By Blues Brother
April 22 2016

Mike Rayer isn't giving much away with the selection for the first of the three games against Bristol which will define our season - and possibly of those to come .

This week's opener is pretty meaningless. We know we will play the side which finished top at home a week on Sunday before we travel for the decider the following Sunday.

Both clubs are making a host of chasnges with only four of last week's Blues lining up at Goldington Road this week -ly George Perkins, Myles Dorrian, Mike Howard and Charlie Clare starting again.

We ave drasfted in  Loughborough Students hooker Jacob Fields as an emergency signing after Sam James damaged a shoulcder. In any case Jacob will be joining Blues next season.

Blues: 15. James Pritchard 14. Pat Tapley 13. Henry Staff 12. Ollie Dodge 11. George Perkins 10. Myles Dorrian 9. Jordan Burns 1. Camilo Parilli-Ocampo
2. Charlie Clare 3. James Currie 4. Mike Howard 5. Harry Wells 6. Alex Lundberg 7. Seb Nagle-Taylor 8. Nick Fenton-Wells (capt)

Reps: Jacob Fields, Tom Williams,  Phil Boulton, Paul Tupai,  Pete White,. Jake Sharp,. Michel LeBourgeois

By comparison Bristol make a mere six changes including a debut for young fly half Callkum Sheedy.

Bristol: Jack Wallace; Ryan Edwards, Jack Tovey, Nick Carpenter, David Lemi (c); Callum Sheedy, Will Cliff; Jack O’Connell, Marc Jones, Gaston Cortes, Mark Sorenson, Ben Glynn, Jack Lam, Olly Robinson, Marco Mama.

Reps: Ross McMillan, Anthony Perenise, Joe Joyce, James Phillips, Martin Roberts, Luke Arscott, Ben Mosses.