Bournemouth head coach Will Croker has praised the strength in depth of the club ahead of their South West Premier trip to Weston-super-Mare on Saturday.
The Chapel Gate men are able to field four sides this weekend in a rare showing of availability.
After two bonus-point wins over Old Pats and Barnstaple to open the campaign, Croker says his side will have a tough job on their hands to make it three.
He said: "We are really looking forward to the challenge of going away to Weston-super-Mare - they are a notoriously difficult team to beat at home.
"They have had - from what I can see - a couple of very close results against sides who are predicted to do well this season in Barnstaple and Exeter University and we are certainly not going there and taking them lightly."
Croker is unable to call upon the services of backrow Joe Rees this well as well as versatile playmaker Mike Pope, but Croker says he is pleased with who he is able to pick.
Instead, the head coach is able to select the likes of openside Ben Flett, Ali Bennett and Danny Kirkpatrick - to the delight of Croker.
He added: "We are disappointed to lose Joe Rees this week to a toe injury, and unfortunately Mike Pope had to pull out on Thursday night.
"But it goes to show the strength in depth in the squad when we are able to call guys back in like Ben Flett, Ali Bennett, and Danny Kirkpatrick as well as Karim Lynch to bolster things so I am really looking forward to the match and I am really excited about it.
"It is also great because we are fielding four sides this week, and I am really looking forward to seeing how the Seconds, Thirds and Fourths get on because they have really big pools of talent and it is an exciting weekend ahead for Bournemouth Lions."

Ahead over the game Bournemouth been forced to make a few last minute changes to the posted team. Mike Pope is now unavilable for selection. Grant Hancox will move to number 10, Higgins into 13 and Chris Jeffs comes off the bench to play 14. Danny Kirkpatrick returns back to the first team on the bench taking up the last position.

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