Match Preview, Workington Away

MIDLANDS HURRICANES v WORKINGTON TOWN

Sunday 25th June 2023

Kick off 3pm

Derwent Park

Midlands Hurricanes face Workington Town for the first time at Derwent Park since the club's rebrand, with Workington having won both of their previous home meetings with Coventry Bears.

LAST FIVE MEETINGS

Midlands Hurricanes 28, Workington 38 (L1R4, 26/3/23)

Coventry Bears 12, Workington 30 (L1R6, 13/6/21)

(at Butts Park Arena)

Workington 54, Coventry Bears 16 (L1R12, 16/6/19)

(at Borough Park)

Coventry Bears 41, Workington 30 (L1R4, 11/5/19)

(at Ivor Preece Field, Broadstreet)

Workington 40, Coventry Bears 16 (L1R21, 12/8/18)

FREE TRAVEL

The Hurricanes are offering free travel to Derwent Park which will be departing from the Alexander stadium early Sunday morning, Time TBC. Coach travel must be ordered in advance through the website. Link Here

FROM THE SHEDS

“Last week didn’t go to plan. We had a poor journey down including issues with the bus which detracted the players attention and delayed our arrival. Crusaders started quick and were ruthless in their execution. I’m looking for a big improvement in the start to the game on Sunday.

We showed in glimpses that were a good rugby team but confidence is low in the group at the moment and it showed, when we faced some adversity our resilience wasn’t what it needs to be.

We have added some new faces to the squad from Wigan this week and I want to thank Matty Peat and John Duffy for allowing us to welcome Max Wood, Kavan Rothwell and Fin Beardsworth in to the Hurricanes family on loan at a time when we are heavily depleted with pre arranged holidays and injuries. I’m really looking forward to seeing the enthusiasm they bring to our group.”

Mark Dunning - Hurricanes Head Coach

SQUAD

Bailey

Balogun

Beardsworth

Bridgeman-Reaney

Brook

Clavering

Cullimore

Freeman

Hepple

Hill

Johnson

Richardson

Rothwell

Stead

Welham

Wilkinson

Willis

Windley

Wood

THE VENUE

Derwent Park is a Rugby League Stadium and former motorcycle speedway in Workington, England situated beside the Cumbrian River Derwent. It is used mostly for rugby league matches and is the home stadium of Workington Town who play in League 1 the 3rd tier of Northern Hemisphere rugby league

Derwent Park has a capacity of 12,000 people with 1,200 seats.

The stadium was opened in 1956. The record attendance at Derwent Park was set on 13 March 1965 when 17,741 spectators turned up for a third round Challenge Cup match against Wigan.

The football pitch at Derwent Park is surrounded by a 398 yards (364 metres) motorcycle speedway track

ADMISSION PRICES
Adults - £13

Concession - £10

Kids - Free

 Tickets can be purchased from Workington Town Website, Click Here

MATCH COVERAGE

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