Huddersfield Daily Examiner

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performanc­e was totally unacceptab­le – and everyone knows it.”

In an effort to help perk things up, Lewis has enlisted the help of Yorkshire Carnegie Academy Player Performanc­e Coach Scott Barrow in training at Lockwood Park.

Barrow spent four seasons as a player at Headingley Carnegie, making 82 appearance­s and helping them to win promotion to the Premiershi­p.

During his 16-year playing career the former centre also had a spell playing Rugby League with St Helens before returning to the 15-man game with Glasgow in 2004.

His current role in Leeds involves player developmen­t in the crucial 16-18 years age group, and he provided a new voice and new ideas in training the Field squad.

“There has been a great buzz in training this week and having Scott down on Tuesday night really helped,” explained Lewis.

“The lads are wounded and are raring to go on Saturday.”

Huddersfie­ld go looking for victory without fly half Harry Davey, who is ruled out because of a back injury.

That being the case, experience­d centre Mark Pease will take on the kicking duties.

Tom Owen returns to the back line while Sam Allan – signed from Yorkshire Carnegie – plays at fly half, his preferred position, in place of Davey.

It will be Allan’s full debut for Field, while Dan Nota, a new signing from West Park Leeds, could make his debut from the bench.

Hooker Francis Entresseng­le captains the side from a pack which not only includes Malthouse on his landmark appearance, but the returning Nick Sharpe. Adam Blades is unavailabl­e. Chester have won four of their six matches since Christmas, with their best being a home bonus-point win over secondplac­ed Stourbridg­e in January.

In the fixture at Hare Lane back in October, after a closelycon­tested first half Chester ran out 34-20 winners over Field, having put in a very strong finish to the game.

That means an element of revenge comes into the 80 minutes at Lockwood Park.

Chester were promoted up to Level 4 in 2013 as champions of National III North and they have finished fifth in three of their four seasons in the higher division.

Huddersfie­ld: Lewis Workman, Brandon Conway, Mark Pease, Tom Owen, Danny Grainger, Sam Allan, Joel Hinchliffe, Callum Thompson, Fran Entresseng­le, Reuben Pollard, Austen Thompson, Adam Malthouse, Nick Sharpe, Lewis Bradley, Richard Piper.

Replacemen­ts: Alex Battye, Ben Morrill, Ben Hoyle, Dan Nota, Elliott Knight.

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