North Midlands Under-18s will have a last chance to impress the Midlands selectors when they play East Midlands at Broadstreet RFC near Coventry on Sunday November 6 (10.30am).
North Midlands followed up a draw with Staffordshire two weeks ago with a disappointing performance in defeat by Warwickshire at Broadstreet last Sunday.
They make a quick return to the ground seeking to end their short county programme with a victory and for the players to push their claims for Midlands selection.
North Midlands have made seven changes to their side for Sunday’s match, five of them in a re-jigged back division where only Kieran Twigg, who has switched from full-back, and centre Oliver Neill survive from the side that started against Warwickshire.
In the pack, the front and second rows are unchanged but the back row has been reshuffled with Ewan Duncan switching to blindside from number eight and Harry Pennells and Charley Wright called up.
North Midlands Under-18s
15 Henry Bull (Ellesmere College, Whitchurch RFC and Shropshire), 14 Kieran Twigg (Hereford Cathedral School, Hereford RFC and Herefordshire), 13 Oliver Neill (Adams GS, Telford Hornets and Shropshire), 12 Bryn Goodall (Hereford RFC and Herefordshire), 11 Sam Johnson (John Kyrle HS, Hereford RFC and Herefordshire); 10 Tommaso Cecero (Ellesmere College and Shropshire), 9 Rhys Harrhy (New College, Telford Hornets RFC and Shropshire); 1 Connor Deignan (Ludlow College, Luctonians RFC and Herefordshire), 2 Joel Middleton (Hereford Cathedral School, Luctonians RFC and Herefordshire), 3 Kai Owen (Worcester Sixth Form College, Worcester RFC and Shropshire), 4 Matt Lawrence (Hereford Sixth Form College, Hereford RFC and Hrefeordshire), 5 Jack Jones (The Crypt School, Ledbury RFC and Herefordshire), 6 Ewan Duncan (Whitecross School, Hereford RFC and Herefordshire), 7 Harry Pennells (Adams GS and Shropshire), 8 Charley Wright (Shrewsbury Sixth Form College, Telford Hornets and Shropshire).
Replacements: Taylor Morgan-Jones (Hereford Sixth Form College, Hereford RFC and Herefordshire), Matt Frost (Bishop of Hereford’s Bluecoat School, Hereford RFC and Herefordshire), Matthew Gozzer (Ellesmere College, Church Stretton RFC and Shropshire), Charles Lichtenstein (Shropshire), Tom Warrington (Worcestershire), Callum Brayshaw (Hereford Sixth Form College, Hereford RFC and Herefordshire), Patrick Smallman (Shropshire).