TEAM NEWS | SHARKS vs BRISTOL BEARS
Tom Roebuck and Arron Reed will start on the wings while prop Cebo Dlamini makes his Sale debut as Your Sharks go with a mix of youth and experience for the return of the PREM Rugby Cup against Bristol Bears on Friday night (KO 7.45pm).
Trialist Billy Pasco will line up in the centres after impressing in two Sale Sharks Jets appearances, while academy scrum-half Will Bayston and summer recruit David Opoku-Fordjour will make their first appearances if they appear from the bench.
After dominating the Newcastle Red Bulls scrum in last week’s Jets game, South African tighthead gets his first chance to impress at the CorpAcq Stadium as he lines up alongside hooker Ethan Caine and Ralph McEachran in the front row.
Skipper Tom Burrow and Patrick Hogg make up a towering second row combination while young flankers Jos Gilmore and Seb Kelly will have the experience of Sam Dugdale between them in the back row.
After making his first Gallagher PREM start in round four at Newcastle, scrum-half Dom Hanson gets another chance alongside fly-half Ollie Davies and they’ll have the exciting former Saint Pasco with Marius Louw outside them.
Alex Wills makes up an electric back three with Roebuck and Reed, who will start at full-back.
Si McIntyre, Alfie Longstaff and Patreece Bell are the front row replacements with Tristan Woodman and Reuben Logan backing up the rest of the forwards.
Bayston, Osian Roberts and winger Opoku-Fordjour, who is the brother of Sharks prop Asher, are the backs on the bench.
Starting XV:
15. Arron Reed
14. Tom Roebuck
13. Marius Louw
12. Billy Pasco
11. Alex Wills
10. Ollie Davies
9. Dom Hanson;
1. Ralph McEachran
2. Ethan Caine
3. Cebo Dlamini
4. Patrick Hogg
5. Tom Burrow ©
6. Jos Gilmore
7. Seb Kelly
8. Sam Dugdale
Replacements:
16. Alfie Longstaff
17. Si McIntyre
18. Patreece Bell
19. Reuben Logan
20. Tristan Woodman
21. Will Bayston
22. Osian Roberts
23. David Opoku-Fordjour
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