Richmond prepares for this Saturday’s game at the RAG against Darlington Mowden Park to potentially make it 4 on the bounce. The game is set to kick off at 3pm. Match tickets are still available to purchase, please CLICK HERE

The front row remains unchanged after last week’s victory over Leicester Lions, George Nugent starts this Saturday for the 1st XV after captaining the Vikings and putting in strong performances across the beginning of the season. Toby Saysell returns to the starting XV playing open-side flanker with Jake Monson moving to blind-side flanker and rounding off the pack Ethan Benson starts at 8.

Matt Marsh comes off the bench after last weekend’s strong performance and starts at scrum-half to pair with the in-form Alex Burrage, whilst in the midfield Henry Cheesman pairs with Jake Caddy.

Changes on both wings with Alec Coombes and Hamish Graham earning their start and Alex O’Meara keeps his solid presence at full-back.

Conor Maguire and Ntinga Mpiko acts as front row cover, whilst Xavier Hastings serves as the versatile replacement for the back five of the pack. The exciting Matteo Petrozzi is set to make his debut off the bench as the scrum-half replacement and finally Ted Landray covers the rest of the backline.

Starting XV (1-15)

1. Luke Spring - Sponsored by Steve Hardwick
2. Alexander Post © - Sponsored by Andrew Gordon
3. Jimmy Litchfield – Sponsored by Robert Vallings
4. George Nugent - Sponsored by Ian Hart
5. Max Murphy – Sponsored by Toni Judd
6. Jake Monson – Sponsored by Ollie Quigley
7. Toby Saysell – Sponsored by Stewart & Liz Barlow
8. Ethan Benson – Sponsored by Aaron Adams
9. Matt Marsh – Sponsored by Chris Banks
10. Alex Burrage – Sponsored by 213kg.com
11. Alec Coombes – Sponsored by Willie Munday
12. Henry Cheeseman – Sponsored by Denise Williams & Bob Scott
13. Jake Caddy – Sponsored by Patrick Way
14. Hamish Graham – Sponsored by Kingsbridge Private Hospital
15. Alex O’Meara – Sponsored by Tim Forrester

Replacements

16. Conor Maguire – Sponsored by Biscay Boys
17. Ntinga Mpiko – Sponsored by Chris Mills
18. Xavier Hastings – Available to sponsor
19. Matteo Petrozzi - Available to sponsor
20. Ted Landray - Sponsored by Caroline Habberfield