Cornish Pirates

Coventry v  Cornish Pirates
Saturday September 15th Kick Off 3:00pm

An injury to skipper and No. 8 Tim Cowley means that he will sit out Saturday's important league game away to Coventry.

Chris Cracknell, in impressive form at the start of this season, moves into the middle of the back-row with Eniola Gisende, a second half replacement against Northampton Saints, taking the blind-side berth. 'Up front', Dan Seal is recalled at tight-head prop, with Sam Heard dropping to the bench.

In the outsides there is just the one change, New Zealander Nick Buckley making a first league start for the Cornish Pirates at inside centre in place of Simon Whatling.

This will be the first time that the Cornish Pirates have had to cross the Tamar this season, the captaincy going to fly-half Gareth Steenson who has been an outstanding performer since his arrival in Cornwall.

Head Coach Jim McKay commented:
"We'll definitely travel to Coventry with a positive mindset, moving forward from the disappointment of last weekend when it was felt we at least deserved a bonus point.

"Having lost their two league openers Coventry will be raring to go, its important for us not to allow them to play, because if they get a bit of momentum behind them they can be a very tough side."

The full team to take on the blue and whites:
Adryan Winnan 15	Rhodri McAtee 14	Paul Devlin 13	Nick Buckley 12	Brian Tuohy 10
Gareth Steenson 9 Captain	Richard Bolt 8	Chris Cracknell 8	Iva Motusaga 7	Eniola Gesinde 6
Bruce Cumming 5	Joe Beardshaw 4	Dan Seal 3	Rob Elloway 2	Peter Cook 1
Replacements
Sam Heard 16	Johnny Williams 17	Nathan Kemp 18	Scott Hobson 19	Simon Whatling 20
	Steve Winn 21	Jimmy Moore 22

Cornish Pirates

15 Adryan Winnan, 14 Rhodri McAtee, 13 Paul Devlin, 12 Nick Buckley, 11 Brian Tuohy
10 Gareth Steenson - Captain, 9 Richard Bolt, 8 Chris Cracknell, 7 Iva Motusaga, 6 Eniola Gisende
5 Bruce Cumming, 4 Joe Beardshaw, 3 Dan Seal, 2 Rob Elloway, 1 Peter Cook.

Replacements
16 Sam Heard, 17 Johnny Williams, 18 Nathan Kemp, 19 Scott Hobson, 20 Simon Whatling
21 Steve Winn, 22 James Moore.

Coventry

15 Ben Toft (Capt), 14 Kurt Johnson, 13 Ben Russell, 12 Donovan Sanders, 11 George Dixon
10 Myles Dorrian, 9 Tom Slater, 8 Laurie McGlone (Vice Capt), 7 Darren Clayton, 6 Henno Venter
5 Ollie Hodge, 4 Gregor Gillanders, 3 Rudi Brits, 2 Chris Whitehead, 1 Carl Rimmer

Replacements
16 Stuart Firswell, 17 Dai Maddocks, 18 Danny Hodge, 19 Jamie Millar, 20 Mike Walls
21 Ronnie McLean, 22 Lee Parry.

Match Review

Last Time 28/04/07 Coventry 20 Cornish Pirates 32 Match Report | Slide Show

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