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Support Weston as they look to overcome league leaders Redingensians to keep season alive

john harding26 Mar 2015 - 15:19
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All the team news plus details of Weston United at Nailsea & Backwell and Weston Athletic at Oldfield Old Boys 2ndXV

Weston-super-Mare, having disposed of third placed Bracknell last weekend, will be looking to keep relegation fears at bay with a fourth league victory in row this weekend but they face another tough challenge with the visit of Redingensians.

The league leaders are on 99 points - 14 clear of second placed Exmouth who have a game in hand - but, while unbeaten at home, they have lost three times on the road this season.

Hornets were the first side to beat them this season with a 25-18 win at the Nest in October. Next to take their scalp was Bracknell who won 22-13 in January while Newton abbot won 8-6 at the beginning of February.

Weston suffered a 31-3 defeat when they travelled to Sonning in December with the Seasiders only points coming through a first half penalty from Iain Chisholm and trailing 13-3 with ten minutes to play.

Weston-super-Mare (home v Redingensians, 3pm): Ross Bennett; Sylvan Edwards, Kirk Middlemiss, Ollie Snook, Harry Jones; Glenn Dickson, Hayden Tuttiett; Sam Coles, Mike Hocking, Ollie Streeter, Ewan Bulger, Ash Russell, George Sparks (capt), Ben Cox, Cronan Gleeson. Reps: Samuel Fisher, Sean Eaton, Chris Young.

Weston United are third in the Tribute Somerset Premier table and on Saturday they will be looking to complete a season double when they make the short journey to face Nailsea & Backwell having won 59-12 in December.

Weston United (away v Nailsea & Backwell, 3pm): George Chapman; Mike McCarthey, Robbie Mackay, Ollie Caton, Matt Watkins; Sonny-Bill Filer, Ollie Trott; Rich Ford, Dave Burge, Ed Hunt, Simon Hudson (capt), Ben Cradock, Harry Nash, Sam Fisher, Dave Steele. Reps: Keiran Pulsford, Henry Monelle, Trot Hannam.

Weston Athletic are third in the Tribute Somerset 2 North table - nine points behind Old Bristolians 2ndXV. On Saturday the Athletic will also be looking to complete a season double when they travel to face Oldfield OB 2ndXV.

Having won 31-21 over Oldfield back in December but the Seasiders will have to go a long way if they are to improve on their 118-nil home victory over Nailsea & Backwell 2ndXV last weekend when they ran 18 tries.

Weston Athletic (away v Oldfield Old Boys 2ndXV, 3pm): Josh Wheeler; Jamie Russell, Ben Wheeler, Mike Leahy, Joe McGrath; Dan Prime, Dan Lomax; James Disney, Grahame Hill (capt), Aaron Solomon, Chris Ashworth, Rich Frost, Rob Blackborrow, Chad Smidt, Tom Crossman. Reps (from): C Hearne, B Sparks, S Fisher, R Tollen, J Touhy, E Monelle, L Noszkay, T Heath.

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