Barnickle retains starting berth in county side

Bournville Colts hooker Sam Barnickle will make his third appearance for North Midlands Under-18s in their final inter-county match of the season against Warwickshire at Warwick School on Sunday (1.30pm).

Barnickle scored two tries in the victory over Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire at Leicester Forest earlier this month and has retained his place in the starting XV for the third and final Super Sunday event.

Barnickle, who is a student at Kings Norton School, has progressed through the Player Development Pathway at Avery Fields into the county set-up.

Two more Bournville players, Mariana Vaz and Zoe Jones, have also gained representative honours with North Midlands.

They made their debuts for North Midlands Under-16s in the defeat by Leicestershire at Birmingham & Solihull’s Portway ground last weekend.