Blues make changes for start of Bristol trilogy

Having secured fourth place in the league, the Blues will now face Bristol twice in the play-off semi-final, but first of all they complete the regular season by hosting the league leaders in round 22.

Bedford make a host of changes to the team that was pipped at the post by Doncaster Knights last weekend with only George Perkins, Myles Dorrian, Mike Howard and Charlie Clare retaining their starting positions.

Bedford have also brought in Loughborough Students hooker Jacob Fields - who will be joining the Blues next season on a permanent deal - as an emergency signing after Sam James was ruled out of the remainder of the campaign with a shoulder injury.

Blues: 15. James Pritchard, 14. Pat Tapley, 13. Henry Staff, 12. Ollie Dodge, 11. George Perkins, 10. Myles Dorrian, 9. Jordan Burns, 1. Camilo Parilli-Ocampo, 2. Charlie Clare, 3. James Currie, 4. Mike Howard, 5. Harry Wells, 6. Alex Lundberg, 7. Seb Nagle-Taylor, 8. Nick Fenton-Wells (c).

Replacements: 16. Jacob Fields, 17. Tom Williams, 18. Phil Boulton, 19. Paul Tupai, 20. Pete White, 21. Jake Sharp, 22. Michel LeBourgeois.