HEREFORD Rugby Club will have players featuring for Worcestershire and Herefordshire in tonight’s Three Counties Championship group match against Shropshire at Telford Hornets.

Adam Knight and Dean Powell are in the squad alongside Brad Talbot, who was at Hereford last season.

Shropshire have called up ex-Luctonians and Ludlow player Jamie Simpson, who is now at Newport, for the game which kicks off at 7.30pm.

Worcestershire and Herefordshire squad: Backs: Tom Redfern (Malvern), Tom Biggs (Worcester Wanderers), Stef Ellis (Pershore), Jimmy Webb (Dudley Kingswinford), Ieuan Mustow (Malvern), James Jefferson (Dudley Kingswinford), Adam Knight (Hereford), Dean Powell (Hereford), Gareth Bown (Dudley Kingswinford).

Forwards: Pete Fitzgerald (Old Halesonians), Luke Eversham (Droitwich), Jamie Tsang (Malvern), Simon Whiting (Worcester Wanderers), Guy Field (Upton on Severn), Brad Talbot (Malvern), Tim Breakwell (Old Halesonians), Simon Daws (Worcester Wanderers – captain), Dave Merlin (Walsall), Lol Breze (Old Halesonians), Joe Francis (Dudley Kingswinford), Rob Chivers (Dudley Kingswinford), Dean Goddard (Droitwich).

Shropshire squad: 15 Joe Doyle (Ludlow); 14 Sam Foskett (Newport), 13 Rob Clymer (Newport), 12 Gareth Edwards (Worcester Wanderers), 11 Richard Moore (Newport); 10 Will Norton (Ludlow), 9 Jamie Simpson (Newport); 1 Phil Rogers (Newport), 2 Tom Cowell (Newport), 3 Joe Tucker (Newport), 4 Olly Bates (Whitchurch), 5 Jake Goulson (Newport), 6 Mark Lowbridge (Newport), 7 Dan Bolton (Whitchurch), 8 Chris Taylor (Newport – captain).

Replacements: Matthew Wilkes (Ludlow), Tom Hale (Whitchurch), Johnny Stiles (Newport), Theo Hodnett (Ludlow), Colin Dickson (Shrewsbury), Will Biddell (Bridgnorth), Mike Jones (Ludlow).