Old Priorians and Grasshoppers have announced their squads for their Regional 2 Thames fixture on Saturday 21st December, a 2.30pm kick off at Grasshoppers RFC in the last round of league fixtures of the calendar year.

OPRFC

There are five changes to the starting XV that beat Hemel Hempstead 29-25 last Saturday.

Guy Djedje replaces Luis Gomez-Rose at hooker, with David Howe and Mishka Fibbens playing at loosehead and tighthead prop respectively. Ed Page steps up into the second row to join forces with Brohdie Cunningham. Jack Wheeler returns in the back row, alongside Ben Page and captain for the day, Cathal Sheehan.

Will Taylor returns to the fly half berth to partner Brendan Rice who is scrum half, with Barney Morris and Tomek Tsang in the centres ; James Paxman moves to the wing, Pierre Goualin covering the other wing and Emilio Uribe is at full back.

The replacements are Funbi Osuntoki, Ollie Mayes and Michael Jobling.

1. David Howe
2.Guy Djedje
3. Mishka Fibbens
4. Ed Page
5. Brohdie Cunningham
6. Jack Wheeler
7. Ben Page
8. Cathal Sheehan (c)
9. Brendan Rice
10. Will Taylor
11. James Paxman
12. Barney Morris
13. Tomek Tsang
14. Pierre Goualin
15. Emilio Uribe
16. Funbi Osuntoki
17. Ollie Mayes
18. Michael Jobling

GRASSHOPPERS

1. Lewis Perkins
2. Chris Farrell
3. Deji Olajide
4. Jasper Rose
5. Callum McCormack
6. James Kent
7. Archie Horton
8. Louis Brown
9. Rohan Love
10. Conor Gilmore (c)
11. Alec Stone
12. Devon Lee
13. Blaise Salle
14. Matt Poole
15. Chris Brown
16. Cariern Clement-Pascall
17. Andy McGill
18. Tom O'Halloran