Both sides are named for Saturday, and there is rugby at both ends of the journey. Round 02 of National Two North takes the First XV over to Hare Lane to face old rivals Chester, 3pm kick off, while the Second XV are at home to Waterloo at Park Lane with a 2.30pm start.
It is the first away day of the season for the First XV. Chester opened with a big win at Wharfedale, so this is a stern test off the back of our own opening day, when we beat Darlington Mowden Park 47-26 at Park Lane on David H Smith Memorial Day.
1st XV v Chester, Hare Lane, 3pm
Chris James captains the side. Alex Minozzi, who scored a hat trick on his debut against Darlington, starts at seven, and Ciaran Shone continues at fly half after six conversions on his first appearance for the club.
1 J. Blanchard, 2 L. Cole, 3 D. Rylance, 4 B. Birtwell, 5 C. James (C), 6 I. Deans, 7 A. Minozzi, 8 J. Ellam, 9 J. Tansey, 10 C. Shone, 11 M. Shute, 12 N. Pope, 13 H. Lewis, 14 T. Hesketh, 15 S. Shute.
Replacements: 16 A. Downham, 17 A. Mallinson, 18 B. Nonleh, 19 E. Poole, 20 M. Winterburn.
2nd XV v Waterloo, Park Lane, 2.30pm
The Seconds are at home, so if you are not making the trip over to Chester there is a full afternoon of rugby up Park Lane instead, with the bar open as usual.
1 H. Coxhill, 2 O. Geddis, 3 G. Boylan, 4 L. McPherson, 5 A. Halliday, 6 G. Payne, 7 B. Fenton, 8 T. Faosiliva, 9 A. Davies, 10 O. Glasse, 11 O. Cooke, 12 T. Harris, 13 M. Law, 14 F. Ferguson, 15 L. Forshaw.
Replacements: 16 F. Booth, 17 S. Hockenhull, 18 J. Briers, 19 M. Cave, 20 C. Penketh, 21 K. Derbyshire, 22 Z. Jeffries, 23 C. Strong, 24 K. Robinson.
Make the short trip over to Chester and get behind the lads, or come up Park Lane for the Seconds. COYT
