REDDITCH skipper Andy Douglas is planning to throw in some new faces for the friendly against visiting Veseyans on Saturday (ko 3pm).

The Midlands Four West South basement boys lost a low-scoring encounter 9-0 to Berkswell and Balsall, their fifth straight defeat.

But the captain, who is nursing a calf injury, drew hope from the performance.

We're starting to get back on top of our game and play like we did last season, he said.

We are approaching a settled 20 as people drift back to the club and I'm confident we can get a win at the weekend or the following week.

We will use Saturday to blood some fringe players and new faces so we can call on them in the season if needed.

Teenage number eight John Hannah could be in the frame against the North Midlands One visitors and second row Wil Thompson, who played in a winning second team at the weekend, hopes to figure after a groin injury.

Flanker Chris Oldfield is set to start after coming off the bench for 20 minutes at the weekend and the Redditch skipper hopes to include two new players who have been invited to training this week.

Fly half Gareth Davies (ankle) and number eight Marc Rose (broken knuckle) are set to continue despite injuries on Saturday and holidaying back row Ron Skelton returned against Berkswell.

Scrum half Wil Wilson played a half on Saturday but Simon Foreman is still missing.

Douglas hopes to return to action in three weeks.