By Duncan Wood
October 25 2002

Bristol make just one change from last week with Emiliano Bergamaschi returning in the front row. However, it's a sad story of injuries for both teams with countless internationals missing Sunday's game.

When you look at the two teams, it's more a case of who is missing rather than who is playing.

Bristol are without Neil McCarthy, Julian White, Andrew Sheridan, Scott Morgan, Ross Beattie and Ben Sturnham from the pack and Martin Shaw, Brendon Daniel and Jamie Williams from the backs.

Quins, for their part, are without the likes of Paul Burke, David Slemen, Keith Wood, Pat Sanderson, Roy Winters, Chris Bell and Dan Luger, while summer signing Andre Vos has not yet arrived.

Bristol have managed to keep their back line together from the magnificent win over Montferrand last weekend and Emiliano Bergamaschi comes in to replace Andrew Sheridan in the only change to the starting line up.

One item of note is that Will Greenwood is playing at outside half in the absence of Burke and Slemen, a position he has apparently not played since his England Schools days. There is still plenty of pace outside him and Bristol fans may remember Satala playing for Mont de Marsan at the Memorial Stadium a couple of seasons back.

Bristol will be determined to clinch a win which will help them off the foot of the table and home advantage will help in that respect. I can see Bristol doing it but they'll have to dig deep as Quins will be no pushover. A repeat of the commitment shown last week should see them through.

Bristol Shoguns vs NEC Harlequins
Sun 27 Oct at Memorial Stadium - KO 15:00

Summary of meetings between the teams in the Premiership
Played 22
Bristol Shoguns Won 11, 50.0%
NEC Harlequins Won 11, 50.0%
Biggest Win for Bristol Shoguns 16 - 0 29 Feb 1992
Biggest Win for NEC Harlequins 28 - 3 06 Jan 1996

Bristol Shoguns top try scorer vs NEC Harlequins, Huw Duggan, 3 tries

Bristol Shoguns top points scorer vs NEC Harlequins, Mark Tainton, 52 points

NEC Harlequins top try scorer vs Bristol Shoguns, Will Carling, 6 tries

NEC Harlequins top points scorer vs Bristol Shoguns, Will Carling, 36 points

Previous meetings

Date		Score	Venue
31 Mar 2002	Bristol Shoguns v NEC Harlequins	43-27	Memorial Stadium
8 Sep 2001	Bristol Shoguns v NEC Harlequins	38-32	The Stoop
11 Feb 2001	Bristol Shoguns v NEC Harlequins	13-9	Memorial Stadium
16 Sep 2000	Bristol Shoguns v NEC Harlequins	25-31	The Stoop
11 Mar 2000	Bristol Shoguns v NEC Harlequins	42-39	Memorial Stadium
28 Oct 1999	Bristol Shoguns v NEC Harlequins	20-36	The Stoop
03 May 1998	Bristol Shoguns v NEC Harlequins	19-26	Memorial Stadium
31 Dec 1997	Bristol Shoguns v NEC Harlequins	40-38	The Stoop
15 Apr 1997	Bristol Shoguns v NEC Harlequins	6-29	The Stoop
21 Sep 1996	Bristol Shoguns v NEC Harlequins	24-35	Memorial Stadium

Bristol Shoguns (12) v NEC Harlequins (8)

· The Shoguns' only win in their last seven Premiership and Championship outings was their 25-20 victory over Leicester at the Memorial Stadium on 29 September.
· 'Quins have not won away in the Premiership since they beat Rotherham at Clifton Lane on 17 March 2001 - this 15 match winless streak is already Harlequins' longest spell away from home without a league win. They have, however, won three games in other competitions in the same period - knocking Sale out of the cup at Heywood Road last December and beating Bridgend and Caerphilly in Europe - Caerphilly with a 73-20 scoreline two weeks ago.
· Garath Archer has made 149 league and play-off appearances for Newcastle and Bristol combined.

The Bristol and Harlequins teams are as follows: