Old Priorians and London Irish Wild Geese have both announced their squads for their Regional 2 Thames fixture, a 3pm kick off at St Benedict's Playing Field on Saturday 10th October.

OPRFC

OPs make a number of changes following the 52-47 defeat to Marlow in the previous round of fixtures last weekend.

In comes Luis Gomez-Rose at hooker for his first match of the season, with Ben Ziprin moving to loosehead prop and Guy Djedje slotting in at tighthead prop. Arvin Randhawa replaces Alex Wood in the second row and is partnered by Stefan Tsang ; Will Curd comes in for Ollie Mayes in the back row, with captain Cathal Sheehan and number 8 Ed Hansell retaining their places.

Rory Gaffney moves back to scrum half and has Will Taylor just outside him at fly half, as the centres for this week are Ethan Wetherell and Barney Morris. On the wings are Matt Ilube and Jared Braddock, Michael Jobling in at full back.

On the bench are David Howe, Wood and Charlie Harte.

1. Ben Ziprin
2. Luis Gomez-Rose
3. Guy Djedje
4. Arvin Randhawa
5. Stefan Tsang
6. Will Curd
7. Cathal Sheehan (c)
8. Ed Hansell
9. Rory Gaffney (vc)
10. Will Taylor
11. Matt Ilube
12. Ethan Wetherell
13. Barney Morris
14. Jared Braddock
15. Michael Jobling
16. David Howe
17. Alex Wood
18. Charlie Harte

London Irish Wild Geese

1. Jono Moore
2. Harry Roffey (c)
3. Cameron Cartwright
4. Russ Orr Burns
5. Tom Burfitt
6. Dom Aston
7. Oskar Tye
8. Finley Pollard
9. Pete Sowerby
10. Joe Clarke
11. Jordan Fadoju
12. Henry Fuller (vc)
13. Conor Evans
14. Chris Stegmann
15. George Owen
16. Tyler Graham
17. Jordan Koroitamana
18. Tadhg O'Hagan

Match Sponsored by Superbeam.

Match Facts

- The seventh league meeting between the two clubs
- OPRFC currently hold a superior record, with four wins to the two of London Irish
- The average full time score between the sides is 37-25 in favour of OPs
- Wild Geese have not won at Perivale since January 2023, a 35-34 win in Regional 2 Thames
- The Twisters can climb up to fifth (currently in tenth) position with a bonus point win, though this is contigent on a number of other results going their way
- A loss with any bonus points - coupled with wins for Grasshoppers and H.A.C - could see Priorians end the day at the bottom of the table
- A bonus point win for Wild Geese will, at the very least, keep them in the top four of Regional 2 Thames
- A loss without any bonus points could see them move down to 8th, dependent on other results
- Cathal Sheehan makes his 50th 1st XV appearance for OPRFC
- One more try will take Sheehan to 200 points for the Twisters
- Luis Gomez-Rose makes his first start for the club since the 25th October 2025 (v Grasshoppers)
- Jono Moore lines up for for London Irish against his former club, having made 123 appearances for OPs previously
- His opposite number for the afternoon is Guy Djedjde ; between them, they have made 330 appearances for OPRFC
- Of the eighteen person squad, fourteen came through St Benedict's School rugby development