Post by Communications Team on Nov 2, 2012 10:52:48 GMT
Moseley Ring The Changes For immediate release Friday 2nd November 2012 Issued on behalf of Moseley Rugby
RFU Championship: Moseley v Cornish Pirates Saturday 3rd November, 3.00pm kick off at Billesley Common, Birmingham
Starting 15: 01. Steffan THORPE; 02.Adam CAVES; 03. Craig VOISEY; 04.Addison LOCKLEY; 05.Buster LAWRENCE 06.Ben PONS; 07.Oliver ROBINSON; 08.Ben PIENAAR; 09. Sam BROWN; 10.Glynn HUGHES; 11.Billy ROBINSON; 12.Charlie HAYTER; 13 Simon HUNT.; 14. Anders MOGENSON; 15. Anthony CARTER
Replacements: 16.Sam WILKES;17. Danny HERRIOTT; 18. Tom HICKS; 19.Nigel BURROWS; 20. Liam MATHER; 21. Oliver THOMAS; 22. Brad HUNT
Moseley entertain Cornish Pirates at Billesley Common this week-end in a match which has produced a high yield of points over the last couple of years.
Last week Moseley suffered a disappointing reversal at the hands of Doncaster Knights, and they will be hoping to return to winning ways against a side which has been renowned for its open, attractive attacking play in recent seasons.
Moseley make five changes to their side this week, some enforced through injuries incurred at Castle Park. In the forwards, Adam Caves returns at hooker, and Ben Pons comes into the back-row. At fly-half Glynn Hughes returns to action after a month off with injury, and in the threequarters Charlie Hayter starts at centre, with dual-registered Anders Mogenson getting the nod on the right wing.
Head Coach Kevin Maggs is hoping to see a better performance on Saturday. “We never turned up until the last third of the game last week”, he said. “The whole squad know that we are much better than we showed at Doncaster, and there is no better way to demonstrate this than in our next available game”.
Post by Communications Team on Nov 2, 2012 11:23:56 GMT
Pirates Will Strive For An 80 Minutes Performance For immediate release Friday 2nd November 2012 Issued on behalf of Cornish Pirates
Following their last two visits to play Moseley at Billesley Common, the Cornish Pirates have departed with the matches having been drawn - 26-all in September, 2010, and 27-all in September, 2011.
As for this Saturday (ko 3pm), with a new-look team it will be a case of forgetting the past, give respect to the opposition, and strive for an 80 minutes winning performance to thus follow a satisfying 21-8 points victory at home to Leeds last weekend. Moseley are presently tenth in the league table and the Pirates are seventh.
England under 20s centre Sam Hill, who is dual-registered with Exeter Chiefs and impressed mightily in 2011/12, is set to make his first appearance for the Pirates this season. His inclusion is one of three changes in the back-line from the team that started against Leeds, with the other two forming a fresh half-back pairing in Aaron Penberthy and a fit again Gavin Cattle.
Laurie McGlone will lead the side again from No. 8, and is part of a pack which sees starts given former Moseley lock David Lyons and prop Ryan Storer.
Ahead of the game, Cornish Pirates head coach Ian Davies has commented:
"Our emphasis needs to be doing our thing and being accurate with it. We were good against Leeds in the first half and then went off the boil, so we must strive for that 80 minutes performance."
Cornish Pirates: J. Nowell, G. Pointer, T. Riley, S. Hill, M. Evans, A. Penberthy, G. Cattle, L. McGlone (capt), P. Burgess, B. Maidment, G. Johnson, D. Lyons, A. Paver, R. Elloway, R. Storer.
Replacements: J. Yeandle, P. Joyce, D. Barry, T. Kessell, K. Hallett, A. Cheesman, W. Davies.
Hi Folks. I can't do the cut and paste link thing but found on the Northampton site about the two players on the bench we have not seen before. Danny Herriott Age 19 6FT 1 18st 3 Prop Tom Hicks Age 21 6FT 8 16st 3 Lock
Front row forward Danny, 19, will take heart from watching the rise of Alex Waller into the first-team ranks over the past season and is ceratinly showing the promise to mirror that success.
Born in Deal, the prop has spent his time learning and playing at Moulton College and will began his first year in the Senior Saints Academy with a trip to Australia as part of the England U18 setup. It ended with international honours, too, as Danny made the natural progression into the U19 side for their 38-7 win over France - scoring a try in the proccess
At 6"8' and over 16 stone, Tom certainly has the frame for a second row forward, and the 20-year-old seems to have a bright future with the Saints.
Like many Academy products at the saints, Wanderers rugby has been key to his development and a first team debut came in the LV= Cup trip to London Irish.
Good on Northampton for honouring the DR agreement when the two guys will probably feature in the forthcumming cup games for them, let's hope they get a bit of game time and enjoy their experience in red and black, it's good schooling as Trinder, Sharples, May and a few others have testified....
I've just looked at the Moseley V Cornish Pirates match photographs and they are fabulous action shots. Can someone tell me why my little brownie box camera can't do the same?
I do not feel that Pam and I will have enough time to make it to Leeds ( Wharfdale ) on Sunday because we have military, choir and other parochial commitments for our remembrance day service at church, first. We could have considered any other Sunday but, as a decorated former soldier Remembrance Sunday is poignantly special. None-the-less we will be thinking of Moseley after we have remembered the fallen. So, come on Moooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooose.
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