Shropshire gearing up for final push
Shropshire have named a large squad for their crunch clash with Worcestershire & Herefordshire in the RLF North Midlands Championship.Shropshire have named a large squad for their crunch clash with Worcestershire & Herefordshire in the RLF North Midlands Championship. The big match at Droitwich on Tuesday offers Shropshire the opportunity to book their place in the final - providing they avoid defeat. But their preparations have been hampered by a lengthy list of injuries and availability concerns that have delayed the decision on the actual XV for the match. And no final team will now be announced until after a training session at Shrewsbury's Sundorne Castle ground on Monday evening. That will give the county coaches a chances to assess their options and their walking wounded extra time to declare themselves fit. Shropshire's first match in the competition, against Greater Birmingham at Telford Hornets, was abandoned after an hour due to a waterlogged pitch with Shropshire leading at the time - but the result has now officially been recorded as a 0-0 draw. Greater Birmingham went on to lose 21-20 to holders Hereford & Worcestershire in midweek. Read more in the Shropshire Star
Shropshire have named a large squad for their crunch clash with Worcestershire & Herefordshire in the RLF North Midlands Championship.
The big match at Droitwich on Tuesday offers Shropshire the opportunity to book their place in the final - providing they avoid defeat.
But their preparations have been hampered by a lengthy list of injuries and availability concerns that have delayed the decision on the actual XV for the match.
And no final team will now be announced until after a training session at Shrewsbury's Sundorne Castle ground on Monday evening.
That will give the county coaches a chances to assess their options and their walking wounded extra time to declare themselves fit.
Shropshire's first match in the competition, against Greater Birmingham at Telford Hornets, was abandoned after an hour due to a waterlogged pitch with Shropshire leading at the time - but the result has now officially been recorded as a 0-0 draw.
Greater Birmingham went on to lose 21-20 to holders Hereford & Worcestershire in midweek.That has booked H & W's spot in the final and means Shropshire need just one point from Tuesday's clash to make sure they join them.
Their side will once again dominated by the county's leading club Newport - with no less than 16 members of the 28-man preliminary squad playing their club rugby out of Forton Road.
But south Shropshire could be represented too, with two players from Midlands 3 West (North) side Ludlow in the frame for selection.
Shropshire squad
Backs: Watisoni Leqeti (Newport), Jim Mullock (Whitchurch), Tomasi Tanumi (Newport), Henry Blandford (Harper Adams), Tom Green (Newport), Marc Millward (Newport), Mike Preece (Bridgnorth), Neil Weston (Newport), Paul Buttery (Newport), Mark Lindsay (Newport), James Curvengen (Newport), Mark Williams (Ludlow), Rhun Jones (Harper Adams), Adam Smallwood (Bridgnorth), Ben Warrilow (Newport).
Forwards: Matt Ferguson (Ludlow), Cledwyn Hughes (Newport), Alan Richardson (Newport), Greg Willis (Harper Adams), Craig Ingram (Newport), Will Betts (Moseley), Darren Brick (Luctonians), Michael Woodhouse (Newport), Tim Bracewell (Luctonians), George Armitage (Newport), Simon Bell (Newport), Richard Harris (Newport), Paul Hulland (Luctonians).
