LEAGUE ONE PREVIEW
CORNWALL
THE professional game’s newest club made clear strides forward in their second season, going from one win in 2022 to five in 2023, including a first success over a heartlands side when they beat Rochdale at home in the final round. Building on that won’t be easy for Mike Abbott’s men, even with a largely homegrown squad that has another year of experience under their belts, as a Challenge Cup defeat to amateurs York Acorn showed.
Squad: 1 Liam Whitton, 2 George Mitchell, 3 Coby Nichol, 4 Tom Ashton, 5 Harry Aaronson, 6 Cameron Brown, 7 Adam Rusling, 8 Josh Hartshorne, 9 Luke Collins, 10 Harry Boots, 11 Nathan Cullen, 12
Darcy Simpson, 13 David Weetman, 14
Morgan Punchard, 15 Kaine Dimech, 16
Decarlo Trerise, 17 Malikhi Lloyd-Jones, 18 Matt Ross, 19 Liam O’Callaghan, 20
Christian Bannister, 21 Errol Carter, 22
Jake Lloyd, 23 Callum Abbott, 24 Jack Sander, 25 Kyle Marvin, 26 Aaron Small, 27
Jack Ray, 28 Reece Bose.
HUNSLET
HUNSLET finished second in League One last season yet failed to even reach the play-off final after fading at the finish. There has been much change since, with Dean Muir succeeding Swinton-bound Alan Kilshaw as head coach, 14 players leaving and 19 new ones coming in. With 31 players in all, Hunslet have the division’s biggest squad, but with three losses from three tough cup ties they are still awaiting their first win.