Our first pre-season friendly of 2023 is upon us as we travel to our former landlords Dewsbury Rams this Sunday for a 2pm kick off. It will be good to see some of the new recruits get their first hit out in the red, amber and black shirt. Particularly looking forward to seeing how Holmes, Lawrence and Thompson get on.

Quite looking forward to seeing what shape the players are in.

Indeed. Especially as Fax fans are already mocking our 2023 fitness. Apparently Arundel needs to be eating pies now to fit in. We should get a very early insight when we see some waist lines on Sunday.

Something that has been mentioned by the coaches and players in the interviews I’ve seen has been a change in culture. It’ll be interesting to see what shape certain players are in on Sunday.

Having seen the players tonight and at previous events, fair to say they’re in much better shape. No big boppas as they’re called, all look like athletes. Bodes well

Could this mean that I might be paying to watch an 80 min game not one we are spent after 30?!

I would suspect they’ve closed the stand for league games in champ 1 where they’ll get a taxi full of away fans at best

Huge set of roadworks on Owl Lane I noticed yesterday. Not at the Bradford end of the road but all the way past the ground itself. Not sure if they'll still be there on Sunday but I'd advise people to check beforehand and set off early just in case.

Squad for Dewsbury

Does anyone know if Mick Gledhill is covering this live on radio?