By Second Row
August 18 2005

Bristol have announced a very strong starting line-up for the match at Butts Park Arena on Tuesday evening (16th August - KO 7.30pm).

Bristol have announced a very strong starting line-up for the match at Butts Park Arena on Tuesday evening (16th August - KO 7.30pm).

Cov fans will be particularly pleased to see old favourite 'ninth forward' Sean Perry starting at inside-half - but will no doubt be looking to their own back-row to be taking care of business.

Bristol team: V Going, L Robinson, M Denney, M Contepomi, S Marsden, T Hayes, S Perry, D Hilton (capt), M Regan, D Crompton, M Sambucetti, G Llewellyn, R Winters, C Short, G Lewis. Reps: R Higgitt, M Stanojevic, J Strange, G Nicholls, A Clarke, S Nelson, W Thompson, O Kohn, J El-Abd, D Ward-Smith.

The Cov line-up has not yet been announced, but we can expect a few faces missing from Saturday's 45-0 win over Aberavon to be picked.

The match promises to be a cracker, and with much improved weather forecast for tomorrow evening, should give Mike Umaga a clearer view of what his charges are capable of - against vastly stronger stuff than Saturday's opponents.