RICHARD Thorpe has named his Chinnor side to take on Darlington Mowden Park at Kingsey Road tomorrow afternoon.

We head into the National League 1 encounter looking to extend our three-match unbeaten run and this fixture is our first of back-to-back home games.

Director of Rugby, Thorpe has made six changes, three positional, from the side which drew 27-all with Caldy last weekend.

Lock Ben Glynn returns to the pack following his honeymoon, allowing Willie Ryan to move into the back row.

Fly-half Bader Pretorius is handed his first start since joining on loan from Jersey Reds, meaning Nick Smith switches to full-back and Kieran Goss to the right wing. George Grose also comes in at outside centre in place of James Bourton who is among the replacements.

On the bench, Ben Manning has recovered from a calf injury and is set for his first league appearance since rejoining the Club, while hooker Mike van Vuuren is in line for his debut after signing earlier this week.

Unfortunately, Liam Gilbert, Max Heathman, Alex Hunt, Ollie Smith, Tom Whitehurst and Ben Wilkinson miss out through injury, while Jason Worrall is unavailable.

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Chinnor v Darlington Mowden Park (3pm)
15. Nick Smith (c) (4 caps)
14. Kieran Goss (115 caps)
13. George Grose* (12 caps)
12. Sam Yawayawa (21 caps)
11. Ryan Crowley (3 caps)
10. Bader Pretorius (2 caps)
9. Luke Carter (5 caps)
1. Soane Tonga’uiha (5 caps)
2. Cameron Terry (3 caps)
3. Rob Hardwick (5 caps)
4. Ben Glynn (1 cap)
5. Conor Brockschmidt (5 caps)
6. Willie Ryan (33 caps)
7. Max Clementson (5 caps)
8. Fred Tuilagi (4 caps)

Reps:
16. Elliot Chilvers (3 caps)
17. Mike van Vuuren (0 caps)
18. Ryan Lomas (2 caps)
19. Ben Manning (146 caps)
20. James Bourton (5 caps)
*denotes homegrown

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