Nottingham V Cornish Pirates Sunday 15th February
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Following last weekend's postponement, the rescheduled tie away to Nottingham
in Round 5 of the EDF Energy National Trophy will now take place at Meadow Lane
this Sunday. A tough and close encounter is almost
guaranteed against the 'Green & Whites', who could well welcome back Kiwi
centre and vice-captain Tim Molenaar from injury. For the
Pirates, the injury list has improved, but they still go into this match without
hooker Rob Elloway, scrum-half Nick Griffiths, centre Tom Luke, and wing Brian
Tuohy. Also missing is Rhodri McAtee, who is away on Wales Sevens duty. Darren
Dawidiuk, who has grown further in maturity this season making 10 'starts', will
wear the number 2 shirt, whilst in the outsides fellow Cornishman Adryan Winnan
is set to return to playing action on the wing. The bench
is a strong one, with prop Alan Paver and lock Mike Burak named among the replacements. Also
listed is former hooker Wayne Davey, who not only impressed for the club in two
'Super Cup' matches last autumn, but also against Southend in the last round of
the EDF Energy National Trophy competition. Cornish Pirates:
M.
Vakacegu, A. Winnan, M. Ireland, S. Winn, P. Devlin
R. Jones, E. Fairhurst,
M. Evans, C. Morgan, B. Cowan,
B. Gulliver (capt), H. Senekal, S. Heard, D.
Dawidiuk, P. Cook. Replacements:
W. Davey, S. Franklin, A. Paver, M.
Burak, I. Motusaga, J. Moore, S. Whatling. The winners will play Mounts
Bay away in the quarter-finals, scheduled to take place on Saturday 28th February.
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