1.   After their crushing defeat at Bath two weeks ago, Gloucester will be looking to recapture the form they showed earlier in the season against the likes of Leicester.

2.   BARRY METCALFE from Boughton Hall plays his first Wales Minor Counties cricket championship game of the season against Dorset starting at Sherbourne School tomorrow.

3.   But it averted the nightmare prospect of four consecutive defeats as they prepare to end their marathon season against Germany in Detroit next Saturday.

4.   Middlesbrough Bears will be seeking their first Gold Cup points of the season against Berwick Bandits at Cleveland Park tonight.

5.   Easington desperately need three points from their last home game of the season against bottom club Whickham.

6.   The Middlesbrough goalkeeper, an ever-present in the side until the promotion-clinching last match of the season against Wolves at Molineux, has enjoyed a memorable year.

7.   Also, the Raiders open the season against the San Diego Chargers in the Oakland Coliseum, safely removed from Candlestick Park.

8.   And for the first time this season against the Lakers, the Clippers were overmatched.

9.   And he will appear in his third game for the Revolution when they open their home season against Washington D.C. United Saturday.