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Newbury Blues V Cornish Pirates Monks Lane
Saturday 28th February
Kick Off 3pm |  |
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For Newbury The Cornish Pirates will trek to Newbury on Saturday for
the second time this season, it following the frustratingly disappointing postponement
of the original fixture which was to have taken place last December. For
this rescheduled game, Brett Davey has made a number of changes from the team
that ultimately won well at Moseley last weekend. Marika Vakacegu, who slotted
in on the wing against 'Mose', returns to full-back in place of Adryan Winnan,
thus giving Aisea Havili a chance to impress out wide and to add to the five league
tries he has scored this season. The one other change in the backs sees a fully
fit again Rhys Jones recalled at fly-half, with Simon Whatling dropping to the
bench. In the forwards, flanker Chris Morgan returns in place of Iva Motusaga
to start against his former club, and lock Mike Burak takes over from Barbarian-to-be
Heino Senekal in the second-row. | | |
Cornish Pirates:
M. Vakacegu,
A. Havili, P. Devlin, S. Winn, J. Moore
R. Jones, N. Griffiths, B. Bedes,
S. Betty, C. Morgan
B. Gulliver (capt), M. Burak, S. Heard, D. Dawidiuk, A.
Paver. Replacements: P. Cook, S. Franklin, M. Evans, B. Cowan, E. Fairhurst,
S. Whatling, M. Ireland. |
