‘You don’t know what Halifax team you are going to get’: Dewsbury Rams look to continue excellent away form at reformed Panthers
Dewsbury Rams will be looking to make it five wins out of six Championship away games when they travel across West Yorkshire to face Halifax Panthers on Sunday.
The Rams have been near faultless on the road so far in 2026, with their only slip-up coming in the last minute 21-20 Heavy Woollen derby defeat at Batley Bulldogs.
And they were able to cheer a first set of two points on home soil since early February when they beat Whitehaven at FLAIR Stadium last Sunday.
It means Dewsbury will be visiting Fax, who have recently been reformed having gone into liquidation in February, “full of confidence” this weekend.
Head coach Paul March told the Reporter Series: “We have been close on a couple of occasions (to winning at home) but it was good to get that win and hopefully it starts something good at home.
“It was all about making sure we got the win. It was the bittiest performance of the season and we probably saved the worst performance for then.
“We will look to see where we need to improve and we will hopefully go to Halifax full of confidence.”
He added: “You don’t know what Halifax team you are going to get. It is great that they are back after being disbanded. Some players have stayed loyal and some players moved on.
“We don’t know what kind of team they will have, depending on what loans they have or injuries.
“But we have got to concentrate on ourselves. Our away form has been very good this year so we will go there full of confidence.”
The Rams were boosted before the Whitehaven fixture with the season-long signings of Huddersfield pair Monty Lumb and Jacob Algar, as well as Wakefield Trinity youngster Ellis Lingard.
March said: “They are very much needed at the minute with Danny Addy suspended for the next two games. Ellis was an ideal candidate to bring in. He knows what we are like, he’s been with us before on loan and it’s good to have him for two weeks before he goes back and plays for the reserves.
“It’s good to have Monty because we have lost Jacob Parkinson for 12 to 16 weeks with a hamstring injury. We needed cover at nine and he is a young, hungry nine. Defensively he is good, he is very quick out of dummy half and his service from dummy half was very good at the weekend, even in the conditions. He is certainly one for the future.
“Jacob has also come on a season long loan. He didn’t play because we’ve got Ellis and we had cover, but he will be training with us more regularly now and looking for more game time.”