The Nuns finish the first block of fixtures with a tough trip to old foes Dudley Kingswinford tomorrow. September has seen four fixtures ahead of a break from league rugby at the start of October. So far they have a point’s return of 7 from the first three games but with a little more accuracy and concentration know that this could have been more. Dudley Kingswinford were relegated from National 2 last season and have started the season with two wins and a loss so far and one try bonus point. They currently sit in 5th place with 9 points. Last weekend, whilst the Nuns picked up their first win of the season, defeating Derby 33-13, DK lost away to Syston 31-15.

The Saxons return to league action with a home game against Old Salts after a bye week.

The Saracens don’t have a game this weekend. Last week their league game with Leamington was a late postponement and so they took a fixture with Camp Hill but lost out to them.

The Colts are away to Old Laurentians in the league. Last Sunday they had a very good 33-10 win over Lutterworth in the National Cup.

Team news: just the one change in the pack this week with Arron Skyrme starting in place of the unavailable Martin Wood.
Tom Smitham returns to the backline at scrum half with Ben Kirby switching to full back and a reshuffle of the midfield.
Ryan Marsh, Dave Darker and Rhys Astin make up the bench.

Squad to play Derby RFC, Home 3pm:

1 James Redman*
2 Louis Addleton
3 Ben Dawes
4 Ben Haywood
5 Tom Aherne*
6 James Lloyd
7 Arron Skyrme
8 Rudi Reid
9 Tom Smitham*
10 Joe Wilson*
11 Travis Bennett-Allcock*
12 Josh Wright
13 Ryan Preston
14 Harry Beverley*
15 Ben Kirby
16 Ryan Marsh
17 Dave Darker*
18 Rhys Astin*

*Nuneaton RFC Pathway Players

Saxon V Old Salts, Home 3pm:

Phil Ryan, Ryan Evans, Tyler Freeman*, Max Clarkson*, Steve Orton, Chris Smith, James O’Donoghue, Clive Brampton, Thor Sidhu*, Ollie Mitchell*, Jamie Coburn*, Huw Thomas, Mike Volaikisuva*, Charlie Smith*, Lewis Cox*, Scott Cawley, Harry Pipe*

Regional 1 Midlands Round 3 Fixtures:

Bridgnorth V Syston
Bromsgrove V Long Eaton
Derby V Stourbridge
Dudley Kingswinford V Nuneaton
Banbury V Silhillians
Burton V Kenilworth

Regional 1 Midlands Round 3 Results:

Kenilworth 7-81 Bromsgrove
Silhillians 25-19 Long Eaton
Stourbridge 58-17 Burton
Syston 31-15 Dudley Kingswinford
Banbury 28-26 Bridgnorth
Nuneaton 33-13 Derby