|
GAEL FORCE UP FOR UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
Peter Jerevich tomorrow follows in the footseps of past Annieslanders who have played aginst Oxbridge over the years
Gael Force head coach, Stephen Gemmell, today announced the squad to play Oxford University on the Murrayfield back pitches tomorrow (Wednesday 23 September, kick-off 3pm).
The fixture provides action for players from the two pro-teams and also for the members of the National Academy ahead of November’s opening matches in the British and Irish Cup.
Gael Force coaches Steve Scott, Stephen Gemmell and Graham Shiel
Former Scotland under-20 and National Academy player, Chris Fusaro, toured with Glasgow Warriors in the summer and is likely to feature tomorrow.
He said: “Playing for Gael Force presents another great opportunity for me to play more high intensity rugby which is obviously good for my game.
“The other benefit is that it’s like another shop window or platform for me to present myself as future pro-team player.”
Edinburgh Rugby and Glasgow Warriors have released 11 of their players for the Gael Force match which will take place instead of their individual back-up games while the remaining eleven are drawn from Scotland’s National Academy of top young talent.
Gemmell added: “Oxford University arrived on Friday and plan to use this match as preparation for their varsity game – anyone who has seen that knows the quality of rugby played.
“This is a great opportunity for our Scottish players, pro and Academy, to play different high-calibre opposition.”
Gael Force squad to play Oxford University on the Murrayfield Stadium back pitches on Wednesday 23 September (kick-off 3pm) – ADMISSION IS FREE
FORWARDS
Ryan Grant (Edinburgh Rugby)
Pat McArthur (Glasgow Warriors)
David Young (Edinburgh Rugby)
Dougie Orr (National Academy and Haddington)
Neale Patrick (National Academy and Boroughmuir)
David Denton (National Academy and Edinburgh Accies)
Fraser McKenzie (Edinburgh Rugby)
Struan Dewar (National Academy and Heriot’s)
Chris Fusaro (National Academy and Heriot’s)
Neil Rodger (National Academy and Haddington)
Stuart McInally (National Academy and Watsonians)
Colin Phillips (National Academy and Stewart’s-Melville)
BACKS
Ross Samson (Edinburgh Rugby)
Peter Jericevich (National Academy and Glasgow Hawks)
David Blair (Edinburgh Rugby)
Andrew Turnbull (Edinburgh Rugby)
Peter Horne (Glasgow Warriors)
Andrew Easson (Edinburgh Rugby)
Chris Kinloch (Glasgow Warriors)
Tom Bury (National Academy and Boroughmuir)
Steve Jones (Edinburgh Rugby)
Grant Anderson (National Academy and Ayr RFC)
Oxford University team
1 Richard Lutton (Linacre)
2 Dan Rosen CAPTAIN (Worcester)
3 Will Johnson (Pembroke)
4 Karl Outen (St Edmunds Hall)
5 Nic Van Zyl (Green Templeton)
6 Tosa Makoto (Lady Margaret Hall)
7 Jamie Gibson (University)
8 Chris Davies (St Edmund Hall)
9 Villem Klopper (Green Templeton)
10 Ross Swanson (New)
11 Tim Catling (Pembroke)
12 Ed Boyes (Queens)
13 Sean Morris (Somerville)
14 Luke Fenwick (University)
15 Will Browne (Balliol)
Replacement
16 David Rogers (St Cross)
17 Hamish Macdonald (Wadham)
18 Ian Kench (St Cross)
19 Stan Keen (Harris Manchester)
20 Nick Haydon (University)
21 Jules Allfrey (Green Templeton)
22 Rhodri James (St Catherines)
NOTES TO EDITORS:
• ADMISSION IS FREE
• Enter through Gate B (gate opens at 2pm)
This article was originally posted on 22-Sep-2009, 22:01 by Hugh Barrow.
Last updated by Hugh Barrow on 22-Sep-2009, 22:03.
|
