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Bedford Blues host Rotherham Titans at Goldington Road in the only Friday match of the Greene King IPA Championship this week. Canadian flanker Justin Blanchet is again on the blindside for the Blues in his fourth start of the season.
Ciaran Hearn will be the only Americas player on duty across the three matches on Saturday. He gets his first start at outside centre for London Irish after coming in off the bench last weekend. Irish host London Welsh at the Madejski in a battle of the exiles, with Jebb Sinclair still out of action and Aaron Carpenter left out of the Welsh lineup.
Sunday sees Yorshire Carnegie travel to the Mennaye to play Cornish Pirates. Brett Beukeboom, Nicolás de Battista, and Matt Evans are all in the Pirates lineup. Ignacio Sáenz Lancuba will not play for Ealing this week, while Richmond have yet to release their lineup to face the Trailfinders but are expected to name Ronnie McLean in the midfield.
