The playing of this rescheduled game, which originally fell victim to a frozen pitch on 22nd January, means that the Bees will have their second outing in four days, hot on the heels of their 52 – 0 defeat in the Championship at Bedford on Friday and just six days ahead of their home clash against top of the table Worcester on Saturday 19th February.
Bees currently sit in 3rd place in their B&I Cup Pool, with still an outside chance of making it through to the knock out stages of the cup. Pontypridd, having won all five of their games, sit at the top of Pool D and are assured one of the two qualifying berths into the quarter finals.
Following Llandovery’s 20 – 19 defeat on Saturday to Scottish side Ayr, both sides will be looking for a win to keep alive their chances of securing second spot in the Pool and with it a ticket into the knock out stages.
“It’s a tough ask on the players coming so soon after the Bedford game, but Llandovery have just returned from a long away trip to Scotland over the weekend, so it’s a level playing field for both Clubs” said Bees’ Assistant Coach, Eugene Martin. “We anticipate that, particularly on home turf, they will be highly competitive in all areas, with no allowances for the fact that the game is being played on Feb 14th”.
The Bees: 1.Joe Reid, 2.Ross McMillan, 3.Mauro Sperandio, 4.Danny Wright, 5.Ross Noonan, 6.Jack Bentall, 7.Mike Denbee (c), 8.Adam Clayton, 9.Jimmy Williams, 10.Sam Robinson, 11.Mitch Culpin, 12.Ben Barkley, 13.Will Lawson, 14.Tomasi Tanumi, 15.Ian Davey
Replacements: 16.TBC, 17.Nglau Tau, 18.Adrian Griffiths, 19.Rob Connolly, 20.Rod Petty, 21.Ollie Grove, 22.Ollie Winter
