Our first round of the cup sees us facing Darlington, as we did last season. Last season saw us win the game convincingly 51-5 at home. We are away from home this season and Darlington go into this game with 4 wins on the trot, including last weekend, and sitting second in Championship North 2. We however have not played since the disappointing lose to Lichfield at home three weeks ago. However a few weeks of some solid training in the now chilly conditions the ladies go into the game fresh and ready to progress in the cup.
We were last in a league with Darlington when we were in the Championship North 2 in 2010/11 and have faced the side on a number of occasions before that.