Having got back to winning ways last weekend against Silhillians, the Nuns face a stern test away to Stourbridge this Saturday. Having not locked horns with our hosts since playing regularly in the National leagues the Nuns know they will have to match some of their best performances from this season to put them under pressure. Last weekend’s win saw the Nuns climb from 9th up to 7th with 19 points from 3 wins and 7 bonus points.. Stourbridge currently sit 5th with 28 points from 5 wins and 3 defeats and 8 bonus points.

The Saxons host Tamworth in the league and will be looking for their second win of the season after an encouraging performance last week. After going behind 19-0 within 15minutes they battled back but fell just short of a couple of bonus points with a final score of 31-19 at Atherstone. Tamworth come into the game off a heavy loss to Syston 99-5. The Saxons have 7 league points in 10th and Tamworth have 8 points and sit 9th.

The Saracens were due to play Earlsdon but they cannot fulfill the fixture.

The Colts travel to Barkers Butts for a friendly after a strong 41-0 league win over Broadstreet last weekend.

Team news: there is just one change to the starting pack with second row Tom Aherne returning for James Moreton who is unavailable.

The backline is unchanged from last weekend.

On the bench comes Dave Darker fresh from his Jamaica U20s game last weekend.

Squad to play Stourbridge RFC, Away 2:30pm:

1 Ryan Marsh
2 Louis Addleton
3 Ben Dawes
4 Ben Haywood
5 Tom Aherne
6 Jack Iles*
7 Rudi Reid
8 Martin Wood
9 Tom Smitham*
10 Joe Wilson*
11 Travis Bennett-Allcock*
12 Lucas Brindley*
13 Harry Beverley*
14 Tak Chawadya
15 Ben Kirby

16 Dave Darker*
17 Oli Mitchell *
18 Aaron Esiri

*Nuneaton RFC Pathway Players

Saxon V Tamworth, Home 2:15pm:

Phil Ryan*, Ryan Evans*, Tyler Freeman*, Joe Franklin*, James O’Donoghue, Connor Kirton, Thor Sidhu*, Andy Murray*, Mike Volaikisuva*, Marcus Holt*, Charlie Smith*, Lewis Cox*, Richard Johnston, Harry Pipe*, Ben Stewart*, Steve Orton, Luke Balding, Dan Oselton, Ben Gilbert*, Nemani Rayabo

Regional 1 Midlands Round 9 Fixtures:

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

Regional 1 Midlands Round 7 Results:

Banbury 110-10 Kenilworth
Bridgnorth 33-19 Long Eaton
Derby 34-36 Burton
Syston 26-21 Stourbridge
Dudley Kingswinford 0-37 Bromsgrove
Nuneaton 21-17 Silhillians