North Midlands Rugby Football Union Limited

North Midlands Under-18s have named an unchanged starting XV for their game against Staffordshire at Stourbridge's Stourton Park ground on Wednesday October 21 (7.30pm). North Midlands opened their campaign with a comfortable win over Warwickshire at Broadstreet two weeks ago and will top their group in the Midlands Under-18 Championship if they win again this week. Staffordshire also defeated Warwickshire in their opening group match four weeks ago.
The winners of Wednesday's game will progress to the final of the Super Sunday event at Broadstreet RFC near Coventry on Novermber 1 when all six Midlands counties will be in action.
The North Midlands' line-up includes props Hugh McBride and Ryan Furniss and flanker Barnaby Woods who all played for England Under-16 A in last season's Millfield Festival.
North Midlands Under-18s: 15 Andy Couborough (Ellesmere College); 14 Daniel Mee (Sir John Talbot College and Whitchurch), 13 Kristian Brindley (Fairfax College and Worcester), 12 Chris Perry (Tettenhall College and Shrewsbury), 11 Jack Pennells (Adams GS); 10 Bill Harling (RGS Worcester), 9 Bryn Phillips (Ellesmere College); 1 Hugh McBride (Bromsgrove School), 2 Henry Waltier (Bromsgrove School), 3 Ryan Furniss (Worcester Sixth Form College), 4 Will Brennan (Prince Henry's HS, Evesham), 5 Tom Griffiths (Bromsgrove School), 6 Barnaby Woods (Bromsgrove School), 7 Hugh Lockhart (Bromsgrove School), 8 Sean Young (Bromsgrove School), Replacements: Scott Robinson (Hereford Cathedral School and Hereford), Matt Wilkes (Ludlow College and Luctonians), James Parker (Hereford Cathedral School and Hereford), Daniel Skinner (Bromsgrove School and Worcester), Brad Talbot (Hereford Tec hnical College and Hereford), George Baxter (Ellesmere College and Wolverhampton), William Goodwin (Ellesmere College and Whitchurch), Jack Philp (Bromsgrove School).