WIMBORNE team manager Mark Sturney believes bonus points will be key to All Blacks hanging on to their hard-earned South West One East status.
They face a tough trip to Amersham & Chiltern tomorrow (2pm) aware they were crushed 55-8 by the same opposition at home in September.
Sturney said: “The bonus system is going to make the difference to our survival hopes.
“Look at Reading Abbey, who are only a few places above us.
“They’ve only won two games but have 12 bonus points, the most in the division, so it’s critical.”
All Blacks: Unwin, Hunt, Tinsdale, Walter, Andrews, Champ, Horne, Morgan, Llewellyn, Maidment, King, van Wyk, Brown, Mikolajewski, Maltman. Subs: Pride, Hay, Long.
<•>Swanage & Wareham host Olney (2.15pm) with a full strength side, while second row Andy Gresser could make his Oakmeadians debut at home to High Wycombe.
Swans: (from) Andrews, Elford, Frampton, Burgess, Penney, Large, Warren, Lewis, Prior, Graves, Cottrell, Parish, Wilcox, Rowberry, Dunsford, Sheldrake, Wright, Barton.
Oaks: (from) Valentine, Murray, Cameron, Summers, Wells, Richards, Atkins, Ford, Bell, Frost, Osborne, Drummond, Davies, Walton, Crow, Sugden, Gresser, Bose.
<•>North Dorset travel to table-topping Salisbury in Southern Counties South.
North: (from) J Willoughby, Westcar, Alhuson, Botterill, Williamson, Sampson, East, Dymond-Andrews, D Smith, Mackay, Soskin, Clayton, Stickland, Kenny, Hooper, W Willoughby, Trevis, Fox, Tuffin, Jobling.
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