Former Australian captain James Horwill and ex-Springbok Flip van der Merwe will pack down alongside each other in the Cambridge University second row for the game against British Police tonight (Wednesday, 12 November, 7.30pm kick-off at East London RFC).
The Light Blues also welcome Saracens centre Charlie Watson into their ranks for the first time after he completed his four week suspension picked up for a red card in a Premier Cup game against Northampton Saints earlier in the season.
Watson’s suspension has given him little time to make his mark ahead of the Varsity Match at Twickenham on Thursday, 12 December and he will be hoping to forge a partnership with four other newbies in the back division, Gibraltar international wing Tom Lovelace, former Scotland U18 squad centre Sean Mackle, ex-Loughborough wing Fergus Jemphrey and former Saracens Academy scrum half Al Gliksten.
Stephen Leonard leads the side from No 8 and will have three former Blues around him in the pack in front row men Charlie MacCallum and Mile Huppatz and fellow back row man Sean McMahon.
CURUFC Men: Joey Gatus * (Corpus Christi); Tom Lovelace (Hughes Hall), Sean Mackle (Hughes Hall), Charlie Watson (Selwyn), Fergus Jemphrey (Homerton); Mike Phillips * (Emmanuel), Al Gliksten (Robinson); Charlie MacCallum * (Downing), Miles Huppatz * (Downing), Ed Harborne (Clare), Flip van der Merwe (Queens’), James Horwill (Queens’), Tom Walton (St John’s), Sean McMahon * (Gonville & Caius), Stephen Leonard * (Emmanuel, captain)
Reps: Sam Schusman * (Magdalene), Dan Collins (Fitzwilliam), George Cook (Robinson), Archie Smeaton (Queens’), Rowan Beckett * (Peterhouse), Oliver Smart * (Downing), Charlie Saunders * (Selwyn), Rory Triniman * (Hughes Hall), James Elms (Magdalene), George Laing (Trinity Hall)
* Denotes Blue
The CURUFC Women team will be looking to back-up their recent BUCS Premier South win over Oxford when they host Sussex University at Grange Road today (Wednesday, 12 November, 2.00pm kick-off).
Medical student Jen Atherton has been selected to play in the back row, while Coreen Grant returns to partner Bluebell Nicholls in the centre.
CURUFC Women: Hannah Vandersluis (Peterhouse): Colette Russell (Fitzwilliam), Coreen Grant (Corpus Christi), Bluebell Nicholls * (King’s), Hannah Samuel (Girton); Elisha Clark (St John’s), Kate Marks * (Newnham); Laura Bleehan (Girton), Emma Pierce * (St Catharine’s), Laura Nunez-Mulder * (Emmanuel), Marj Heemskerk (Trinity Hall), Saffron Hicks (Selwyn), Jen Atherton (Jesus), Jenni Shuttleworth * (Churchill), Rose Scowen (Magdelene)
Reps: Charlotte Manser (Murray Edwards), Ellie House (St Catharine’s), Abi Wilkinson (Queens’), Lauren Gregory (Corpus Christi), Cara Prowling (St John’s), Ella Halcrow (Murray Edwards), Lottie Paterson (Corpus Christi), Suzi Pozniak (St Catharine’s)
