| The Penguins will line up against the Falklands Task Force team at the Twickenham Stoop on Saturday (4.00 pm). Selley, who has recently been shining for the Wales Sevens squad and will be playing for Cardiff Blues next season, will be up against Colin Milkins, the Royal Marines and Navy hooker from Tredegar, who will be in the Task Force XV. All proceeds from the game will go the South Atlantic Medal Association charity (1982) which is based in Blackwood, Gwent.
The teams taking the field will include some Welsh born soldiers who are following in the armed services footsteps of their Task Force predecessors. The match will be followed by a commemorative dinner at the Twickenham Stoop where guests will include the Welsh Falklands veteran Simon Weston. The match which will also feature some cameo game time for at least three Falkland veterans.
Other Falklands Task Force Team players are two Welsh Guardsmen, Rob Sweeney from Swansea, the fly half who played for Swansea and the Ospreys, and prop Melvyn Lewis from Newton in mid-Wales. Gareth Slade-Jones (Royal Artillery) from Treherbert is the Task Force scrum half while centre Rory Greenslade-Jones from Maesteg and London Welsh player James Strong will both be in the Penguins line up.
Penguins: 15. Graham Barr (Esher), 14. Jack Smales (England Students), 13. Howard Graham (Army), 12. Brian Milne (London Scottish), 11. Tal Selley (Cardiff Blues & Wales Sevens), 10. Kieran Hallett (Bedford), 9. Nicky Griffiths (Worcester Warriors), 1. Rod Moore (Calvisano & Australia), 2. Chris Johnson (Bedford), 3. Simon Carter (Newbury), 4. Jon Phillips (Bedford), 5. Arthur Brenton (Bedford), 7. Oliver Brown (Scotland Sevens), 8. James Bucknall (Richmond), 6. Mark Lee (Army & Scotland Sevens)
Replacements: 16. Rory Greenslade Jones (London Scottish), 17. James Strong (London Welsh), 18. Mark Smith (Richmond), 19. James Gaunt (Henley), 20. Matt Price (Bedford), 21. Andrew Le Chevalier (Henley), 22. Henry Head (Rotherham), 23. Matt Miles (Pertemps Bees), 24. Ken Aseme (Blackheath), 25. Bill Calcraft (Australia)
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