By Elliott Josypenko
March 26 2004

Last week Bees lost to London Welsh and Bedford won against relegation threatened Coventry. Only a mug would put money on this game!

Bedford Blues -v- Pertemps Bees

27/03/2004 3PM

Goldington Road

Probable Teams

Bees Team Position Bedford Kevin Tkachuk 1 Matt Volland Rob Merritt 2 Paul Saffy Terry Sigley 3 Matt Stewart Neil Fletcher 4 Arthur Brenton Rob Walton 5 Paul Rollason Hese Fakatou 6 James Ball Nathan Carter 7 Chris Rainbow Jim Jenner 8 Shaun Brady Tom Richardson 9 Dominic Malone Mark Woodrow 10 Ali Hepher Aaron Takarangi 11 Spencer Brown Shaun Woof 12 Tom Kirk Luke Nabaro 13 Mike Staten Nick Baxter 14 Lee Anker Dave Knight 15 Morne Loxton Jim Thorp 16 James Ross Alan Hubbleday 17 John Brooks Charlie Danielle 18 Kramer Ronaki White/Pe Knight 19 Andy Orugboh Matt Long 20 Laurence White Jason Strange 21 Stephen Gray Tim Barlow 22 Ben Whetstone

Bees will be disappointed by their performance last week when a weakened team put out a poor performance against a London Welsh side that really should have been beaten. Hopefully an influx of more first team regulars will mean that Bees will create yet another double of home and away wins.

Former Nottingham University lock Charlie Danielle will hopefully be back for the Bees.

Danielle has spent the season on-loan at National Two strugglers Moseley but he has been recalled from his loan period to help ease Pertemps Bees' injury problems.

Two locks, skipper Ed Orgee and Alex Davidson, are sidelined by injury at the moment and Pertemps Bees had no specialist second row cover for last Saturday's league defeat by London Welsh at Sharmans Cross Road.

Danielle is likely to come into the squad for the rearranged National One game against Bedford at Goldington Road on Saturday, his first senior outing in a year.

Pertemps Bees are also likely to welcome back fly-half Mark Woodrow, prop Terry Sigley and full-backs Dave Knight who were all rested for the London Welsh game.

Centre Mike Davies faces a fitness test on the ankle injury he aggravated in the Powergen Cup defeat at Newcastle.

Bedford will be without Jon Phillips who has been recalled by Northampton Saints but Kramer Ronaki, the hooker should be available following his red card against Coventry. His appeal will be heard on the 20th of April. This is a strong Bedford side, with a false league position, that Bees should respect especially with their motivating victory over relegation threatened Coventry. Tom Kirk and Dom Malone scored for the Blues and Ali Hepher scored 5 kicks.

Form Guide:

Bedford: LLWDW

Bees: WWLLL

Players To Watch Out For:

Ali Hepher- Relatively dependable kicker with a good pass. He can set the Bedford backs running.

Ben Whetstone- Strong runner, leading try scorer this year, and leading Nat 1 try scorer for 97-98. Only on the bench for Bedford.

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