Bath Gladiators make the short trip this weekend to Gloucester for their West of England league fixture. After suffering with a lengthy injury list in recent weeks, Matt Bodey is able to welcome back a number of players for the game against Gloucester All Golds including Ben Thyer, Cieran Chester, George Frost, Jack Tanner & Hugo Cole.
This will be music to the ears of the Gladiators who are still searching for their first win of the season after missing out in the last 3 games. The feeling within the Bath camp is that the team have been really unfortunate with injuries that have turned would be victories into defeats. A viewpoint shared by Gladiators captain Brandon Ball “We’ve been playing some really good stuff this year, and we’ve just been struggling with the number of injuries that have come our way in games. It was the story of the games against both Oxford and Reading where injuries meant that we had no fresh legs for the last 20 minutes or so.”
Tomorrows game promises to be another stern test as the All Golds will be able to call on a number of their Southern Conference league squad due to there being no fixtures this week. However, Head coach Matt Bodey is still in positive mood ahead of the clash “After a few difficult weeks where the performances have been good, especially last time out against Reading, the boys are raring to go again. We have a few knocks and so a few are having to rest up from last weekend, but its really good to welcome back a number of the lads from injuries etc.”
“We’ve had a really good training session this week where we have been able to work at building on the positives from the last few weeks and also strengthen some problem areas. All our games have been really exciting this year and tomorrow shouldn’t be any different. We’re looking forward to it.”
Match Day Squad
- Cieran Chester, 2. Sam Adey, 3. Freddie Holmes, 4. Jake Brookes, 5. Tom Delaney, 6. Rob Sully, 7. Oli Walkes, 8. Brandon Ball (C), 9. Miquel Tomas, 10. George Frost, 11. Michael Salter, 12. James Noot, 13. Josh Frost
Interchanges
14. Dan Jeffries, 15. Harvey Robinson, 16. Ben Thyer, 17. Jack Tanner, 18. Hugo Cole, 19. Tom Culshaw, 20. Danny Maddocks
Venue : St Peters High School, Gloucester
Kick-Off: 14:30