There's a huge spell coming up for North Wales Crusaders
At the midway point of the League One season, Crusaders are sitting at the top of the standings.
However, a challenging run of matches is on the horizon, starting with Sunday's home clash against second-placed Midlands Hurricanes.
Cru's next two matches after this are against Workington Town and Dewsbury Rams, who sit third and fourth in the table.
Head coach Forster, who saw his side get the better of Rochdale Hornets 32-12 in their last run-out, told CruCast: 'They seem to get bigger every week, don't they? Obviously, Dewsbury winning at Workington, now they're in the top-four.
'So, our next league games are second, third and fourth, and, obviously, Rochdale are sat fourth when we've played them.
'So, it's a big phase of the season. I've said to the lads... I think in four, five games... we'll have a good indication whether we're going to be sat top or we're going to be, you know, that third, fourth team in the division, and it's exciting.
'It's games you want to be involved in and we look forward to it.'
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