And in the build-up to the big kick-off, we are looking back on Halifax versus Batley fixtures of the past in our special gallery.
Read Panthers boss Simon Grix' s thoughts on Sunday's big game here
![Action from Batley's trip to Halifax in 2010.](https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI0MzM2MzA1.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
![The Halifax and Batley players clash in 2010.](https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI0MzM2MzA2.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
![Batley's Keegan Hirst is stopped by the Halifax defence in 2013.](https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI0MzM2MzA3.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
3. Getting Shirty
Batley's Keegan Hirst is stopped by the Halifax defence in 2013. Photo: Jake Oakley
![Halifax entertained Batley in the first round of the Challenge Cup in 2021.](https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTI0MzM2MzA4.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
4. Cup Tie
Halifax entertained Batley in the first round of the Challenge Cup in 2021. Photo: Ed Sykes/SWpix.com
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