WORCESTER Rugby Club have announced a 23-man squad to travel to Pontypool for their fifth pre-season friendly match tomorrow (7pm).
This will be a chance for Worcester to view players before kicking off their league campaign away at Orrell on September 9.
The side includes current internationals Samoan Earl Va'a at fly-half and Italian Andrea Moretti at hooker. New arrival Australian Students number eight David Fryday starts the game and Chris Simpson-Daniel is selected at scrum-half after returning from the Students World Cup in Rome earlier this week.
Former England 'A' wing Spencer Bromley (infected elbow) and flanker Nick Broughton (concussion) return from injury for places on the bench.
n Worcester's squad is: Mathew Back, Nick Baxter, Andrew Higgins, Alistair Murdoch, Sateki Tuipulotu, Earl Va'a, Chris Simpson-Daniel, Tony Windo, Andrea Moretti, Neil Lyman, Dan Zaltzman, Richard Denhardt, Gavin Webster, Nathan Carter, David Fryday, Andrew Lamerton, Virgil Hartland, David Sims, Nick Brough-ton, Ricky Pellow, Laulala Langkilde, Ian Calder, Spencer Bromley.
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