Worcester Warriors squad to host Ealing Trailfinders

Warriors will hope to be the first team this season to triumph over Ealing Trailfinders, who sit first in the league after 24 games, having won all 24.

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Warriors ran Ealing extremely close when travelling away earlier in the season, losing the fixture by just one point after Will Reed's penalty kick at the death agonisingly struck the wrong side of the post.

Three changes have been made to the side from their defeat against Chinnor two weeks ago.

The starting front row remains unchanged from the defeat, brimming with Premiership experience as former Exeter Chiefs prop Billy Keast and former Saracens prop Fraser Balmain start, with ex-Leicester Tigers hooker Archie Vanes between the pair.

Hallam Chapman starts for a sixth consecutive game in the second row with James Tyas lining up alongside him.

The only change in the pack comes in the backrow, where Gloucester-loanee Hugh Bockenham starts at number eight, with player of the season Tim Anstee and captain Matt Kvesic completing the backrow.

In the backs, Will Lane and Billy Twelvetrees continue at scrum-half and fly-half respectively, with Rory Taylor and Alfie Garside also starting again in the centres.

Try of the season winner and the club's top try-scorer Jake Garside starts on one wing, with Josh Bassett on the opposite side and Juan Gonzalez returning to the team to start at full-back, after showcasing his aerial prowess in the reverse fixture with Ealing.

Worcester Warriors line-up to host Ealing Trailfinders. Saturday, May 2, 2026. (Image: Newsquest)

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Ahead of Gonzalez's return, head coach Matt Everard said: "He is brilliant, isn’t he? There is not many people, players, that can do what Juan can do.

"He is so unique and we speak about expressing the best version of yourself and when Juan does that he is pretty terrifying to defend.

"Put that ability on the ball with a pretty special set of aerial skills and again he is a brilliant player and a massive person in the group."

In the replacements, Austin Wallis returns to the matchday squad, alongside Livai Natave, Tigers-loanee Cam Miell, Obinna Nkwocha, Thabo Ndimande, Will Trewin, Tiff Eden and James Short.