Ipswich Witches manager Paul Hurry has praised skipper Danny King and Polish rider Tobiasz Musielak as "world class" ahead of a crucial Rowe Motor Oil Premiership clash with Sheffield Tigers at Foxhall Stadium on Thursday, 28 August 2026. The fixture matters because Ipswich are fighting to secure a top-four play-off spot, sitting just two points off the pace after a narrow home defeat to King's Lynn, with fifth-placed Sheffield among their closest rivals.

Despite losing 48-42 to King's Lynn on Monday, Ipswich picked up a bonus point courtesy of a 93-86 aggregate score, keeping them fourth overall. King (11 points) and Musielak (12 points) were the standout performers in that meeting, prompting Hurry's endorsement, though he also voiced frustration that King had been overlooked for Great Britain's World Cup squad without so much as a phone call. The Witches remain without injured club legend Scott Nicholls, sidelined since 6 August with a broken collarbone, and will again call on guest rider Lewis Kerr, lining up alongside Lawson, King, Brennan, Musielak, Pedersen and Edwards against a Sheffield side led by captain Pickering.