Centre Aled James makes his first start for the club in place of Leon Andrews who injured a knee just before half-time against Bridgend. Luke Ford moves to 13 to accommodate James. Jonathan Lewis, one of Keys’ summer signings, starts for the first time ahead of Ryan James at scrum-half.
Up front, Garry Horrigan starts his first game in well over 12 months at hooker in place of Gerwyn Price who is moved to the bench following his almost super human performance last Saturday.
Injuries see the likes of Kristian Baller, Leon Andrews, Marcus Johnstone, Luke Williams, Phil Williams, Rhys Dyer, Anthony Lott, Marc Jones and Tom Lampard all out of action.
Aberavon will be seeking their first win of the season after they surprisingly lost both of their games so far. The Wizards last lost their opening two games of the season in 2007-08, losing at home to Llanelli and away to Cardiff, before registering their first win of the season at Newport a week later.
Cross Keys: 15 Gareth David 14 Nathan Williams 13 Luke Ford 12 Aled James 11 Nathan Trowbridge 10 Dean Gunter 9 Jonathan Lewis, 1 Richard Cornock 2 Garry Horrigan 3 Craig Gould 4 Danny Hodge 5 Ollie Hodge 6 Jamie Sollis 7 Rob Nash (c) 8 Adam Powell.
Replacements: Gerwyn Price, Rhys Peebles, James Johnstone, Scott Matthews, Ryan James, Elliott Jones, Dorian Jones.
Aberavon: 15 Johnathan Phillips 14 Richard Thomas 13 Ben John 12 Liam Gadd 11 Paul Bamsey 10 Craig Evans 9 David Pritchard, 1 Neil White 2 Ieuan Davies 3 Andrew Clatworthy 4 Gavin Ronan 5 Ian Moore 6 Morgan Allen 7 Chris Davies 8 Richard Morris.
Replacements: Jamie Davies, Joe Heatley, Joe Tomalin-Reeves, Gareth Harvey, Ben Thomas, Chris John, Rowan Jenkins, Hywel Davies.
