King names experienced squad for Georgia

HEAD coach Simon King has named an experienced Principality Premiership XV squad to face a Georgia International XV at the Brewery Field in Bridgend tomorrow (7pm).

Players from 10 Premiership clubs make up the 25-man squad from which King will select the starting line-up and replacements – Aberavon have the highest representation from any one club with seven.

“We are happy with the squad we’ve been able to select,” said King. “We have trained well as a group in the sessions we’ve had over the last couple of weeks and all the players involved have shown 100% commitment.

“The players in the final group are a very good reflection of the Principality Premiership and are determined to show the league in a good light on Tuesday. Most of the boys are true club stalwarts and there are also a number of players with international age grade experience to call on ahead of this game.”

The full Georgia side beat Kingsley Jones’s Russia 46-0 last weekend and King expects the Georgia International XV to be an equally tough challenge for the Premiership players tomorrow night.

“Most of the Georgian players ply their trade in the French First Division which is of a very high standard. Georgia are a very big, physical, well-drilled side so we will need to prepare for that challenge up front,” he added.

“We have had three or four training sessions together so we are going to concentrate on ourselves and on doing our clubs and league proud.”

Principality Premiership XV Squad

Backs: Geraint O’Driscoll (Pontypool), Elliot Frewen (Newport), Dan Robinson (Pontypool), James Davies (Carmarthen Quins), Richard Carter (Aberavon), Matthew Jacobs (Llandovery), Scott Williams (Newport), Lee Rees (Llandovery), Jason Harries (Carmarthen Quins), Jamie Davies (Aberavon), Justin James (Llanelli), Steffan Jones (Cross Keys), David Pritchard (Aberavon)

Forwards: Lloyd Howell (Aberavon), Will Taylor (Aberavon), Andrew Brown (Newport), Marc Jones (Cross Keys), Ryan Harford (Pontypridd), Gerwyn Price (Cross Keys), Sam Kiley (Swansea), Adam Powell (Llanelli), Haydn Pugh (Carmarthen Quins), Chris Davies (Aberavon), Ben Thomas (Bridgend), Robert Nash (Cross Keys), Morgan Allen (Aberavon)