THE Somerset Rebels will be looking to continue the excellent start to their Premier League campaign with the visit of the Scunthorpe Scorpions to the Oaktree Arena tomorrow night (Friday), before the two sides reconvene at Scunthorpe’s Eddie Wright Raceway on Bank Holiday Monday.

Somerset currently lie in fourth position in the Premier League table, but for Scunthorpe it has been a somewhat disappointing start to the season for the Scorpions, to the extent that the North Lincolnshire side, who beat the Rebels in the 2012 Championship Play-Off Final, have yet to open their ‘win’ account from the five Premier League matches they’ve contested so far this year.

The Scunthorpe top 5 also has a familiar face to Somerset fans amongst its ranks, it being ex-Rebel Alex Davies, who spent the best part of 3 seasons with the Rebels, and is completed by Carl Wilkinson and Dutchman Theo Pijper, while the Scorpions will operate rider replacement for the aforementioned Howe.

Despite their relatively poor start to the season, which has seen Berwick win just two of their opening seven matches, Garry May is warning against any complacency by his riders, he said: “Scunthorpe might come to the Oaktree Arena languishing in the lower reaches of the Premier League table, but as was the case with Berwick last week, they have riders in their ranks who have shown a liking for riding here at the Oaktree Arena.

“Strangely enough Scunthorpe have fared better on their travels as far as their league matches have been concerned, but as the Somerset boys showed in last Friday’s match against Berwick, they are all riding well and I am confident that we will have too much in the locker for Scunthorpe to deal with.”