The Nuns head up the A444 tomorrow as they taken on Burton RFC for their first away game of the season. They will be looking to cut out the errors that cost them points in last weekend’s 44-25 loss but also build on their attacking game that saw them score 4 well worked tries for a bonus point. Bromsgrove offered a stern test having been 3rd in the league last season and Burton will follow that up this weekend having finished 4th last season. They started the season with a 29 all draw with Syston last weekend.
The Saxons host Hinckley 3rds in their first home game of the season. The visitors went down 29-7 to Syston 2s last week whilst the Saxons came back to draw 21 all at Bedworth.
The Colts travel to Old Coventrians RFC on Friday night looking to build on their first win of the season having defeated Old Laurents 14-12 last week.
Team news: two changes in the pack see James Redman return at prop having been unavailable last week and Nick Walton moves from the bench to start in place of Ben Haywood who is unavailable.
The back line sees one personnel change. Tom Eales faces a spell on the sidelines after injuring his knee last week. Harry Beverley moves up from the bench to partner Ryan Preston in the centre and the back three remains the same,
Jack Iles moves to the bench alongside Ryan Marsh and Rhys Astin comes on too.
Squad to play Burton RFC, Away 3pm:
1 James Redman*
2 Louis Addleton
3 Ben Dawes
4 Nick Walton
5 Tom Aherne*
6 James Lloyd
7 George Wallis*
8 Martin Wood
9 Tom Smitham*
10 Joe Wilson*
11 Travis Bennett-Allcock*
12 Ryan Preston
13 Harry Beverley*
14 Tak Chawadya
15 Ben Kirby
16 Ryan Marsh
17 Jack Iles*
18 Rhys Astin*
*Nuneaton RFC Pathway Players
Saxons V Hinckley RFC, Home 3pm:
Tyler Freeman*, Ryan Evans*, Dave Darker*, Chris Smith, James O’Donoghue, Joe Franklin*, Thor Sidhu*, Oli Mitchell*, Arron Skyrme, Jamie Coburn*, Marcus Holt*, Charlie Smith*, Lewis Cox*, Scott Cawley, Ben Gilbert*, Lachan Pollock*, Rich Johnston, Ben Stewart*, Adam Stauvers*, James Emery*
Regional 1 Midlands Round 2 Fixtures:
Bridgnorth V Silhillians
Bromsgrove V Stourbridge
Derby V Syston
Long Eaton V Kenilworth
Dudley Kingswinford V Banbury
Burton V Nuneaton
Regional 1 Midlands Round 1 Results:
Bridgnorth 12-17 Dudley Kingswinford
Silhillians 44-21 Kenilworth
Stourbridge 64-28 Long Eaton
Syston 29-29 Burton
Banbury 69-7 Derby
Nuneaton 25-44 Bromsgrove