THE trip to face Cardiff Blues in the Powergen Cup tomorrow (Saturday) provides Saracens with the chance to get their season back on track. It also hands Ben Broster the chance to press his claims for a starting spot in the Wales side for the Autumn internationals.

The 23-year-old tight-prop scored on his debut for Wales on their tour of north America in the summer and he knows a good showing at the Arms Park on Saturday could push him to the forefront of Mike Ruddock's thoughts.

"I'm sure Mike and the Wales boys will be watching, so I'm looking to put in a decent performance," said Broster. "It was a great experience and a great tour and I've had lots of positive feedback. Your first cap is always special and I really enjoyed myself."

Broster will go head to head with John Yapp, the loosehead capped six times by Wales, in the scrum and is relishing the challenge.

"It will be a terrific game in Cardiff, I'm really looking forward to it. It will a change from the league which will be good and if we can find that composure and enforce our game plan on them then I think we can go there and do a job.

"I know a lot of the boys and they will be big up front," he continued.

"They will be a scrappy, hard and uncompromising sort of team with a good set-piece. I know they've got a few injuries in the back but they've got plenty of strength in depth so it will be a really good test for us."

Broster goes into the game on the back of Sunday's searching examination at the hands of Andrew Sheriden, the Sale loose-head who is among the powerful scrummagers in the northern hemisphere.

"Sheriden is a massive unit and can be destructive when he wants to be. We went out there with a plan to deal with him, it didn't go as well as we hoped early doors, but it got better as the game went on.

"A guy that big and that strong is always going to be a real test but hopefully I came through it alright. Every prop is different and by playing against these guys I'm only adding strings to my bow and increasing my repertoire of how to deal with other props."