IT WILL be a case of 'out of the frying pan and into the fire' for Scunthorpe RUFC tomorrow.

The Greens rescued a point from 20-3 down against title rivals Syston last week, drawing 32-32 against the team who had been second ahead of kick-off.

That position was snatched by NLD rivals Derby last weekend though, thanks to them winning 22-15 at Paviors.

All of that means Tim Robinson's side head straight out of one top-of-the-table clash and into another.

But Robinson is hoping his team won't allow another title rival to race into a big first-half lead two weeks in a row.

"A point was better for us than it was for Syston to be fair so I took it quite happily," the Greens head coach said.

"We put ourselves under pressure and when you turn the ball over against a good side they are going to score points against you.

"We had nothing to lose second half. When you are 20 points down you have just got to go for it.

"I think that let the shackles off a bit, took the pressure off and the lads came out in the second half and started to play.

"We showed what we can do but they still came back at us and it was how we reacted to that again.

"But we did and we showed that we have got a bit of character."

The price of victory will be at a premium tomorrow.

A win for Scunthorpe would leave them at least four points clear at the top of Midlands One East with four matches to play.

A defeat on the other hand would pile the pressure on them, cutting their lead to just one point.

But Robinson feels his side are still in control at the top.

"We're still up there, we'll just have to keep going until the end," the former Scunthorpe club captain added.

"Derby will be loving it because they are a point closer to us now but Syston have got to play Derby as well.

"So it's very much still in our hands and we'll be looking to take the confidence out of the second half against Syston into the Derby game."

Robinson has shuffled his starting XV slightly for the trip to the Midlands.

Winger Lewis Jones drops to the bench and James Wade switches from centre to replace him.

Anthony Carpenter steps up from the Stags to come in at 12 in Wade's absence and there is also one change to the pack.

No.8 Dave Garbutt is unavailable so Alan Neal steps in as cover, while Kepa Paaka provides cover for the backs as a replacement.