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Next up for the Cornish Pirates sees a return to Greene King IPA Championship action this Sunday, when the ‘Green & Whites’ of Nottingham will be welcome visitors to the Mennaye Field (ko 2.30pm).
Ahead of this third versus sixth contest it is noted that the teams have already faced each other three times this season. The Pirates won 42-7 away to Nottingham in the Championship Cup last October, and again, 23-4, away in the league in November. However, at home in the Cup at the start of December, they lost 29-20 against the Green & Whites.
Changes in the Cornish Pirates starting line-up from the one that ran out against Coventry last weekend, include a first league match start for scrum-half Rhodri Davies. Sam Rodman is selected at tight-head prop, and with Josh Caulfield returning at blind-side flanker, James McRae moves to No.8. A welcome name on the bench is that of the club’s vice-captain, Nicolas De Battista, who has returned to fitness following an injury suffered at Doncaster last October.
Speaking ahead of Sunday’s encounter, coach Chris Morgan said:
Although the first game we played against Nottingham was a bit of a runaway for us, they have proven since to be an extremely improved team, as we of course found out when they beat us at home in the Cup.”
Bringing more physicality to their game and also being well coached, we are expecting a real test.
Match Day Sponsor: Greenmount Carpets
Match Ball Sponsor: The Mermaid Inn, Isles of Scilly
Tickets for the game against the Nottingham will be available at the gates on the day (open 12.30pm), whilst in the meantime they can be purchased on-line.
For further information please visit www.cornish-pirates.com/tickets
Referee:
Sara Cox
AR1:
Clare Daniels
AR2:
Nick Marshall
No:4:
Iain Kiy
Assessor:
David Morgan
15
Kyle Moyle
14
Robin Wedlake
13
Rory Parata
12
Shae Tucker
11
AJ Cant
10
Will Cargill
9
Rhodri Davies
1
Marlen Walker
2
Dan Frost
3
Sam Rodman
4
Fa'atiga Lemalu
5
Brett Beukeboom (c)
6
Josh Caulfield
7
Will Wilson
8
James McRae
16
Tom Channon
17
Jack Andrew
18
Will Norton
19
Danny Cutmore
20
Antonio Kiri Kiri
21
Alex Schwarz
22
Javier Rojas Alvarez
23
Nicolas De Battista