The Nuns and Saxons both ravel down the M42 tomorrow to take on Birmingham/Solihull. It puts the Nuns up against the league leaders and will be a stern test having been defeated 56-11 at home earlier in the season. Both teams come into the game having had snow affected weekends. The Nuns may not have won their last two games but there has been plenty of commitment, attacking flair and hard work. Pushing two strong teams to the very end only yielded 3 points but could easily have been two wins.

The Saxons have gone two weeks without a game but currently sit tied in third with Burton on 49 points, Bees 2s are in 8th on 36 points. When they met earlier in the league the Saxons claimed a 23-13 win.

Team news: Ryan Leake comes in at hooker with Callum Grant-Smith moving to the back row. He is joined by Jon Pateman and Ben Holmes. With Matt Gibbs still injured and Scott Makepeace in action Monday night for the Navy against the Australian Navy, Arron Turner partners Tom Aherne in the second row. Rudi Reid is unavailable and Adie Hall has a back strain and so Arron Skyrme comes in from the bench with Todd Bullions.

The back line is the same that took on Scunthorpe with Rich Johnston coming back to the wing.

The bench is made up off Dan Oselton, Sam Wallis and Ryan Southall.

Squad to play Birmingham/Solihull RFC, away 3pm:

Nuneaton	Position	Position Sponsor
Ben Holmes	1	Mark Gardner
Ryan Leake	2	Brent Masser
Jon Pateman	3	Ian Holt
Tom Aherne	4
Arron Turner	5
Arron Skyrme	6	Mark Mitchell
Callum Grant-Smith	7	Allan Taylor
Todd Bullions	8	Paul Griffiths
Huw Thomas	9	Paul Mitchell Home Improvements
Rory Vowles	10	Alibone/Carter
Richard Johnston	11	Andy Marshall, InControl Gas Services
Moses Liwaliwa	12	Craig Dutton
Elliott Brown	13	Andy Baber
Jackson Hughes	14
Ben Kirby	15	Adam Jones
Dan Oselton	16
Sam Wallis	17
Ryan Southall	18

You can sponsor a position for £150 for the season, please contact sponsorship@nuneatonrugby.co.uk for more information.

Saxons V Birmingham/Solihull RFC, away 3pm:

Ed Taplin, Joji Volaikisuva, Phil Ryan, Elliot Norman, Chris Smith, Oli Moreton, Tom Leeson, Liam Moore, Tom Leeson, Monasa Volaikisuva, Jake Waddingham, Aidan Rose, Adam Stauvers, Connor Franklin, Simao Van Zeller, Nick Edwards, Jack Grubb, Ben Gilbert, Lewis Collins

Midlands Premier - Round Up

Week 20 - 17 February

Birmingham & Solihull duly won at Newbold and second placed Peterborough Lions scraped home to the luckless Nuns. Newport (Salop) edged out Sandbach whilst Scunthorpe scored 97 points at Old Halesonians. Doncaster Phoenix narrowly beat Derby. Bridgnorth had a comfortable win at Lichfield. Bournville won by 2 points in an 88-point thriller at Longton.

Catch up week 2 - 24 February

Bournville couldn't hold the league leaders, Birmingham & Solihull. Bridgnorth drew with Sandbach and the Nuns drew with Peterborough Lions. Newport (Salop) won away at Longton.

Anchorman

Week 21 Fixtures

Birmingham/Solihull V Nuneaton
Lichfield V Doncaster Phoenix
Longton V Derby
Newbold V Bridgnorth
Newport V Bournville
Old Halesonians V Sandbach
Peterborough Lions V Scunthorpe