Bournville are taking a 32-strong squad to Sheffield Tigers for their first, and probably only, pre-season friendly on Saturday August 22 (2.15pm).
The scheduled friendlies against Bromsgrove the following week, which were to involve the respective first and second teams, have been cancelled and are unlikely to be replaced by another fixture.
So all attention will be focused on this weekend’s match at Dore Moor on the south west fringes of Sheffield as Bourns step up their preparations for the opening National Two West match against Redruth on September 5.
The match against Sheffield Tigers is expected to be played in three periods so that every player in the squad is given game time and the opportunity to impress the coaches.
The squad includes a number of new faces including Barry Jones, a back-row forward from Old Swinford Hospital School where he was a team-mate of Oscar Fawkes-Underwood, former Leicester Tigers Academy centre Oscar van Deventer, prop Moise Tshiangala who has arrived from Hartpury University, fly-half Noah Beaty who has played for Walsall and Birmingham University, hooker Tom King who has joined from Silhillians and centre Elliot Tanner who has followed his older brother Will from Bromsgrove.
Wing Aaron Esiri and back-row Harry Sigley reappear for the club with Esiri having rejoined from Lydney and Sigley, the more mobile son of former Bourns prop Rob, having finished his studies at Cardiff Met University.
Bournville | Backs: Aaron Esiri, Adam Collingwood, Jacob Fewtrell, Noah Beaty, Oscar Fawkes-Underwood, Oscar van Deventer, Rhys Williams Goldman, Stephen Terera, Will Tanner, Joe Carter, Gregor Watson, Harry Housley, Elliot Tanner.
Forwards: Adam Shaw, Barry Jones, Ben Meakin, Callum Nicholls, Danny Griffin, Harry Dawson, Harry Sigley, Jake Thompson, Jamie Harding, Jamie Maynard, Jonjo Fanning, Kieran Henderson, Kuba Kijak, Moise Tshiangala, Myles Hibbs, Nick Murphy, Scott Rudge, Tom King, Patrick Smallman.
