By Ky Capel - Dorset Echo

Weymouth Doonan Wildcats' boss Jem Dicken has heralded the return to form of Aussie ace Jay Herne. The Poole Pirates-asset recorded a 12-point maximum in last Saturday's Kingswood Hotel Four-Team Trophy success at the Wessex Stadium and Dicken is keen to see the good scores continue. He said: "Jay seems to have turned his early season below-par performances around and is now scoring heavily. Hopefully he can continue that this weekend against the Boston Barracudas and hopefully we'll be able to further strengthen our position in the Conference League."

Dicken does have concerns over the recent form of Luke Priest but believes it is only a matter of time before the former Stoke Spitfire regains his confidence as well. He added: "Luke's form seems to be a bit up and down and it is a concern but he has been making some Premier League guest appearances which should help his confidence as he has been on the pace." Priest suffered a huge setback on Thursday when thieves stole £2,000-worth of equipment out of his van at services on the M62. The 23-year-old will no doubt be hoping to put that disappointment behind him at the Radipole Lane circuit tonight.

The Wildcats remain on course for a play-off spot and know that gaining the scalp of the league leaders Boston would be a huge psychological boost. The Radipole Lane outfit will certainly be feeling confident going into the meeting having won their last four fixtures but there will be a significant change in their line-up. Now Lee Herne has returned to Australia it will be Andrew Bargh at number one and Dicken is confident he will do a fine job.

He said: "Andrew has been putting in some great performances for us and is a worthy replacement as our number one. League meetings are coming thick and fast now and we will go to Boston for the return leg tomorrow hopeful of getting the three points although it will be a very tough encounter."

The Barracudas will include Conference Pairs winner James Cockle in their line-up tonight but Simon Lambert, who has not been beaten by an opponent in his last 20 heats, is unavailable.

Tonight's line-up’s

Wildcats
1 Andrew Bargh, 2 Brendan Johnson, 3 Luke Priest, 4 Karl Mason, 5 Jay Herne, 6 Tim Webster, 7 Kyle Newman

Barracudas
1 R/R, 2 Darcy Ward, 3 James Cockle, 4 Darren Rolph, 5 Darren Mallett, 6 Adam Lowe, 7 Chris Widman