Worcester remain unchanged while Bristol change five for Premiership qualifier
Last Updated: 28/05/15 9:52am
Worcester remain unchanged for Wednesday night's Greene King IPA Championship final second leg against Bristol at Sixways
Director of rugby Dean Ryan keeps the same starting XV that edged Bristol Rugby 29-28 in last week's dramatic Greene King IPA Championship final first leg.
The back-three includes the experience of Cooper Vuna, Tom Biggs and Chris Pennell, with the latter looking to taste a second promotion from the Championship after helping Warriors to final day success at Sixways back in 2011.
Ryan Lamb starts at fly-half while Ryan Mills and Alex Grove keep their spots in the centre and JB Bruzulier gets the nod at scrum-half.
In the pack, Argentina hooker Agustin Creevy and back-row Mike Williams will be hoping to finish their Sixways careers on a high note in what will be their farewell appearances for the Club.
Ryan said: "We will need the same levels of intensity again this week and it'll be a pretty lively clash.
"It's huge. We've managed to get the game here on an even wicket and now we need margin and every person in Worcester to give us a chance. It's by no means going to be easy.
"It's better to have a slight advantage but we've got to remember the first leg game means nothing now.
"We'll make sure our preparation is right and I wouldn't want to be up against the fact we haven't beaten them.
"So we're pleased we got the win and what we showed in the second-half when under the cosh is good for the confidence of the group.
"We know we can play and score against Bristol and that we can be resilient and we'll need all those qualities on Wednesday.”
Five changes for Bristol
Bristol have drafted in three Academy graduates into their starting line-up as they go in search of a victory that would seal promotion into the Premiership.
Jack Tovey starts in the midfield, while Marco Mama and Ben Glynn come into the pack for the second leg.
Andy Robinson makes a total of five changes from the side that suffered the narrow loss in the first leg, as Ben Mosses and Nicky Robinson are also named in the backline.
Ryan Jones (shoulder) and Gavin Henson (shin) are unavailable for selection. Olly Robinson comes onto the replacements bench as Bristol retain a four forwards and three backs split.
Warriors: 15 Chris Pennell, 14 Tom 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 James Percival, 5 Jonathan Thomas, 6 Mike Williams, 7 Sam Betty, 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.
Bristol: 15 Jack Wallace; 14 Charlie Amesbury, 13 Jack Tovey,12 Ben Mosses, 11 David Lemi; 10 Nicky Robinson, 9 Dwayne Peel (capt); 1 Kyle Traynor, 2 Chris Brooker, 3 Gaston Cortes, 4 Ben Glynn, 5 Mark Sorenson, 6 Marco Mama, 7 Jack Lam, 8 Mitch Eadie.
Replacements: 16 Max Crumpton, 17 Anthony Perenise, 18 Glen Townson, 19 Olly Robinson,20 Tom Kessell, 21 Matthew Morgan, 22 Gareth Maule.
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