Old Priorians and Aylesbury have named their squads for the Regional 2 Thames fixture on Saturday 21st March, a 2.30pm kick off at St Benedict's Playing Field.

OPRFC

OPs make a number of changes from the team that beat Teddington 31-22 in the previous round of fixtures.

In come Conrad Boe at hooker and Ben Ziprin at prop to make their 1st XV debuts, with Funbi Osuntoki completing the front row ; Maynard Ahukanna partners Mishka Fibbens in the second row, with no change in the back row as Kit Mawer, Cathal Sheehan and Ed Hansell are at 6, 7 and 8.

Will Taylor is in at fly half to replace Charlie Harte with Rory Gaffney at scrum half ; Michael Jobling moves from fulll back to inside centre and has Barney Morris just outside him. On either wing are James Paxman and Kimen Nyam, Ross McIntosh completing the starting lineup at full back.

On the bench are Ed Page and brother Ben, along with Josh Chippendale.

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1. Funbi Osuntoki
2. Conrad Boe
3. Ben Ziprin
4. Mishka Fibbens
5. Maynard Ahukanna
6. Kit Mawer
7. Cathal Sheehan (c)
8. Ed Hansell
9. Rory Gaffney
10. Will Taylor
11. James Paxman
12. Michael Jobling
13. Barney Morris
14. Kimen Nyam
15. Ross McIntosh
16. Ed Page
17. Ben Page
18. Josh Chippendale

Aylesbury

1. Josh Jackson
2. Ben Amos
3. Ben Knight
4. Dan Thomas
5. Will Parker
6. James Atkinson
7. Jack Tominey
8. Vic Cruger
9. Ben Baildon
10. Alex Shearer (c)
11. Josh Richardson
12. Evan Wakelam
13. Nicky Mercer
14. Selous Nicholle
15. Will Andrews
16. Garin Nicholls
17. Ed Baildon
18. Lewis James

Match Facts

- League Form : OPRFC - WWWWW / Aylesbury - LWWWD

- The eighth league fixture between the two sides, with OPRFC leading the head-to-head by 4 wins to 3 with an average full time score of 42-29

- Priorians have never lost at home to Aylesbury ; by the same token, Aylesbury have never lost at home to Priorians

- OPs can potentially move up to second in the league with a bonus point win if both Belsize Park and Beaconsfield lose, with the latter not taking any losing bonus points from their match

- The Twisters are guaranteed at least fourth place regardless of the result

- Aylesbury cannot climb any higher than fifth following the fixture, but could move down as low as seventh if they lose and Teddington and Marlow win

- Cathal Sheehan makes his 50th appearance for the club, as does Michael Jobling

- Sheehan will also remain the only player to have taken part in every league fixture this season

- Conrad Boe and Ben Ziprin both make their 1st XV debuts

- Maynard Ahukanna will pull level with Guy Djedje as the second most capped Priorians player of all time, as well as the joint most capped OPs forward, on 203 appearances. He also makes his 150th appearance for the 1st XV

- Of the eighteen person squad, fourteen of the OPRFC lineup came through St Benedict's School rugby development