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Sat 08 Apr 2017  ·  National League 3 London & SE
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Katie Daunt7 Apr 2017 - 16:48
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BARNES ASSUMES CAPTAINCY

MALCOLM BARNES will skipper the Raiders on their final away trip of the National Three London & South East season away to Guildford tomorrow.

But it will be a far from full strength XV that the Kiwi leads out, as head coach Jordan Reynolds nurses his squad with the big clash against Jersey less than a month away.

Absent for the game in Surrey is our regular captain Lewis Hillier, Nick Merrien and Dan Hill, all missing through injury, plus the unavailable Cameron Craine and Ned Brown.

Owen Thomas, Sam Whitehead and Jason Batiste also remain on the sidelines and Blair Campbell is still away.

Reynolds remains confident, though, that the travelling squad has sufficient armoury to complete the double over Guildford, who were swept aside at Footes Lane.

Young Callum Gladstone will play on the wing, while budding scrum half Ben Holland is on the bench, as is another emerging youngster, Brad Webb.

Luke Sayer returns at fullback while Kenny Hellier moves into midfield to take over from Brown at centre.

The new half-back partnership of Barnes and Adam Nixon gets another 80 minutes together.

SQUAD:
S Steventon, T Ceillam, L Batiste, R Mercadal, L Skovronek, P Ryan, D Martin, M Thomas, M Barnes, A Nixon, C Gladstone, K Hellier, L Jones, D Davison, L Sayer. Replacements: N Ashplant, B Holland, B Webb

National League 3 London & SE Fixtures

Sat 8 Apr 2017KO: 15:00
Amersham & Chiltern
17
Dorking
34
Sat 8 Apr 2017KO: 15:00
Colchester
30
Chichester
24
Sat 8 Apr 2017KO: 15:00
Southend
36
Westcombe Park
14
Sat 8 Apr 2017KO: 15:00
Tonbridge Juddian
46
Hertford
5
Sat 8 Apr 2017KO: 15:00
Westcliff
36
Sutton & Epsom
15
Sat 8 Apr 2017KO: 15:15
Wimbledon
32
Shelford
18

Head-to-Head

Sat 10 Dec 2016
Guernsey Raiders
Guernsey
69
Guildford
5

Match details

Match date

Sat 08 Apr 2017

Kickoff

14:30

Competition

National League 3 London & SE

League position

5
Guernsey
9
Guildford
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Team Sponsors

Gold Sponsor - Babbé
Silver Sponsor - Polygon Collective
Charitable Partner - Betway
Sponsor of the Director of Rugby - Doyle Motors
Kit Sponsor - Fletcher Sports
Travel Kit Sponsor - Fresh Dental
Official Kit Supplier - Gilbert
Bronze Sponsor - Leapfrog Recruitment Consultants
Silver Sponsor - Little Big Group
Silver Sponsor - LTS Tax
Travel Kit Sponsor - MSF
Club Sponsor - Praxis IFM
Silver Sponsor - Rossborough Insurance
Shirt Sponsor - Spring
Shorts Sponsor - Wordley Law