Team news | Hill returns for Warriors

New England cap Ted Hill will return to club action with Warriors in Friday’s Gallagher Premiership match against Harlequins at Sixways (kick-off 7.45pm).

Hill, 19,  made his England debut as a 74th minute replacement in their win over Japan at Twickenham last Saturday.

He trained with England again on Monday and Tuesday ahead of this weekend’s match against Australia before being released back to Warriors.

Hill will make his second Premiership start against Harlequins in a re-jigged back row which sees Matt Cox, a replacement at Bath last week, start at number eight in place of GJ van Velze who has been ruled out by a shoulder joint injury. Centre Ryan Mills will captain Warriors in van Velze’s absence.

The third change to the side that played at Bath is in the second row where Pierce Phillips will partner Anton Bresler.
Warriors are again missing centre Ben Te’o, wing Josh Adams and hooker Joe Taufete’e who are on international duty with England, Wales and USA respectively.

Warriors
15 Chris Pennell
14 Bryce Heem
13 Francois Venter
12 Ryan Mills (C)
11 Perry Humphreys
10 Duncan Weir
9 Francois Hougaard
1 Callum Black
2 Jack Singleton
3 Nick Schonert
4 Anton Bresler
5 Pierce Phillips
6 Ted Hill
7 Sam Lewis
8 Matt Cox

Replacements
16 Niall Annett
17 Ethan Waller
18 Gareth Milasinovich
19 Darren Barry
20 Matti Williams
21 Michael Heaney
22 Jamie Shillcock
23 Wynand Olivier

Harlequins.  15 Mike Brown, 14 Cadan Murley, 13 Joe Marchant, 12 Ben Tapuai, 11 Nathan Earle, 10 Marcus Smith, 9 Charlie Mulchrone, 1 Joe Marler, 2 Max Crumpton, 3  Will Collier, 4 George Merrick, 5 Matt Symons, 6 Alex Dombrandt, 7 Jack Clifford, 8 James Chisholm.

Replacements. 16 Dave Ward, 17 Lewis Boyce, 18 Phil Swainston, 19 James Horwill, 20 Archie White, 21 Danny Care, 22 James Lang, 23 Francis Saili.

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