SCRUM-HALF Tom Kessell is due to make his 100th appearance for the Cornish Pirates on Sunday as Bedford Blues come to the Mennaye.

The 24-year-old will get the honour of leading the team out onto the pitch for the Greene King IPA Championship clash.

Kessell started playing rugby for Penzance & Newlyn RFC's minis and later returned to join the Pirates from Plymouth Albion in 2011.

The side he will lead out features three changes from last week's 21-13 defeat at Doncaster with Tom Riley, Alan Paver and Will Carrick Smith replacing Laurence May, Jack Andrew and Marcus Garratt.

A trip to the Mennaye has already been made by the Blues this season on October 12 in the British & Irish Cup.

On the day the Pirates scored a late try to win 35-34, but this was later reversed to a 34-28 victory to the visitors after it was deemed the hosts had breach a regulation on playing numbers.

Despite an appeal being submitted by the Pirates, the RFU upheld their decision.

PIRATES: 15 Max Bodilly, 14 Kieran Goss, 13 Tom Riley, 12 Alex Dancer, 11 Craig Holland, 10 Kieran Hallett, 9 Tom Kessell; 1 Paul Andrew, 2 Tom Channon, 3 Alan Paver, 4 Will Carrick Smith, 5 Darren Barry, 6 Chris Morgan (c), 7 Joe Atkinson, 8 Matt Bolwell.

REPS: 16 Rob Elloway, 17 Jack Andrew, 18 Will Graulich, 19 Joel Conlon, 20 Stuart Townsend, 21 Laurence May, 22 Rheon James.