This week sees some welcome experience to the pack in Robinson, Jenkins, Jarvis and Cooper. The Bears are currently suffering from some injuries in, Matt Allsopp (ribs), Matt Randle (Broken arm), Mark Hyslopp (Collar bone), Lee Ashford (Groin), Andy Lewis (leg), Ben Powis (Hamstring) plus Carl Wesley is also unavailable this week. Ben Shepard moves into the centre after a solid game against Leicester while Alistair Marshall returns from injury in the halves. The squad has trained hard this week and are eager to get some points from this game. The Bulldogs are looking strong this year and this should be a tough encounter.
First team v Birmingham Bulldogs
1.Rich Whitehouse
2.Tanaka Chamunkara
3.Ben Hands
4.Ben Shepard
5.Tom O’toole
6.Sam Montague
7.Alistair Marshall
8.Ryan Jenkins
9.Carl Southwell
10.Alan Robinson
11.Simon Stubbs
12.Aaran Jarvis
13.Matt Cooper
14.Luke Horan
15.Jake Hird
16.James Horrucks
17.James Hirst
The Bears Academy kick off at 12.30 before the main First team game, players meet at 10.30am OC Rugby Club.
Directions have been posted in the previous article.
