NILE Dacres makes his return from injury at former club Birmingham Moseley as Rams aim to snap their two-game National One losing streak tomorrow.
The visitors make five changes to the side which went down to Bishop’s Stortford six days ago, experienced second row Dacres back in having been out for two-and-a-half months with a broken thumb.
He returns alongside Harry Stone in the second row, while ahead of the duo, Bath loanee Jasper Spandler returns at hooker following his superb try-scoring debut at Leicester Lions, the youngster sandwiched by props Paddy Harris and James Baker.
Another tyro, Mikey Duda, steps up to take the open-side flanker starting jersey, Dan Swain switching to the other side of the scrum and No. 8 James McRae – who made 19 carries last time out – completing the back row.
Polish international Tomek Pozniak is restored on the left wing, the other Rams player in the newly-launched Rugby 25 video game, Sweden skipper, Axel Kalling-Smith, on the other flank.
Full-back Zach Clow maintains his perfect appearance record having joined Max Hayman as leading try-scorer with his 11th of the campaign against Stortford, with first-time starter Ollie Hodgson at scrum-half and captain Fraser Honey outside him.
The centre combination of Rowan Grundy, who bagged his second try of the season last week, and Army man Solodrau Radianirova, remains unchanged for the trip to Billesley Common.
On the bench, props Ant Marris and Liam Bishop are joined by the versatile Ben Atkins in covering the pack, with Royal Air Force scrum-half Sam Boxhall set to debut and Andrew Lamb ready to step up to add impact among the three-quarters.
Five travelling reserves head to the Midlands in the form of Morgan MacRae, prop Nick Barry – unfortunately ruled out from making his debut against Stortford due to sickness – Robbie Stapley, Ollie Cole and Joe Pannese.
Rams Team @ Birmingham Moseley
(15-9, 1-8) Clow, Kalling-Smith, Radianirova, Grundy, Pozniak, Honey (c), Hodgson; Harris, Spandler, Baker, Dacres, Stone, Swain, Duda, McRae
Replacements: Marris, Bishop, Atkins, Boxhall, Lamb
Travelling Reserves: MacRae, Barry, Stapley, Cole, Pannese