COUGARS boss Paul March has geared up for tomorrow’s crunch trip to leaders Toulouse with a simple message: Bring it on!

March’s men cross the channel for their toughest assignment of the season so far as they bid to inflict the French side’s first league defeat of the campaign.

Unbeaten Toulouse top League One after nine wins and a draw but Cougars are overflowing with confidence themselves. Since lifting the iPro Sport Cup in Blackpool, the Cougar Park outfit have thumped Newcastle Thunder at home and beaten North Wales Crusaders away.

Another win in France would take Keighley, currently in fourth spot, to within one point of their hosts.

Head coach March declared: “We travel to Toulouse full of confidence and in good heart.

“I’m full of confidence anyway and I’m sure the players are too because we are a team with some big-game players in it.

“I have watched Toulouse several times this year when doing previews on other clubs and they have got some dangerous players.

“We will look at that and I’m sure they will look at us and think the same, so it should be an exciting contest.

“It certainly doesn’t come any bigger than Toulouse away and I’m looking forward to it because it’s a great challenge.

“They’re a big, physical side but we can play any kind of rugby and can be as physical as they are, plus I believe we have the skill to cause them problems.

“It’s all about how we prepare and we’re doing the best we can in terms of our itinerary for getting there. Hopefully it will pay off on the field.”

Will Milner could be a handed his Cougars debut after he joined on loan from Featherstone last week.

Ritchie Hawkyard and Liam Darville both come back into contention after missing out in Wales through injury and illness respectively.

March is still without Darren Hawkyard and Hamish Barnes, who are both on the sidelines.

Cougars have issued a warning to their supporters travelling to France to be vigilant. as Toulouse is staging Euro 2016 games.

The club say on their website: “Russian supporters will arrive in the city over the weekend ahead of their fixture against Wales on Monday evening and given recent events, Keighley Cougars would like to ask all its supporters in Toulouse to remain vigilant and keep themselves safe in case of further acts of hooliganism.”

* Promising youngster Jamel Goodall has joined League One rivals Gloucestershire All Golds on a month’s loan.