Rugby Union: Sicilian job for reserve Warriors; EUROPEAN CHALLENGE CUP.(Sport)

From: The Birmingham Post (England) | Date: October 29, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: By Fraser Thomson

Matt Powell and James Brown, effectively Worcester's reserve half-back pair, will get their chance in Sicily today to remind John Brain that they are not satisfied with playing second fiddle to Andy Gomarsall and Shane Drahm.

Such is Brain's confidence that Worcester will comfortably overturn Amatori Catania and further enhance his contention that the Warriors expect to win their pool in the European Challenge Cup that he has moved Gomarsall and Powell to the bench and granted their understudies a spell in the spotlight.

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