Hornets’ boss Darren Abram is likely to be without Andy Gorski for the rest of the year after an MRI scan revealed he had a broken leg.

Abram faces a battle to secure a spot in the LHF League One play-offs on Sunday but knows that a win will be enough to guarantee the Hornets’ place.

Abram said: “If we win we jump to fifth, if we get beat we’re relying on other people.

“We want to go into the play-offs on the back of a win, not two losses and I think it will be a case of who handles the pressure best.

“Batley can still drop out, Halifax and Doncaster can still make the play-offs so it keeps everything very interesting.”

Batley coach Gary Thornton can look back on a year he believes has been a ‘roaring success’ with plenty of pride but is desperate to finish with a spot in the top six.

Gary said: “The initial target was to improve on last year, which we’ve done, and then get in the top six which, hopefully, we’ve done although it would have been nice to secure the place last week.

“A lot depends now on what happens at Widnes.”

Lee Harland (broken arm) is definitely missing but Olly Marns (calf) and Andy Boothroyd (shoulder) could both return.