County change seven for relegation decider

23/05/14   by Paul Bolton
North Midlands have made seven changes for their County Championship Bill Beaumont Cup First Division relegation decider against Gloucestershire at Bromsgrove’s Finstall Park ground on Saturday May 24 (3pm).North Midlands captain Will Radburn, the Birmingham & Solihull hooker, has withdrawn because of a neck injury sustained in last week’s defeat by Hertfordshire but Coventry centre Callum MacBurnie comes back into the side after he was forced to withdraw from last week’s match because of a family illness. Stourbridge hooker Dale Garner replaces Radburn.

Luctonians fly-half Tom Jones will make his first start for North Midlands as Bournville’s Alex Warner is unavailable this week.

Luctonians wing Adam Knight also starts following his recovery from a hamstring injury and Brad Talbot and Will Crane come into the back row with Stourbridge’s England Counties international Mark George called up at loosehead prop.

North Midlands and Gloucestershire have both been beaten by Cornwall and Hertfordshire this season and the losers of tomorrow’s match will be relegated to the second tier of the County Championship next season.
North Midlands

15 Tom Jarvis (Stourbridge); 14 David Evans (Birmingham & Solihull), 13 Callum MacBurnie (Coventry), 12 Stefan Shillingford (Stourbridge), 11 Adam Knight (Luctonians); 10 Tom Jones (Luctonians), 9 David Brazier (Bromsgrove); 1 Mark George (Stourbridge), 2 Dale Garner (Stourbridge), 3 Stefan Thorp (Birmingham & Solihull), 4 Ed Parry (Dudley Kingswinford), 5 Nile Dacres (Stourbridge), 6 Brad Talbot (Luctonians), 7 Will Crane (Bromsgrove), 8 Drew Harper (Stourbridge). Replacements: Bob Green (Bromsgrove), Anthony Marfell (Luctonians), Nick Murphy (Dudley Kingswinford), Solomon Dacres (Bromsgrove), Rod Petty (Birmingham & Solihull), Craig Mortelmans (Bromsgrove), Ben Williams (Luctonians), Scott Smith (Bromsgrove)

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