Blues Team to Face Llanelli

British-&-Irish-CupRugby returns to Goldington Road for just the second time this season as Bedford Blues welcome Llanelli through the gates in the British & Irish Cup.

Bedford head into the game off the back of a one point defeat to Rotherham at Clifton Lane last weekend while the visitors ran in 11 tries during a 76-14 rout of Irish side Connacht to top Pool Three.

The Blues welcome back Nick Fenton-Wells to the starting line-up after his summer injury woes while Don Barrell also returns following a knock he picked up against Bristol. Neville Edwards is fit again to take a place on the replacements bench alongside Sacha Harding who continues his recuperation from long term injury.

Starting Line-up:

15. Michael Le Bourgeois
14. Ollie Dodge
13. Brendan Burke
12. Mark Atkinson
11. James Pritchard (c)
10. Jake Sharp
9. Luke Baldwin

1.Nick Auterac
2. Charlie Clare
3. Ben Cooper
4. Mike Howard
5. Paul Tupai
6. Don Barrell
7. Darren Fox
8. Nick Fenton-Wells

Replacements: 16. Nico Steenkamp, 17. Phil Boulton, 18. Darren Fearn, 19. Ben Gulliver, 20. Sacha Harding, 21. Darryl Veenendaal, 22. Neville Edwards.

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