photo by Simon Green

The Bridgend Blue Bulls take on the West Wales Sharks on Wednesday at Porthcawl RFC, K.O 7:30pm and are boosted with the return of three players.

Fullback Marc Davies will make his first appearance since 2004 after suffering numerous shoulder injuries and stand-off Gareth David dons a Bulls jersey for the first time since winning the Man of the Match award in the 2005 British Conference Final. Meanwhile Bulls stalwart Carle Ellis makes his first appearance of the season after recovering from a bad back.

With another tough game against the Cardiff Demons to come on Saturday Bridgend are likely to rest some of the players who were on Wales A duty last Saturday but Jon Purnell, Ross Megraw, Matthew Morgan and Arran Warner also return after missing last weeks surprise defeat to the Cougars.

Meanwhile the Sharks will be hoping to continue their good form and cause a massive upset by becoming he first side to beat the Bulls at their Porthcawl home. After suffering a heavy defeat in their opening game with the Cougars they went on to beat the Cardiff Demons and lose narrowly away to Torfaen. The Sharks will however be missing a number of keys players for the match but the game against the Bulls will be a massive opportunity for some youngsters to put their hands up and show what they can do against the reigning Welsh Champions.

article by Simon Green
19 June 2007