The Nottingham team to face Hartpury at the ALPAS Arena on Saturday (4:30pm KO) has been confirmed.
Head Coach Neil Fowkes makes three enforced changes to the team that lost to Coventry last time out. Luke Mehson, Willie Ryan and Carl Kirwan are all replaced by Joe Browning, George Cox and Jake Farnworth in the 15.
Sam Hollingsworth and Theo Manihera might be in line for their first appearances of the season as they are named within the replacements.
Fowkes said: “The three lads all picked up knocks and they’re not ready for the game on Saturday. It’s nice to have Willie on the bench after he came through his HIA. George Cox will start at six after he came on for Willie against Coventry and had a really good game.
“Jake Farnworth came on at seven in the last game and he will carry on playing in there. It’s great to have a player like Farny (Jake Farnworth) who you can call upon either at hooker or flanker where he has played a lot of rugby before.
“Joe Browning gets another opportunity after Ealing in the first round. He’s trained really well in the past couple of weeks and we’re really looking forward to seeing him get going and do well for us down at Hartpury.”
Starting XV:
15 Jack Stapley
14 Harry Graham
13 Charlie Thacker
12 Will Simmonds
11 Joe Browning
10 Matt Riddington
9 Michael Stronge
1 Aniseko Sio
2 Luke Cole
3 Karl Garside
4 Jac Price
5 Luke Frost
6 George Cox
7 Jake Farnworth
8 Jordan Coghlan
Replacements:
16 Shaun Evans
17 Ben Betts
18 Harri O’Connor
19 Jack Ramshaw
20 Willie Ryan
21 Alex Dolly
22 Sam Hollingsworth
23 Theo Manihera
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