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MATCH PREVIEW V CORNISH PIRATES

Posted: 
22/03/2019 - 11:53

Bedford Blues make five changes for the visit of Cornish Pirates to Goldington Road on Saturday afternoon.

With the Sky Sports cameras also in town, much is expected from the clash as the two teams face off for the fourth time this season. The Blues currently hold two wins over the visitors with a league victory at the  Mennaye and a cup win at home, but the Pirates are always dangerous as they showed with a 22-20 win in Penzance back in November.

Looking ahead to the game, Blues coach Alex Rae said: “Having played the Pirates three times already we should know a fair bit about each other, however all those games have actually thrown up different challenges.
 
“We’ve had two weeks prep for this game and the boys are looking forward to getting out there and implementing all areas we’ve been working on. Nearly all our games this year have been close and exciting and we’re not expecting anything else on Saturday.”

Bedford make three changes to the backs which headed to Doncaster a fortnight ago with Ryan Hutler, Dom Morris and Will Hooley all returning to the starting line-up. Up front, Oli Curry moves to the second row and Huw Worthington reverts to number eight with Justin Blanchet and Josh Buggea both starting on the flanks.

Starting line-up:
15. Rich Lane
14. Ryan Hutler
13. Ed Coulson
12. Dom Morris
11. Dean Adamson
10. Will Hooley
9. Lee Dickson (c)

1. Sean McCarthy
2. Jacob Fields
3. Alex Penny
4. Oli Curry
5. Mark Flanagan
6. Justin Blanchet
7. Josh Buggea
8. Huw Worthington

Replacements:
16. Tadgh McElroy
17. Hayden King
18. Ben Cooper
19. Will Carrick-Smith
20. Jarad Williams
21. James Lennon
22. Harry Sheppard
 

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