Sims to lead Divisional XV against SA 'A'
November 16, 2001

Former Gloucester captain Dave Sims will captain an English National Divisions XV against South Africa 'A' at Worcester next Wednesday.

England international Sims, who now plays for Worcester, leads a side which also includes ex-Richmond wing Dominic Chapman and former Bath flanker Russell Earnshaw.

The National Divisions, comprised of players from clubs outside the Zurich Premiership, include 13 of the team on duty when they lost 34-22 against Australia at Leicester last month.

Team: P Graham (Manchester); G Truelove (Coventry), D Roke (Worcester), J Shanahan (Bedford), D Chapman (Bracknell); S Binns (Otley), A Birkby (London Welsh); S Pope (London Welsh), C Ritchie (London Welsh), P Sluman (Exeter), D Sims (Worcester, capt), Rob Baxter (Exeter), R Earnshaw (Rotherham), N Spence (Rotherham), Richard Baxter (Exeter). Substitutes: N Lloyd (Wakefield), S Blythe (Wakefield), J Hyde (Birmingham/Solihull), G Willis (Exeter), R Liley (Wakefield), P Greaves (Otley), A Brown (Otley).

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