FORMER Castle School pupil Mako Vunipola has been named in Bristol Rugby’s starting line-up to face Munster A in Ireland tomorrow.
The prop came off the bench in Bristol’s first match of the new British and Irish Cup against Neath last Friday, where a young side outscored the Welsh outfit two tries to one.
Lee Robinson makes his return from injury for Bristol after suffering a broken nose in a training session back in October.
Try scorer Sam Alford starts at scrum-half while Jack Tovey, Luke Eves, George Watkins and Chris Ashwin remain unchanged from last week.
Sam Giddens and Ben Glynn make their first starts for Bristol, with Nathan Budgett set to captain the side.
Bristol XV: Jack Tovey; Lee Robinson, Luke Eves, Sam Giddens, George Watkins, Chris Ashwin, Sam Alford; Mark Irish, Ross Johnston, Mako Vunipola, Ben Glynn, Josh Brown, Nathan Budgett (C), James Merriman, Darren Barry Replacements: 16. Ollie Hayes, 17. Wayne Thompson 18. Marko Mama 19. Adam Bellamy 20. Robbie Shaw, 21. Mark Davies, 22. Jack Gadd
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