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TEAM NEWS: EXPERIENCED TRIO BACK FOR DOUBLE-HEADER

Rich Ashton19 Aug 2022 - 11:00
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Thirty-nine players set for action against London Welsh and Barnes!

CONNOR Stapley, Henry Bird and Jak Rossiter will return to action tomorrow as London Welsh and Barnes visit Old Bath Road to round out the hosts’ pre-season schedule.

The experienced trio were unable to make the trip to Dublin last week, but are ready to go along with 36 other players across the two games.

Birdy is back on the right wing for the opener against Welsh, with Faysal Olabooye on the other flank and Miki Vancura – who impressed in Dublin – at full back.

Ollie Cole and Alex Seers start team up at half-back, with Axel Kalling-Smith – another stand-out performer in the Irish capital – combining with Mikey Annells in midfield.

Robbie Stapley skippers the side from No. 8, joined in the back row by two former Colts in Ross Crame and the more youthful Roan Noone.

Up front Ryan Lomas and Terrell Henry start at prop with Ollie Moffitt in between, and the side is rounded out by Liam Goodison and Colin Thomson in the engine room.

Front row replacements are provided by Ben Henderson at hooker and James Baker and Ethan Pawadyira.

Mana Cakau can add power behind, with new recruit Mikey Hoyt and Colts graduate Josh Norman set to add impetus in the back row.

Joe Booth is the replacement scrum-half, with the irrepressible Andy Amor covering a number of positions in the backs and youngster Sam Rennell across the back three.

Team Vs. London Welsh

(15-9, 1-8): Vancura, Bird, Annells, Kalling-Smith, Olabooye, Seers, Cole; Lomas, Moffitt, Henry, Goodison, Thomson, Crame, Noone, R Stapley ©

Substitutes: Henderson, Baker, Pawadyira, Cakau, Hoyt, Norman, Booth, Amor, Rennell.

SECOND row Connor is partnered by Dan Swain for the Barnes game, with Sean McDonnell-Roberts, Max Hayman and Paul Englezos leading the charge in front of them.

Spencer Hayhow starts on the open-side flank, with Josh Collis and James McRae completing the forwards.

Ollie Monye and Rowan Grundy will look to run the show from half-back, with Drew Humberstone captaining the side and partnered in midfield by outside centre and defensive rock Stevie Bryant.

Out wide, Jak comes back into the equation with talented youngster Charlie Robson on the other wing, Kieran Leicester finishing the starting line-up at full back.

While the bench is subject to change, Henderson is joined by Lomas and Henry in the front row, with Cakau behind them.

Noone, Norman and Hoyt are the alternatives in the back row, with Ollie Allan, an England Under 18 scrum half earlier this year on loan from London Irish to cover the No. 9 position.

An 11-man bench is completed by Olabooye, the versatile Kalling-Smith and youngster Rennell.

Team Vs. Barnes

(15-9, 1-8): Leicester, Rossiter, Bryant, Humberstone ©, Robson, Grundy, Monye; McDonnell-Roberts, Hayman, Englezos, Swain, C Stapley, Collis, S Hayhow, McRae.

Substitutes: Henderson, Lomas, Henry, Cakau, Noone, Norman, Hoyt, Allan, Olabooye, Kalling-Smith, Rennell.

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