Aretians
Last Fixture: 12th March 2011
Result: Kingswood 19 – 8 Aretians
About Aretians: It doesn’t seem that long ago, but it has been 4 years since these 2 teams last met in a league fixture. Back then, Joe Jones-Griffiths was laid up in hospital due to a horrific kidney injury sustained in the previous match at Painswick, and Dave Tomlin was still unavailable after breaking his ankle in the reverse fixture earlier in the season. The game was a bit of a pig to watch, but Kingswood won thanks to tries from Paul Allen, Steve Ridgeway and Mark O’Connell. However, more recently, Kingswood met Aretians in a cup match under the floodlights at Cleve. Despite a very strong line-up, Kingswood required a late try from Lewis Voisey to secure a narrow 15-11 victory.
Aretians won their opening game of the season last week with a 24-20 win over Ashley Down.
Aretians finished 5th in Gloucester 2 last season.