Welcome Break

By Blues Brother
October 9 2015

A trip to Jersey is always a tonic so let's hope it proves the trick for the Blues ..

As well a being a couple of  degrees warmer it also provides a good team bonding exercise - bit of a busman's holiday really.

Hooker Nathan Vella comes in for his first start with Michael Le Bourgeois and Harry Wells recovered from injury while Dean Adamson also starts.

Blues: 15. Steffan Jones 14. Sam Blanchet 13. Michael Le Bourgeois 12. Ollie Dodge 11. Dean Adamson 10. Myles Dorrian 9. Henry Taylor 1. Camilo Parilli-Ocampo 2. Nathan Vella 3. Phil Boulton 4. Mike Howard 5. Mark Flanagan 6. Harry Wells 7. Nick Fenton-Wells (c) 8. Hayden Thompson-Stringer

Reps: 16. Charlie Clare 17. Alex Lundberg 18. Paul Tupai 19. Josh Buggea 20. Jordan Burns 21. Jake Sharp 22. Piers O’Conor

Jersey have won two out five so far with a 29-18 win on the road (or plane in their case) last week at Moseley.

They have chosen Joel Dudley in place of Jack Moates at scrum half, and in the pack flanker (and captain) Alex Rae and second row Nick Campbell return after injury.

Jersey: 15 Rich Lane 14 Tom Howe 13 Fautua Otto 12 Lewis Robling 11 Ross Adair 10 Brendan Cope 9 Joel Dudley 1 Sam Lockwood 2 Martin Garcia-Veiga 3 Danny Herriott 4 Nick Campbell 5 Pierce Phillips 6 Alex Rae (capt) 7 Gary Graham 8 Nick Haining

Reps: Nick Selway,  Ignacio Lancuba, Ben Featherstone, Dave Markham, Charlie Butterworth, Jack Moates, Mark McCrea.