Four changes for Lancashire ahead of Durham clash

Lancashire have made four changes to their side to play Durham at Blaydon tomorrow (16th May) as they look to follow up an opening County Championship win against Cheshire.

Hartpury College's Niall Crossley comes in for his first start with Jordan Dorrington switching wings to accommodate him.

Dan Birchall makes his first start of the campaign replacing Ben Black at loosehead, Bergerac's Jon Nugent moves from the back row into the middle of the pack and Steve McGinnis starts at seven with Evan Stewart switching to openside.

Explaining what lies ahead for Lancashire, head coach Mark Nelson said: "Blaydon is a notoriously difficult venue, it's like going in to the lion's den, so it will be a tough encounter.

"We're mixing things round a bit this week, as we have a couple of knocks and availability of players which we knew about beforehand.

"There are elements of youth in the squad that we are using, and with the use of rollings subs, we're able to bring good ball carriers off the bench."

Lancashire: 15 Warren Spragg (Fylde), 14 Niall Crosley (Hartpury College), 13 Chris Briers (Fylde), 12 Scott Rawlings (Fylde), 11 Jordan Dorrington (Fylde), 10 Chris Johnson (Fylde), 9 Ryan De La Harpe (Fylde); 1 Dan Birchall (Fylde), 2 Alex Loney (Fylde), 3 Adam Lewis (Fylde), 4 Jon Nugent (Bergerac), 5 Gareth Rawlings (Fylde), 6 Evan Stewart (Fylde) (Captain), 7 Steve McGinnis (Loughborough Students), 8 Matt Lamprey (Sedgley Park)

Replacements: 16 Tom Lavelle (Fylde), 17 Dan Baines (Vale of Lune), 18 Jonathan Matthews (Hull), 19 Louis McGowan (Caldy), 20 Alistair Murray (Preston Grasshoppers), 21 Steve Collins (Sedgley Park), 22 Anthony Bingham (Rossendale)