Worcester v Bristol, Sat 6th (5.15pm KO)

[jimKRFC]

Bristol:
15. Henry Purdy; 14. Niyi Adeolokun, 13. Piers O’Conor, 12. Alapati Leiua, 11. Siva Naulago; 10. Callum Sheedy, 9. Andy Uren; 1. Jake Woolmore, 2. Will Capon, 3. Max Lahiff, 4. Dave Attwood, 5. Joe Joyce, 6. Chris Vui, 7. Fitz Harding, 8. Steven Luatua (c).

Subs: 16. George Kloska, 17. Yann Thomas, 28. John Afoa, 19. Ed Holmes, 20. Jake Heenan, 21. Tom Kessell, 22. Tiff Eden, 23. Toby Fricker.

Unavailable: Harry Thacker, Bryan Byrne, Kyle Sinckler, Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, Ben Earl, James Dun, Nathan Hughes, Harry Randall, Chris Cook, Max Malins, Ioan Lloyd, Sam Bedlow, Semi Radradra, Siale Piutau, Luke Morahan, Charles Piutau.

Worcester:
15 Nick David, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Oli Morris, 12 Francois Venter, 11 Perry Humphreys, 10 Jamie Shillcock, 9 Francois Hougaard, 1 Ethan Waller,
2 Beck Cutting, 3 Nick Schonert, 4 Andrew Kitchener, 5 Justin Clegg, 6 Ted Hill (C), 7 Matt Kvesic, 8 GJ van Velze.

Replacements:
16 Isaac Miller, 17 Marc Thomas, 18 Richard Palframan, 19 Joe Batley, 20 Cornell du Preez, 21 Michael Heaney, 22 Billy Searle, 23 Ashley Beck.

Unavailable:
Niall Annett, Anton Bresler, Matt Cox, Alex Hearle, Noah Heward, Sam Lewis, Marco Mama, Matt Moulds, Melani Nanai, Duncan Weir, Matti Williams. International duty | Ollie Lawrence.

Both sides short of lots of first team players but Bristol shading that excuse to my mind. Bristol not playing well, away to a side we always find tough and Worcester really in need of a win - suspect Worcester will edge this. Not entirely sure why Earl and Malins are available given they've barely played for England..

[fivepointer]

Might be a close one. Bris definitely struggling to hit top gear lately.

Think Obano at Bath is the only England player who has been released this weekend. The rest have to stay in the bubble.

[Epaminondas Pules]

Wuss have Finn Smith unavailable too as he's starting for England U20's against a London Irish U23 side on Saturday.

[Mush]

Might be a close one. Bris definitely struggling to hit top gear lately.

Good call. That really was close. Good rugby from both teams without panicking at any point.

Also thought that was good refereeing, except the non try by Kvesic should have been a Bristol penalty as the ball wasn't on or over the line when he put his hand on the ball in a ruck and he was on the floor.