Edinburgh Monarchs chairman Alex Harkess reminded success-hungry fans that there are no easy matches at this stage in the play-offs.
The Armadale combine square-up to Ipswich Witches in their play-off semi-final and the first-leg is at Foxhall on Thursday. The deciding leg is at Armadale on Friday (tapes-up 7.30pm).
Harkess reminded supporters that Monarchs are the only team to have defeated the Witches at their home arena this season and they squeezed a win against the Suffolk side at Armadale ten days ago.
The Scots will be at full-strength for Thursday and there is a revenge element here as Witches beat Edinburgh easily in the play-offs last season.
Sheffield Tigers, the long-time Championship pace-setters, picked Glasgow Tigers for their opponents and the first-leg is at Owlerton on Thursday with the return next Tuesday at the Peugeot Ashfield Stadium.
The West of Scotland Tigers have suffered a recent form slump which has seen them lose three home meetings in two weeks but this follows a spate of injuries.
Glasgow go into the meeting as underdogs but team manger Stewart Dickson hopes to be able to welcome back injured riders Dan Bewley and Jack Smith.
Glasgow went close to winning at Sheffield earlier this season and also beat their Yorkshire rivals by 55-37 at home in July, form they’ll be looking to recover this time around.
The most recent meetings between the sides, however, have seen Sheffield run out convincing winners at both tracks.
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