After a good three weeks break of rest and recoup over Christmas and New Year the Green and Whites are back in Championship Rugby action this evening hoping to get back to winning ways in the league after defeat last time out at Coventry.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not been a great start to the new year however as Billy Walker, James Connolly and Mat Clarke are all side-lined with long term injuries with Head Coach Neil Fowkes stating \u201cIt\u2019s a bit of a blow because they\u2019re three massive players for us but the rest of the squad is healthy and we\u2019ve got good competition and good confidence in those boys to see us right for the rest of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n
Previewing the visit of Ealing Trailfinders who sit fourth in the table (ahead of ninth placed Nottingham by six points) Fowkes said \u201cThey\u2019ve been there or there abouts for the past few years. They\u2019ve got a big squad up there full of experience in the Championship, Premiership and PRO14 so they\u2019re a decent squad and they\u2019re going to be tough.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re up for that challenge, that\u2019s part of what we do here. We want to take on the top four sides and show what were about.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ealing have never won at the Bay with Nottingham winning the previous four meetings Trentside and Fowkes said \u201cWe\u2019re going out there on Friday night to put our best foot forward and show what we can do, the pressure is off us. Our guys will go out there and show everybody how competitive we are in this division.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kick Off at Lady Bay is 7:45pm with six changes to the team that lost against Coventry including the addition of front row Ben Bett\u2019s who plays against the team he\u2019s currently on loan from.<\/p>\n
Danny Qualter returns after injury whilst Luke Cole comes in at hooker and Ben Foley also gets a start on the wing.<\/p>\n