ROB Kama will return to rugby union this weekend after his summer stint with York City Knights.

The left winger is starting tomorrow's home match with North Two East's bottom side Sandal after the end of his rugby league campaign and his recovery from a shoulder injury.

Kama, who is contracted to the Knights so will return to Huntington Stadium next season, will come in for Mick Taylor, who is away with work commitments. Rob Taylor will move to the right wing.

A call-up for Leeds Tykes' 'A' team means Garth Dodgson will be unavailable and his position at loose-head prop will go to Simon Humphreys.

In the back row, Jim Hawcutt returns after a family holiday but number seven Andy Kay is missing because of work commitments.

Dave Dorkin and Sam Arkle are both back as replacements but Stuart Davis is out injured.

Sandal have only won one game this season but coach Andy Gair believes they are better than their position in the table would suggest.

He said: "They have been having a hard time and have come down from the National Leagues at the same rate as West Hartlepool. They have not been winning but I saw them play against the joint leaders Morpeth recently and they were leading until half-time and deserved to be.

"Most of the team has been struggling but their back row is particularly strong and very combative.

"They win a lot of ball in the second phase and we will need to neutralise that. They beat Stockton well at home two weeks ago and they seem to be getting their act together.

"We certainly won't be taking them lightly and they could still affect the promotion race even if they won't be in it themselves."

Harrogate will be looking for their first-ever victory at Berkshire club Bracknell without skipper Rhys Morgan, who is suffering from a knee injury.

John Newton will replace Morgan at scrum-half for the National League Two match, while Richard Wade will take over as captain after coming into the side for groin injury victim Mike Worden.

Harrogate's other change sees Andrew Boyle return to the second row after a two-game absence at the expence of his brother Matthew, who drops to the bench.

Malton and Norton take on Goole in Yorkshire One at the Gannock with James McKay returning at No 8 for Tony Reynolds who returns to his more familiar place in the front row.

In the threequarters, Tim Chapman resumes in the centre with Will Barber moving to fullback in place of Jason Simpson, who suffers under the two foreign player rule, McKay and Reynolds filling those overseas places.

Malton are currently on the crest of a wave but Goole have strung a few good results together and nothing will be taken for granted as Malton try to retain their unbeaten league record.

Apart from bringing Paul Scott back on the wing for this week's Yorkshire One home clash with Yarnbury, Selby stick to the successful formation from last week's Intermediate Cup win over Wheatley Hills.

The player to suffer, despite scoring two tries in that victory is Martin Protheroe, who drops to the second team.

Paul Gabel returns at prop in place of Ian Copperwheat, with Rob Taylor returning at No 8 in place of Duncan Phillips who is unavailable. Andy Bennett, unavailable last week, returns on the bench alongside Mark Tomlinson and a new name to the first-team squad, Ed Sweeting.

Pocklington select a squad of 19 for their Yorkshire Three visit to Thornensians, and will finalise their line-up after checking on the fitness of a number of players.

Yorkshire Under-20 threequarter Henry Mitchell and leading scorer Kevin Bowling are both unavailable. Bowling, who has already scored 84 points this season, misses out on the trip to Thorne where he made his Pocklington league debut in 1998 when the two clubs were then in the North East Division Three League.

Coming in are vice-captain and centre Guy Wilson, who has been missing on police duties, but who also needs to assess the extent of an ankle sprain, and long-serving threequarter, Mark Taylor.

Taylor came on for a brief replacement's appearance against Wath a fortnight ago - the 27th successive season he has played in Pocklington's first team.

Former player-coach and ex-York skipper, John Ainslie, also returns.

Updated: 11:24 Friday, October 24, 2003