CHESTER will provide a home for the North Wales Crusaders until the middle of July.

Work on the pitch at the Crusaders' Stadiwm CSM ground in Colwyn Bay means it is currently unavailable for matches and for the next three home games, the Crusaders will be playing at Chester Rugby Union Club's Hare Lane ground.

This collaboration begins this Sunday as Carl Forster's side look to make it five League 1 wins on the bounce versus Hunslet.

Further down the line, Chester will host Cru's matches with Rochdale Hornets (July 2) and Workington Town (July 16).

A Crusaders' statement said: "We would like to thank all visiting clubs for their understanding in what has been a challenging time for the club.

"This now provides stability for everybody concerned and we hope to see as many of you as possible for these games.

"We have endeavoured to keep the fixture location as close as possible to North Wales and we would like to thank everyone at Chester RUFC for accommodating us.

"We can also confirm that our women's team will be playing Oldham before the men's fixture on Sunday 25th June.

"It was always our intention to keep these fixtures together, as a double header, to give spectators value for money.

"We are really pleased that despite the challenges, we have been able to do this."

Crusaders go into Sunday looking to continue their excellent run with a thrilling 62-24 triumph at home to Midlands Hurricanes.

A sixth minute try by Jake Thewlis provided the Crusaders with the ideal start and further first half scores were supplied by Chris Barratt, Ryan Ellis, Jack Houghton and Jordan Andrade (2).

Hurricanes threatened a fightback after the break courtesy of three quickfire tries, but Crusaders hit back to make sure of a comfortable success.

Jake Burns and Rob Massam grabbed two tries apiece, while Matt Reid also crossed the whitewash.

Forster is looking for his side to keep things simple and to retain their discipline versus Hunslet.

"I think it was week two of the season, week three, so I'm imagining Hunslet will be a better team," Forster told CruCast.

"You know, we're a better team, but my message to our lads will be we keep our discipline, we play simple rugby, but... when we get in the right spots and let's just put our best foot forwards.

"Because I believe in that first game it was nip-and-tuck. It was 8-6, 10-8 for a long period of the game and then we had that crazy, I think, six-minute spell where a red card, yellow card and HIAs and the game kind of got away from us.

"So, for me, it'll just mean a bit more of the simple stuff, keep our discipline and, like I say, put our best foot forward and hopefully with the way we're going that we keep improving.

"You know, that will be enough to get two points and we move on to the week after."

League 1 leaders Dewsbury Rams will play host to Oldham tonight and Midlands Hurricanes head to Workington Town on Sunday.