Western Vikings head south to Emerging Nomads on Saturday looking for their first win of the Manx Shield season.

Vikings lost by only five points last week at Vagabonds Hornets and will want to do better this time around.

The two sides met in the delayed Plate final from last season with Vikings only just clinging on to win. That Plate form, however, has thus far deserted them in the Shield with three defeats from three outings.

Nomads aren’t dissimilar. They beat Ramsey B at Mooragh Park but lost in their only other Shield outing.

Elsewhere in the Shield Vagabonds Hornets take on Ramsey B at Ballafletcher on Friday night. The two have already met twice with Vagas taking the honours on both occasions. They shouldn’t, however, be quite as strong as they were in the Plate game at the Mooragh and Ramsey could take advantage. On paper though it should be a Vagas win.