ALUN Rossiter says that his Swindon home has been far from a house divided, even though he’s preparing to send out a team to ride against his lodger.

National team manager Rossiter sends out his Great Britain quartet in event two of the Speedway World Cup at King’s Lynn this evening and there will plenty of familiar faces in opposition camps, including his Swindon Robins protégé Nick Morris.

Morris, who turned 21 yesterday and has lived with the Robins and GB chief during the season since 2011, has earned his first-ever senior call-up to the Australian squad, pitting him against a Rossiter side for the first time in his career.

The competitive dynamic may have been cranked up a notch around the house but things have remained light-hearted as the British boss concentrates on attempting to get his country to the weekend’s World Cup final.

“(Being against Morris) was always going to happen at some point. We’ve had a bit of banter around the house but it’s a bit of fun and that’s it,” said Rossiter, whose GB team will also be up against Robins captain Troy Batchelor, who makes up another part of Australia’s line-up.

“In his heart of hearts, I don’t think Nick was expecting to get the call-up but with the form he’s in, you have to say that he’s a dead cert to be in their team.

“To be honest, I’m not thinking about anyone else other than my riders – I’m not worrying about Nick Morris or Troy Batchelor.”.

2013 world champion Tai Woffinden, Coventry Bees duo Chris Harris and Danny King and teenage ace Robert Lambert make up Rossiter’s Great Britain team, who will also be up against the USA and Latvia as they battle for a place in Denmark on June 13.

The Abbey Stadium boss said: “There’s no point picking people who ride good at Lakeside or people that ride good at Wolverhampton – I needed people that can do it on the big tracks.

“I’m happy with the side that I’ve got and the important thing is that we get together as a team.

“The goal is to qualify for the final straight away and make sure that we aren’t in the race-off because that’s a bit of a kiss of death.”