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Sat 26 Jan 2019  ·  SUSSEX DIVISION TWO - 'ARMADA ALE'
Shoreham
17
38
Guernsey St Jacques Vikings
Vikings
Tries: B Webb (2), J Smith (2), L Collenette, C SullivanConversions: L Collenette (4)

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James Mroch25 Jan 2019 - 17:16
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The new year has not exactly begun the way that Ray Smart and his Vikings men would have liked, with two cancelled fixtures so far through no fault of their own. They aim to things back on track on Saturday as they travel to Shoreham seeking to make it 12 consecutive league victories.

The league frontrunners are favourites to wrap up the Sussex Division Two title, however their coaching team are keen to ensure that they focus only their next game and are not getting carried away.

“We are looking forward to the challenge of Shoreham away, this is a notoriously tough fixture against in my opinion one of the strongest sides in the league, even though the league table does not currently show that. We have never beaten them by any more than 14 or 15 points and when we played them at the KGV earlier this season they were really up for it and caused us lots of problems. We expect no less tomorrow and we will have to produce a good performance to get the win. We must keep taking it one game at a time and ensuring we maintain our high standards throughout the season.” said Smart

The Vikings go into the match without some of their frontline players, including fly-half Matt Lomas who has been rewarded for his excellent performances this season with a call up for the Raiders this week. Therefore Leon Collenette will play at fly-half, a position is he not to unfamiliar with having played there on several occasions last season. He is a different style of player than Lomas, he likes to run with the ball but possess good distribution skills off both hands and has a strong kicking game.

Nico Ashplant and Alan Myers are again absent from the front row due to injury and work commitments, but some good news is that talisman no 8 James Regnard is again available.

Tom Veillard who is based in the UK plays at scrum half which frees up Lucas Barker to start in his preferred inside centre role. He will have an important role to play as he will aim to support Collenette whilst leading the defensive line.

Connor Sullivan returns from injury this week and will play at fullback. Arguably the Vikings most versatile player, he will be required to be an attacking threat whilst bringing his usual solid defence.

Wingers Joe Le Roux and Luke Rigby also return this week, with Rigby earning his first competitive start of the season.

Here's hoping for another good performance from the Vikings. keep an eye out on our twitter & facebook pages for the match result.

Vikings XV

B Paul
L Gardner ©
J Mroch
B Webb
J Smith
M Smith
T Creed
J Regnard
T Veillard
L Collenette
J Le Roux
L Barker
C Cahill
L Rigby
C Sullivan

SUSSEX DIVISION TWO - 'ARMADA ALE' Fixtures

Sat 26 Jan 2019KO: 12:00
Barns Green
31
Midhurst
7

Head-to-Head

Sat 5 Jan 2019
Shoreham
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Sat 27 Oct 2018
Guernsey St Jacques Vikings
St. Jacques Vikings
25
Shoreham
13
Sat 10 Mar 2018
Shoreham
20
Guernsey St Jacques Vikings
St. Jacques Vikings
29
Sat 4 Nov 2017
Guernsey St Jacques Vikings
St. Jacques Vikings
26
Shoreham
17

Appearances

St. Jacques Vikings
M Lomas
M LomasFull Back
11
M Smith
M Smith
11
C Le Prevost
C Le PrevostRight Wing
10

Match details

Match date

Sat 26 Jan 2019

Kickoff

14:00

Competition

SUSSEX DIVISION TWO - 'ARMADA ALE'

League position

1
St. Jacques Vikings
5
Shoreham
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