PAT Sanderson will make tonight his comeback as Worcester Warriors 'A' face Sale Jets in the Aviva Premiership 'A' League at Sixways (7.30pm).
The former skipper has been ruled out for the opening month of the season because of a rib injury, but returns as part of a powerful pack.
Fit-again duo Adam Balding and Craig Gillies are also called in for valuable game time while Ed Shervington, Will Bowley, James Collins and Callum Black have already played first team rugby this season.
Spanish speedster Oriol Ripol is named on the wing, while Willie Walker will start at fly-half after impressing against Doncaster last weekend for the first 'A' League fixture of the season on home soil.
Warriors 'A': Surman; Miller, Hayter, Short, Ripol; Walker, Frost; C Black, Shervington, Tomaszczyk, Bowley, Gillies, Sanderson, Collins, Balding (c).
Replacements: Radburn, Hill, McCarthy, Clutterbuck, Freeman, Kvesic, Dudley, Hearn.
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