As OPs and Marlow meet for the first time in their respective histories on Saturday afternoon, we look at some of the facts and figures going into the game :

- David Howe - captain for OPRFC - makes his 21st consecutive appearance for the club, having only missed one fixture during the 2022/23 season
- Damien O'Dwyer and Ollie Tugman partner each other in the Twisters second row for the fifth game in succession
- Thirteen of the fifteen players in the OPs starting XV came through St Benedict's rugby development, with the whole of the backline coming through this route ; fourteen of the eighteen player squad are made up of those from St Benedict's
- Conor Lambert make his 1st XV debut for OPRFC ; Alex Holloway and Harry Hazlem are debutants for Marlow
- The first time these two sides have faced each other since OPs were formed in 2008
- Marlow's first ever game in Regional 2 Thames
- OPRFC are unbeaten on opening day since 7th September 2019, where they lost 47-5 to Harpenden in London 1 North
- Marlow are unbeaten on opening day since 2nd September 2017 - which is six years to the day - losing 26-19 to Salisbury in Wadworth 6X South West 1 East
- League Form (last five fixtures of 2022/23) : OPRFC - WWLWW / Marlow - LWWWW
- A hat trick for Carlos Gomez-Rose will take him to ten tries and 50 points for the 2023 calendar year
- Marlow captain Phil Hellmuth may be the only player in the division to share a name with a former World Series of Poker Champion