Old Priorians have named their squad to play Marlow in Regional 2 Thames, a 2.30pm kick off at St Benedict's Playing Field on Saturday 17th January.

OPs make three changes from the starting XV that beat Belsize Park in the previous round of fixtures.

In the front row are David Howe, with Tom Batt back in at hooker and Funbi Osuntoki moving to tighthead prop. The combination of Stefan Tsang and Maynard Ahukanna continues in the second row, while Kit Mawer comes in at flanker, Ollie Mayes and Ed Hansell retaining their places at 6 and 8.

No change to the halfbacks - Rory Gaffney and Will Taylor - as Michael Jobling steps into inside centre to be partnered by Ethan Wetherell. James Paxman and Luke Pedreschi are the wingers and Charlie Harte completes the lineup at full back.

On the bench are Ross McIntosh, Guy Djedje and Cathal Sheehan.

1. David Howe
2. Tom Batt
3. Funbi Osuntoki
4. Stefan Tsang
5. Maynard Ahukanna
6. Ollie Mayes
7. Kit Mawer
8. Ed Hansell
9. Rory Gaffney
10. Will Taylor
11. James Paxman
12. Michael Jobling
13. Ethan Wetherell
14. Luke Pedreschi
15. Charlie Harte
16. Ross McIntosh
17. Guy Djedje
18. Cathal Sheehan

Match Facts

- League Form : OPRFC - LWWLW / Marlow - WWLLW

- The sixth league meeting between the two sides

- Old Priorians have won all of the previous fixtures against Marlow, with an average full time score of 46-13 in their favour

- OPRFC can move up to third if they beat Marlow with a bonus point win and Belsize Park fail to take anything from their fixture with Teddington

- An OPs loss with no bonus points could see them move down to fifth, if Teddington beat Belsize Park

- Marlow can climb above Aylesbury into seventh with a victory but would need Aylesbury not to take any bonus points from defeat against Brunel

- They cannot go any lower than eighth, the position they currently occupy

- Guy Djedje will become the joint most capped forward for the 1st XV (183 appearances) with Andrew Wilkie if he comes off the bench during the fixture

- Similarly, Maynard Ahukanna will become the third most capped OPRFC player of all time - also surpassing Wilkie - having reached 198 games for the club

- Michael Jobling needs 5 points to reach 100 points for the 1st XV - he passed 100 points for the club during last week's fixture against Belsize Park

- Of the eighteen person squad, thirteen came through St Benedict's School rugby development