Team News

By Dave Picken - October 20 2004
Team News
Touch and Go
Stu Bennett may be fit to return to the back row as we prepare for the historic first league game with our our old rivals Rovers. That could be welcome news as Brett is still injured and Tim Sawyer could well return to the front row .. if his shoulder is OK.

It's looking like final decision won't be made until Saturday morning with Phil Gilbraith standing by to start in the back row alongside Jon Boatman and Henry Tones.

Ryan Phillips will almost certainly be at tighthead after his impressive debut against Westoe.

West's likely line-up: Cholmondeley, Sawyer, Phillips, Miller, Henderson, Boatman, Tones, Bennett/Gilbraith, Tighe, Wallis, Abrahams, Thomas, Hodgson, Hare, Todd. Reps: Carr, Moss, Richardson.

The pitch could well be a big factor. By all accounts the Friarage was evry heavy last weekend and the weather has hardly improved so it couldn be heavy going.