First win could be catalyst for Otley (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)

First win could be catalyst for Otley

3:49pm Thursday 27th November 2008 in Sport By Bill Marshall

Otley, buoyed by their first victory of the season in National League One last weekend, are confident of making it two in a row on Saturday.

The Cross Greeners, whose 15-14 triumph at Manchester in a battle of the bottom two could have been more comfortable, are at home to Sedgley Park.

The visitors are only two places and six points better off than second-from-bottom Otley, which is one of the reasons for home optimism.

Otley scrum half Dave McCormack says: “Our win against Manchester could have been more convincing but we had two tries disallowed.

“We decided to play a higher-tempo game from the kick-off and when we got ourselves into a good situation our confidence grew.

“But it was tense at the end, and that is when you look to your more experienced players, such as Dan Hyde and Mike McComish who have played at a high level for a long time.

“Now we feel that we can defeat Sedgley Park, and comfortably.”

Otley’s only injury worry is prop Kris Fullman, who has had a recurrence of a calf injury and didn’t train earlier this week.