Douglas rugby club will travel to Gorton St, home of Eccles this weekend.
Eccles were promoted last season to Regional Two North West, and like Douglas, await their first win of this campaign.
Douglas have been at the races in the first two rounds, starting strongly against Waterloo and Widnes until misfiring in the second half.
Douglas Yet to Field Strongest Team
With two rounds played, Douglas have yet to field their strongest XV, and injury to Luca Simmons may develop into a lengthy recovery.
Craig McGee was bandaged up post-Widnes, but Carl Markl-Ferns and James Ross could be cleared for action and prop Simon Hoddinott returns after marathon duty.
Douglas already look powerful up front with Harry Cartwright and Gihard Visagie settling in, but a restored Hoddinott provides extra dynamism around the field in attack and defence.
The backline selection is more of a conundrum where Douglas haven’t really clicked yet, but it may well be a lack of fine tuning given the absence of pre-season game time – all teams bar Douglas in R2NW had at least two, some four, preparatory matches including Cup games and have looked up to speed immediately.
The nucleus of a threatening Douglas backline is all there, with Sam McCord, Kyle Martin, Charlie Henthorn, Josh Duncan and Harry Hewson outstanding in isolation, and Cal Dentith and Brendan Kelly developing nicely.
If there’s a key lurking at Port-e-Chee to unlock the potential, backs coach Bryn Snellgrove is likely to dig it out.
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