Rangers going for play-offs after top run!

assist, along with Restall and Moorhouse.

Pogson kicked five goals, while Restall was man-of-the-match and Garside the Players’ Player of the Match.

So what of this weekend’s test against a Thatto Heath side fourth in the table and just a point above Underbank?

“Normanton didn’t throw too much at us, but Thatto will, so we need to be at our best,” explained Knight.

“They will be coming with all guns blazing, knowing that we’ve had a midweek match, so we need to be ‘at it’ on Saturday.”

Underbank are now clear of any relegation worries – their first objective this season was to avoid the drop, so to have achieved it with five games to go is tremendous.

“If someone had told me seven games ago we were going to win all those seven I would have ripped their hands off,” said Knight.

“We’ve done really well and we want to keep going.

“Having Sam Rochford and Sam Ansell in the England side, too, is acknowledgment of how well we are doing as a team. At the start of the season, I don’t think we would have got two men in the team, but we have now because of our performances.”

The only downside for Underbank is the loss of Craig Williams to a knee injury in the Normanton match, and he may well miss the rest of the season.

“It’s a really sour blow for the club and for Craig, but to be missing only one with five matches to go means we are in a pretty good place fitness wise, so we can’t complain too much.”