Sky Live: Bristol v Worcester
Last Updated: 20/05/15 7:26am
Bristol have Wales international fly-half Matthew Morgan back for Wednesday night's Championship play-off final first leg against Worcester Warriors.
They are also boosted by the news that No. 8 Mitch Eadie has shaken off a shoulder injury and will be fit as they search for their third win of the season over the Warriors.
Worcester's England full-back Chris Pennell returns after missing both legs of the semi-final with a knee injury. But centre Max Stelling has failed to recover in time.
Alex Grove and Ryan Mills keep their places in midfield next to stand-off Ryan Lamb and scrum-half JB Bruzulier.
Seventeen-year-old Jamie Shillcock, who made his debut in the last game, is on the bench for Warriors despite having to sit an exam on the day of the match.
Worcester Director of Rugby Dean Ryan said: "It's a different environment to the league now. We need everybody at the top of their form and even then it will still be decided by tight margins.
"But we've given ourselves the best chance by getting everybody prepared and ready to go. We need our big players to play well and we need our pack to be robust like they were against London Scottish.
"We've been watching Bristol for nine months. They've got a strong drive and a good set-piece and players like Matthew Morgan and Dwayne Peel who can do something different.
"It will be a huge physical contest and we've got to give ourselves a good chance of representing this club.
"We're not overly concerned with previous fixtures. We've always wanted to get to this stage knowing the reward is the Premiership. We know why we lost to them a few weeks ago and we know we can fix that.”
Bristol: 15 Jack Wallace, 14 Charlie Amesbury, 13 Gareth Maule, 12 Gavin Henson, 11 David Lemi 10 Matthew Morgan, 9 Dwayne Peel (capt); 1 Kyle Traynor, 2 Chris Brooker, 3 Gaston Cortes, 4 Glen Townson, 5 Mark Sorenson, 6 Ryan Jones, 7 Jack Lam, 8 Mitch Eadie.
Replacements: 16 Max Crumpton, 17 Anthony Perenise, 18 Ben Glynn, 19 Marco Mama, 20 Tom Kessell, 21 Nicky Robinson, 22 Jack Tovey.
Worcester: 15 Chris Pennell, 14Tom Biggs, 13 Alex Grove, 12 Ryan Mills, 11 Cooper Vuna, 10 Ryan Lamb, 9 JB Bruzulier; 1 Val Rapava Ruskin, 2 Agustin Creevy, 3 Nick Schonert, 4 Jonathan Thomas, 5 James Percival, 6 Mike Williams, 7 Sam Lewis, 8 GJ van Velze (capt)
Replacements: 16 Niall Annett, 17 Ryan Bower, 18 Joe Rees, 19 Leonardo Senatore, 20 Jamie Shillcock, 21 Ravai Fatiaki, 22 Ben Howard.
Watch Bristol v Worcester, 19:45, Wed, Sky Sports 3 HD