Bristol v Worcester: Teams

Bristol head coach Paul Hull has opted for continuity for Sunday's home Guinness Premiership clash with Worcester Warriors, with just two new faces in the starting line-up.

With Bristol currently fourteen points behind Worcester in the Guinness Premiership table and only four games left to play, Sunday's game represents the very epitome of a must win game.

Bristol have come agonisingly close to defeating Harlequins, Leicester Tigers and London Wasps in recent weeks and Hull has decided to largely stick to the line-up that performed so well at Adams Park last Sunday with Neil Brew and Mariano Sambucetti the only changes.

Brew comes in for Luke Arscott, who is named amongst the replacements, whilst Sambucetti replaces Roy Winters who is also named on the bench.

When he announced his line-up for the game, Hull stresed that, despite the occasion, Bristol are treating Sunday as just another game.

"Ever since I took over, I've been stressing to the players that we can only control what we can control and we just have to focus on improving week after week," Hull said.

"Each week, we have improved areas of the game plan and, if we continue to do that, then we will win games.

"We are where we are in the league but we're trying not to put too much pressure on the players. Every time you take the field, you want to win. Sunday's no different and we'll approach it the same as last week's game."

Wood back Warriors

Meanwhile, back-row Tom Wood is recalled to the Warriors starting line-up for the crunch fixture.

Wood has recovered from a broken jaw and is named on the flank alongside skipper Pat Sanderson and Kai Horstmann.

Willie Walker moves to full-back, with Chris Latham ruled out for the season (shoulder), and Matthew Jones makes his first league start since November.

Darren Morris starts in the front row and wing wonder Marcel Garvey will make his 100th Premiership appearance after being named on the wing.

"Bristol are fighting for their lives and their livelihoods so we face a very big game and a massive challenge," said Director of Rugby Mike Ruddock.

"Discipline will be crucial on Sunday. We don't want to give Bristol any easy points or opportunity to get into us.

"There will be plenty of emotion and passion but we also need cool heads. They will throw the kitchen sink at us and in fairness to Bristol they have played some very good rugby of late and have been competitive."

Bristol: 15 Tom Arscott, 14 Lee Robinson, 13 Neil Brew, 12 Junior Fatialofa, 11 David Lemi, 10 Ed Barnes, 9 Shaun Perry, 8 Dan Ward-Smith, 7 Joe El Abd (capt), 6 Redford Pennycook, 5 Robert Sidoli, 4 Mariano Sambucetti, 3 Darren Crompton 2 Scott Linklater, 1 Mark Irish.

Replacements: 16 Ollie Hayes, 17 Wayne Thompson, 18 Roy Winters, 19 Alfie To'oala, 20 Haydn Thomas, 21 Luke Eves, 22 Luke Arscott.

Worcester: 15 Willie Walker, 14 Marcel Garvey, 13 Rico Gear, 12 Dale Rasmussen, 11 Miles Benjamin, 10 Matthew Jones, 9 Ryan Powell, 8 Kai Horstmann, 7 Pat Sanderson (capt), 6 Tom Wood, 5 Will Bowley, 4 Greg Rawlinson, 3 Darren Morris, 2 Chris Fortey, 1 Matt Mullan.

Replacements: 16 Callum Black, 17 Aleki Lutui, 18 Graham Kitchener, 19 James Collins, 20 Jonny Arr, 21 Loki Crichton, 22 Alex Grove.

Match officials: tbc