The front row is unchanged, with David Howe, Ben Ridley and Guy Djedje at loosehead prop, hooker and tighthead prop ; Sean McAteer and Brohdie Cunningham continue in the second row, with captain Damien O'Dwyer at 6, Luis Gomez-Rose at 7 and brother Carlos Gomez-Rose coming in at 8.

Rory Gaffney is at 9, Will Taylor returning to the fly half berth. Conor Dolan and Tomek Tsang once again partner up in the centres, Matt Ilube keeping his place on one wing with James Paxman replacing Jake Kane on the other. Emilio Uribe moves to full back in place of Michael Jobling.

The replacements are Funbi Osuntoki, Inder Sohi and Barney Morris.

1. David Howe
2. Ben Ridley
3. Guy Djedje
4. Sean McAteer
5. Brohdie Cunningham
6. Damien O'Dwyer (c)
7. Luis Gomez-Rose
8. Carlos Gomez-Rose
9. Rory Gaffney
10. Will Taylor
11. Matt Ilube
12. Conor Dolan
13. Tomek Tsang
14. James Paxman
15. Emilio Uribe
16. Funbi Osuntoki
17. Inder Sohi
18. Barney Morris

MATCH FACTS

- League Form : OPRFC – WWWWW / Teddington - LLLWW

- The second league meeting between the two sides ; the only other fixture was earlier this season, a 37-24 win for Old Priorians

- The Twisters are on their longest unbeaten run at Level 6 of the RFU League Pyramid (encompassing the old London 1 North and the current Regional 2 Thames), having won their last six games

- OPs can temporarily move up to fifth in the table with either a win or a two bonus point loss ; they cannot fall any lower than their current position of sixth

- Teddington will remain seventh in the table regardless of tonight's result, though this may change following tomorrow's fixtures

- A win for the Antlers will make them mathematically safe from relegation in their first season at Level 6

- Neither side can achieve promotion this season ; the highest either can finish is second

- David Howe makes his eighteenth consecutive league appearance of the 2024/25 campaign, the only player to have taken a part in all fixtures this season

- Five points for Tomek Tsang will see him pass 100 points for the various OPRFC Xvs since the start of the 2021/22 season

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