Gael Force trio seek to make impact

THREE front-row men with a point to prove will line-up for Gael Force tonight in their final British & Irish Cup match against Leinster at Bridgehaugh.

So far the side has lost all of their outings in the competition this term, but Lewis Niven, Sean Crombie and David Young will see the match as a chance to impress.

Prop Niven is a National Academy member looking to secure a pro contract for 2010/11 while hooker Crombie and prop Young are on the fringes of the Edinburgh squad looking to make more of a breakthrough.

Gael Force stand-in coach Graham Shiel said:

"The campaign has exposed up and coming players to a higher level of opposition and a number of them will take a lot out of it and will build on what they have learnt."

The match is free to attend.

Gael Force (team to play Leinster in the British & Irish Cup tonight at Bridgehaugh, kick-off 7pm): C Gossman (Glasgow Hawks); M Doneghan (Stewarts Melville FP), S Aitken (Aberdeen Grammar Rugby), S Wilson (Edinburgh Academicals), T Bury (Boroughmuir); D Weir (Glasgow Hawks), R Samson (Edinburgh); L Niven (Edinburgh Academicals), S Crombie (Edinburgh), D Young (Edinburgh), N Patrick (Boroughmuir), R McAlpine (West of Scotland), F McKenzie(Edinburgh), G Strang (Glasgow Hawks); S Dreyer (Dundee HSFP). Subs: N Shannon (Aberdeen Grammar Rugby), G Strain (Glasgow Hawks), D Levinson (Dundee HSFP), A Gillman (GHA), R Jenkins (GHA), G Hunter (Gala), R Lemon (Dundee HSFP).