SOMERSET boss Dave Croucher has singled out ambitious Aussie Cory Gathercole as a key rider for the Rebels this season.Gathercole has ambitions to move into the Elite League on a full-time basis in the near future.

SOMERSET boss Dave Croucher has singled out ambitious Aussie Cory Gathercole as a key rider for the Rebels this season.

Gathercole has ambitions to move into the Elite League on a full-time basis in the near future.

Said Croucher: "I know this is going to be his year, he wants Elite League, and the only route is to have a good 2009 with us here at Somerset.”