Bristol v London Welsh – 2nd-leg of Championship final preview

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Bristol have made four changes ahead of the second leg of the Greene King IPA against tomorrow.
The West Country side must overturn a 19-point deficit if they want to return to the after losing the first leg 27-8 at the Kassam Stadium last week.
Charlie Amesbury makes his first league start since March while Ruki Tipuna comes into the side as skipper in place of the injured Luke Baldwin.
Gaston Cortes is named at tighthead with Mitch Eadie starts at No.8. Ryan Jones who is unavailable after the nasty ankle injury he suffered in Oxford.
London Welsh have also opted to make four changes to their starting XV as they look to return to the Premiership after last season’s .
In the backs, Alan Awcock starts at full-back with Seb Stegmann moving to the right wing and Rhys Crane named among the replacements.
In the forwards, Mitch Lees returns to the side at flanker to make his first appearance since the Exiles’ win over Jersey on April 12 while Richard Thorpe starts at No.8
: Jack Wallace; Charlie Amesbury, Jack Tovey, Ben Mosses, Andy Short; Nicky Robinson, Ruki Tipuna (Capt.); Kyle Traynor, Ross Johnston, Gaston Cortes; Ben Glynn, Glen Townson; Nick Koster, Marco Mama, Mitch Eadie.
Replacements: Rhys Lawrence, James Hall, Jason Hobson, Ben Skirving, James Grindal, Adrian Jarvis, Adam Hughes.
London Welsh: Alan Awcock; Seb Stegmann, Tom (Capt.), Seb Jewell, Nick Scott; Gordon Ross, Chris Cook; Nathan Trevett, Nathan Morris, Peter Edwards; Will Spencer, Matt Corker; Mitch Lees, Carl Kirwan, Richard Thorpe.
Replacements: Nathan Vella, Tom Bristow, James Tideswell, Ben West, Ollie Stedman, Rob Lewis, Rhys Crane.

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