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| Brian
Tuohy |  |
| Gareth
Steenson |  |
| Stan
McKeen |
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Saturday the Cornish Pirates will extend a sporting welcome to mighty Northampton
Saints, for a third meeting between the two clubs this season. The
Saints have narrowly emerged victorious from both league games, but this will
be cup action, the holders Pirates determined not to give up the EDF Energy National
Trophy they won at Twickenham last April. Be assured, this is a game that is guaranteed
to have that extra bit of 'edge'. All would agree that the
Pirates have been handed a tough fourth round tie, the Saints bringing with them
a formidable looking squad into Cornwall, including former 'All Blacks' Bruce
Reihana,Carlos Spencer and Mark Robinson. Wing Chris Ashton,
named this week along with hooker Dylan Hartley in the England Saxons squad, and
who is National One's leading try-scorer with 20, is also listed along with former
Scotland international and British Lions prop Tom Smith. Although missing fly-half
Barry Everitt because of injury, the Saints selection is still a strong one, an
indicator that they are keen to present their loyal fans with a trip to 'Twickers'
in April. The Pirates team, who will similarly wish to deliver
the goods for their own faithful followers, shows three changes in personnel from
that which ran out and faced Pertemps Bees at Sharmans Cross Road, Solihull, last
weekend. Brian Tuohy returns to the wing in place of Vunga
Lilo who takes over from Paul Devlin in the centre, and at fly-half Gareth Steenson
is selected ahead of Ollie Thomas. In the pack, Stan McKeen, who featured as a
replacement against the Bees, is selected on the blind-side flank, with skipper
Tim Cowley reverting to the No. 8 position in place of Matt Evans. |
Tickets
for the match have inevitably sold well, but will be available on the gate, it
is recommended to arrive early. Admission to children U16 is 'FREE' if
accompanied by an adult
Cornish Pirates:
15 Adryan Winnan, 14 Rhodri McAtee, 13 Vunga Lilo, 12 Steve Winn, 11 Brian Tuohy,
10 Gareth Steenson, 9 Ed Fairhurst, 8 Tim Cowley (capt), 7 Iva Motusaga, 6
Stan McKeen,
5 Scott Hobson, 4 Heino Senekal, 3 Dan Seal, 2 Rob Elloway, 1
Peter Cook Replacements:
16 Darren Dawidiuk,
17 Alan Paver, 18 Matt Evans, 19 Chris Cracknell, 20 Paul Devlin,
21 Ollie
Thomas, 22 Jimmy Moore
Northampton
Saints (selected squad):
Backs
Joe Ansbro, Chris Ashton,
Jon Clarke, Paul Diggin, James Downey, Johnny Howard,
Stephen Myler, Bruce
Reihana, Mark Robinson, Carlos Spencer. Forwards
Mark Easter,
Darren Fox, Joe Gray, Dylan Hartley, Mark Hopley, Phil Hoy, Ben Lewitt,
Matt
Lord, Euan Murray, Alex Rae, Tom Smith, Barry Stewart, Soane Tonga'uiha, Paul
Tupai. Referee: J.P. Doyle (RFU)
Touch Judges:
Steve Leyshon & Mark Summerhayes
Assessor: Ed Morrison Mascots:
Dominic Trengove & Alex Benbow
Buses Replace
Trains For This Match Due to railway engineering works, buses will be
operating replacement services between St Austell & Penzance. A
full timetable is provided here |
