NEW coach Mike Gregory takes charge of Swinton Lions for the first time on Sunday for the visit to Lancashire Lynx.

And the former Great Britain star has made sweeping changes with hooker Carl McCabe axed from the starting line-up, to be replaced by Ian Watson, with winger Simon Ashcroft filling the stand off berth.

"Mike has his own ideas and is changing things around to suit them," said chief executive Tony Barrow.

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