Lee Crooks is looking for his side to reward Keighley Cougars' fans for their loyalty with victory over Featherstone Rovers tonight.

The Keighley fans have stuck by their side, despite an awful start to the season which saw Cougars lying bottom of the First Division after nine games.

Cougars have maintained an average crowd of more than 2,000, with only Hull KR and Wakefield Trinity attracting more in recent weeks.

And Crooks wants to repay that with a win tonight over top-five challengers Featherstone (7.30).

"I think our supporters de-serve a win in our final home game, and I hope the players can respond to that. We have put in our best performances at home and I want to finish with the best of the lot.

"I also think it will be nice for the fans to show their appreciation of the efforts the players have put in.

"Bearing in mind the state the club was in back in January, when we had just two players signed, I think we have come a long way."

Crooks keeps faith with the players who won at Widnes last week, although he is looking for a big improvement in their performance.

That means Nathan Antonik remaining at stand-off, despite switching to scrum half in place of Chris Robinson after 26 minutes when Christian Tyrer came on as a substitute.

Crooks said: "I don't think we performed in the first half at Widnes, and we must not do that against Featherstone. We have not got a lot of strength in depth at the moment, and the lads that night have come in are injured.

"Grant Anderson has also decided to retire so he can concentrate on the coaching side with me.

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