Ampthill make the short trip to Goldington Road on Boxing Day in the Greene King IPA Championship in our final game of 2019 and what has been a fantastic year for the club.
Bedford Blues have already announced that Goldington Road is sold out for this game so if you don’t already have tickets don’t travel to Bedford as you will be disappointed.
Ampthill’s line-up sees a few changes from the cup team with Serafin Bordoli replacing Sam Hanks at inside centre and Tongan international Leon Fukofuka starting at scrum-half this week. In the forwards, Soane Tonga’uiha starts against his old club alongside Syd Blackmore, with Billy Johnson partnering Shay Kerry in the second row whilst Jac Arthur retains the 6 shirt after an impressive debut two weeks ago.
“It’s obviously a massive game for both clubs in front of a capacity crowd at Goldington Road and I’m sure it will be a Christmas cracker.
We have made a number of changes to the team that narrowly won in the Cup at Dillingham Park. I thought our defence functioned well, but the lineout and attack were both very poor and if we are going to get anything out of today’s game then we will have to show significant improvements in those areas.”
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Match Gallery: 20191226 Bedford vs Ampthill
Bedford Squad
Sean McCarthy
Robbie Smith
Henry Paul
Jordan Onojaife
Will Carrick Smith
Dan Temm
Joe Atkinson
Alafoti Faosiliva
James Lennon
Will Hooley
Dean Adamson
Oskar Hirskjy-Douglas
Matt Worley
Pat Tapley
Rich Lane
Jacob Fields
Joe Wrafter
Alex Penny
Ed Taylor
Huw Worthington
Grayson Hart
Sam Leeming
Ryan Hutler