SEDGLEY Park face fellow National One strugglers Pertemps Bees at Park Lane with their backs against the wall.

Director of rugby Tim Fourie has called on his players to stand up and be counted if they want to survive at this level and, after three straight defeats, they have got to produce the goods against teams in the same half of the table.

Manchester won their opening two games but came unstuck last weekend at Stourbridge.

They will have their work cut out this weekend as they entertain high-flying Esher.

Macclesfield rotate the pack for the trip to Hull Ionians with Ben Latham starting in the front row. Neil Keane moves to lock and Tim Kerr switches to the back row.

Guy Mason is back at scrum half with Phil Macey at stand-off, while Dave Jones takes over at full back. Newcomer Dan Baines comes in on the bench along with Will Stockdale.

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