BOSHOFF SET FOR FIRST INVESTEC CHAMPIONS CUP START AGAINST PAU
Academy wing Aidan Boshoff will make his first Investec Champions Cup start when Bristol Bears take on Section-Paloise at Ashton Gate on Sunday (5.30pm KO, live on Premier Sport).
The 20-year-old, who made his debut in the competition against Scarlets last weekend as a second-half replacement, is named in a dynamic back three alongside Kalaveti Ravouvou and full back Louis Rees-Zammit.
Tom Jordan switches to fly half for the clash with the Top 14 high-flyers, while in the pack, Lovejoy Chawatama, Joe Owen and Benjamin Grondona come into the starting XV, with Viliame Mata ruled out with injury. Fitz Harding captains the side from number eight.
Bristol Bears team to face Section-Paloise at Ashton Gate on Sunday (5.30pm KO):
15. Louis Rees-Zammit (6 apps), 14. Kalaveti Ravouvou (39 apps), 13. Benhard Janse van Rensburg (58 apps), 12. James Williams (59 apps), 11. Aidan Boshoff (11 apps), 10. Tom Jordan (6 apps), 9. Kieran Marmion (60 apps); 1. Ellis Genge (64 apps), 2. Gabriel Oghre (50 apps), 3. Lovejoy Chawatama (17 apps), 4. Pedro Rubiolo (7 apps), 5. Joe Batley (83 apps), 6. Joe Owen (45 apps), 7. Benjamin Grondona (28 apps), 8. Fitz Harding (c) (105 apps).
System players: 16. Harry Thacker (142 apps), 17. Jake Woolmore (177 apps), 18. Max Lahiff (114 apps), 19. Santiago Grondona (20 apps), 20. Luka Ivanishvili (5 apps), 21. Sam Wolstenholme (14 apps), 22. Sam Worsley (25 apps), 23. Josh Carrington (7 apps).
Unavailable: Will Capon, George Kloska, James Dun, Paddy Pearce, Steven Luatua, Kofi Cripps, Viliame Mata, Harry Randall, AJ MacGinty, Toby Baker, Joe Jenkins, Jack Bates, Gabriel Ibitoye, Rich Lane, Noah Heward.
