Six Tiger Cubs in Loan Action

Six members of Tigers Development Squad are out in loan action this weekend as they seek to broaden their experiences and force their way into Richard Cockerill's first team squad.

In the Greene King IPA Championship Nottingham have named 4 Tigers players in their squad that travels to Rotherham.  The Green 'n' Whites suffered cut backs over the summer and are languishing in 9th place, whilst home side Rotherham are riding high in 3rd.

Ryan Bower starts at loosehead with Javiah Pohe and Henry Purdy in the backs.  Pohe starts at inside centre and Purdy on the right wing.  Recent Tigers Man of the Match Harry Thacker is on the bench and will make his league debut if used.

Also named are former Tigers Michael Holford, Dan Montague and Brent Wilson in the pack; with half back pairing Finlay Barnham and Rory Lynn also spending time at the Oval Park academy.

Nottingham (To play Rotherham):
15) Ed Styles
14) Henry Purdy
13) Joe Munro  
12) Javiah Pohe
11) Ryan Hough
10) Rory Lynn
9)  Finlay Barnham
1)  Ryan Bower
2)  Alun Walker
3)  Michael Holford
4)  Neilus Keogh
5)  Dan Montagu
6)  Tom Calladine
7)  Brent Wilson (c)
8)  Alex Shaw
Replacements
16) Harry Thacker
17) Harry Williams
18) Kiefer Laxton
19) Joe Burton
20) Sean Romans
21) Matthew Jarvis
22) Jacob Knight

In SSE National League 1 table toppers Doncaster travel to St.Albans to face Old Albanians.  Italian Tighthead prop Tiziano Pasquali starts his second consecutive game as the Yorkshire men try to bounce back to the Championship at the first time of asking.

New loan signing Lucas Guillaume is named on a 5 man bench.  Not named in the squad but announced as signing Dual Registration terms this week was Riccardo Brugnara.  The Italian has played all across the front row but is primarily a loosehead prop.  

One other stand out name in the Doncaster side is Tigers legend Darren "Dazzler" Morris.  Morris played 75 times for the club between 2003 and 2006.  The 39 year old is still going strong after a recent 9 game spell with Kuban Krasnodar in the Russian Premier League. 

Doncaster (To play St. Albans):
15) Glenn Bryce
14) Paul Jarvis
13) Stephen Bannister
12) Bevon Armitage
11) Tyson Lewis
10) Paul Roberts
9) Bruno Bravo
1) Darren Morris
2) Roberto Santamaria 
3) Tiziano Pasquali
4) Glen Kenworthy
5) Mike Walker-Fitton
6) Matt Challinor ©
7) Shaun Jones
8) Adam Kettle
Replacements: 
16) Jack Bergmanas
17) Ben Hunter
18) Lucas Guillaume 
19) Jamie Lennard
20) James Munro