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Bridgnorth drawn at 'home' for Twickenham

Bridgnorth will have home advantage – of sorts – for next month's RFU Intermediate Cup final against Maidstone at Twickenham.

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The All Blacks have been allocated the home dressing room for their May 3 showdown at HQ.

Bridgnorth skipper Dan Griffiths said: "To be sat in the same place where your heroes have sat and to have our coaches sat where Stuart Lancaster would do on a Six Nations day will just be the icing on the cake."

Griffiths, who was at Twickenham yesterday for a pre-event briefing, addedthe team will have plenty of vocal backing at the home of rugby with around 2,000 set to make the trip.

He said: "If we can bring that many people or even improve further, it will be a great achievement."

Bridgnorth still have two league games to navigate before their trip to Twickenham, but Griffiths insists there is no chance of his troops wanting a weekend's rest in the build-up to the big day.

They have already won the Midlands Two West North and squad rotation would seem a suitable tactic, but Griffiths said: "A lot of players won't have a week off, because no-one wants to give their shirt up.

"They all want to play every week and finish the season unbeaten. They are enjoying every game."

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