South Wales Scorpions and Coventry Bears have named their 19-man squads for the clash at The Butts Arena today (kick-off 3pm).
Injuries and unavailabilities have forced Scorpionsâ coach Phil Carleton into a number of changes from last week but Paul Emanuelli returns to replace Courtney Davies who is struggling with a leg injury.
Ben Jones, Jake Thomas and Scott Gregory also return with Luke Nelmes and Jamie Stringer down on loan from Halifax.
South Wales Scorpions put in another good performance against Newcastle Thunder despite losing 28-16. Carleton said: âI was pleased and frustrated. Iâd really like the boys to get their noses over the line because they deserve it for all the effort and hard work. Itâs frustrating because but for tiny little margins weâd be there. But it is what it is, weâve got four games and we believe all four are winnable. Theyâre not going to be easy but if we can pick those four wins up, it will be a great end of the year.
âWhen we went up to Coventry last time we started really well but Coventry showed that they are a side who have won a few and they pipped us. Weâre confident, theyâll have improved from the last time we played them and will have learned a bit more about us but I know weâve come on a step from that. Iâm hoping we get it all right and with the bounce of the ball on the day we should be okay.â
Coventry Bearsâ first team didnât play last week but a number of their players turned out in the reserves who lost 40-8 at Valley Cougars in Treharris.
But many of their squad had a break, which has given them time to get over some bumps and bruises according to coach Tom Tsang.
âEveryoneâs pretty much back to full health now, which is good,â he said. âWe played South Wales three games ago and they gave us a real scare. We managed to just scrape a win but theyâll definitely think that itâs one that got away from them and will be wanting to come back and get their revenge.
âThey ran Crusaders close and Newcastle close so theyâll be coming to us confident they can get a result. We need to be sure weâre firing on all cylinders and do a professional job to get the win.â
FIRST TEAM SQUAD | SPONSOR | |
1 Ben Jones | United Konsultants Ltd | @Benjones0123Â |
2 Ian Newbury | NatWest | @iannewbury |
3 Kyle Scrivens | Body Balance Sports and Hollistic Therapies | @scriv15 |
7 Paul Emanuelli | Sian Golden Translation and HG Landscapes Ltd | @10PAULO |
9 Connor Farrer | Gareth and Julie Laugharne and OJH Building Services | C Farrer |
10 Jake Thomas | Carter Lauren Construction | @jakewthomas6 |
13 Chris Vitalini | www.ianlovell.com | C Vitalini |
14 Osian Phillips | 9-3 Change Management | @Osian_Phillips |
15 Jordan Sheridan | Cardiff Drain Cleaning Co | @JSheridan112 |
20 Anthony Symons | King Construction Consultants | A Symons |
21 Scott Gregory | Castle Health Ltd | @scottgregs12 |
22 Christiaan Roets | United Konsultants Ltd | @roetsy458 |
24 Zak Williams | AG Williams Building Maintenance and Forces Fitness | @wzak77 |
25 Sion Jones | Statstoner Cardiff | @Sionjon1997 |
26 Jamie I’Anson | United Konsultants Ltd | @bonsaivintage |
27 Luke Nelmes | On loan from Halifax | L Nelmes |
28 Alex Davidson | On loan from All Golds | @AlexDavidson29 |
29 Jamie Stringer | On loan from Halifax | J Stringer |
30 Jamie Murphy | On loan from All Golds | @themurphyman |
Coventry Bears (from)
Alex Beddows |
Andy Unsworth |
Charlie OâMara |
Chris Barratt |
Eddie Medfroth |
Graham Rowlinson |
Grant Beecham |
Jack Morrison |
Jamahl Hunte |
James Geurtjens |
Jason Bass |
Joe Batchelor |
Jay Lobwein |
Joel James |
Jono MIliszkewski |
Liam Thompson |
Matt Reid |
Trae OâSullivan |
Richie Hughes |
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