Tom Price makes his return to action this weekend after being named on the bench for promotion chasing Nottingham as they face Cornish Pirates live on Sky tomorrow lunch time.
Price was making his debut for the Leicester first team when he went down at an innocuous looking ruck. With the game not being recorded for TV it is still something of a mystery what happened next; but the result of it was Price being unconscious on the pitch for 10 minutes, requiring oxygen and being stretchered straight into the Infirmary.
It is remarkable that it is only 11 weeks later and he is back in action. Tigers opponents that day were Wasps, the poet in me wishes he was named on our bench not Nottingham's but I'll take my victories where I find them.
Alex Lewington is set to start his 12th game of the season for the Green 'n' Whites and is joined by Jonny Harris making his 4th start at loosehead prop. The pair have been heavily linked with leaving Tigers in the summer to join up with former Nottingham coach Glenn Delaney at London Irish. The other edge of the Dual Registration sword.
The 4th member of this motley crew is Ryan Bower who will join Price on the bench. Bower is a regular in the Nottingham match day squad and is looking to make his 17th appearance in the Championship this season.
A further seven of the Nottingham side have played for Tigers at either First XV, Extras or Academy level.
Nottingham
15 Andrew
Savage
14 Alex Lewington
13 Tim Streather
12 Joe Munro
11 Rhys
Crane
10 James Arlidge
9 Sean Romans
1 Jonny Harris
2 Joe Duffey
3
Michael Holford
4 Dan Montagu
5 Nic Rouse
6 Rupert Cooper
7 Brent
Wilson (c)
8 Alex Shaw.
Replacements
16 Shaun Malton
17 Ryan
Bower
18 Tom Price
19 Tom Calladine
20 Finlay Barnham
21 Joe Cobden
22 David Jackson.
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