everyone by surprise a bit, didn’t it?
“All week the build up had been about how tight the game would be, but I’m really proud of the lads, it was probably one of our best performances to date.
“What we can’t do is get carried away with that now, if we believe in our own hype then we’ll come unstuck this weekend against a solid Dewsbury side, and we need to be at the top of our game for the remainder of the season if we want to lift the league title come the end of it.
“A huge advantage last weekend was the atmosphere created by our supporters, these lads deserve a packed stadium this Sunday and a loud noise from minute one, we can all play our part in the title race both on the field and in the stands.
“Credit goes to our supporters, they’re banging the drum for this club, the lads see that and it does help raise the levels on the field.”
Focusing on Sunday’s opponents, Dewsbury, Forster said: “They’re a really solid outfit.
“We know where their threats lie, we’ve done our homework on them as they’ll have done on us, I think it will be a close game.
“Their probably a bit out of position in the table given the standard they can reach, I’d class Dewsbury as one of the top sides in this division, so we have to be aware of that going into this Sunday.”
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