Blues Select face tough task in Dublin

The Blues Premiership Select face a tough trip to Dublin in the second round of pool matches in the British & Irish Cup, with Leinster A as their opponents.

The match will be played at Donnybrook on Saturday evening 21st October, kicking off at 7:30pm.

Leinster sit top of the Pool 2 table along with Bristol, both with a maximum points return. Blues Select lost at home to Bristol by 7pts to 31 in their previous outing.

The Select XV to face Leinster A has five Pontypridd based players in the starting line-up, with another four on the bench.

Blues Premiership Select:

15.Lloyd Rowlands (Pontypridd). 14.Dale Stuckey (Pontypridd). 13.Harri Millard (Merthyr). 12.Owen Lane (Cardiff). 11.Kyle Evans (Merthyr). 10.Ben Jones (Merthyr). 9.Lewis Jones (Blues).

1.Rhys Carre (Cardiff). 2.Kirby Myhill (Blues). 3.Will Davies-King (Pontypridd). 4.Sean Moore (Pontypridd). 5.Ben Murphy (Merthyr). 6.Shane Lewis-Hughes (Pontypridd). 7.Osian Davies (Merthyr). 8.Sion Bennett (Cardiff).

Subs: Joe Page (Pontypridd); Tom Mably (Cardiff); Hemi Barnes (Pontypridd); Morgan Sieniawski (Pontypridd); Dane Blacker (Pontypridd); Ben Thomas (Cardiff); Max Llywellyn (Blues Academy).