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Article: Can Wests dent Skirlaugh hopes? ; West Hull are looking to dent Skirlaugh's title aspirations in tomorrow's cross-city derby.

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February 15, 2008
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West Hull are looking to dent Skirlaugh's title aspirations in tomorrow's cross-city derby.

Wests are still harbouring top-six aspirations of their own but it will be a big ask of them to get anything from a trip to tackle Skirlaugh.

Both sides are in a rich vein of form and like any local derby there is more at stake than just the two points on offer.

"What Craig Murdock has done at West Hull this season has been a great effort so we are in for a tough game," admitted Skirlaugh coach Tony Spence.

"He has a young squad with some experience in there and they are playing really well. It won't be as easy for us as it was earlier in the season when we won easily.

"There is a lot at stake in this ...

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