Match preview

This weekend, the1st XV travel to Aspull for their second consecutive away game after their encouraging start last weekend.

Aspull won an heroic victory at Aspatria last week 30-31 and will be keen to mark their first home in South Lancashire/Cheshire 1 with a victory.

Last season, they won both the South Lancashire/Cheshire division 2 and the Lancashire Plate and ended the season unbeaten, winning all twenty league games.

Before the advent of leagues, Aspull was a regular fixture on the Anselmian calendar.
"The Emus", based at Woodshaw Park near Wigan, were formidable opponents as befits a union team trying to survive in rugby leagues heartland.

Like all "junior" clubs, Aspull have had a chequered history, but they are currently "on the up" and Anselmians will have their work cut out to register their first win of the new season.