This trip is the longest Bell's side will face this season, but the coach has been able to name a full squad ahead of the game. The recent 64-3 victory over an understrength Andover 2nd’s is still very much in the minds of the players as they will be looking to try and repeat that performance on Saturday.

Jon Bell has named a few changes to his squad ahead of the fixture, but is confident they have the right balance in order to put on another good performance. Bjorn Van der Kammen returns after being given the all clear following a suspected slipped disc and slots into the back row. Young Josh Kewell who had a good game against Andover, has made way for Bjorn and has dropped to the bench. Ben le Noury starts at loose head whilst the experienced Tom Chamberlain will start at hooker. Two very noticeable absentees are the halfbacks Phil Smith & Conor Murtagh. Both are unavailable for the game, so Jake Gallienne & Piers Ockleford will form a new half back combination for this weekend. Young scrum half Elliot Eastwood will take a place on the bench, whilst Airy Cleere replaces Sam Crawford at outside centre and Sam Pearson takes over Piers vacated 12 jersey this week. A man looking set to miss out for the foreseeable future is Dan le Huray. The hooker was forced off after two minutes against Andover, and has sadly ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament and will be out for the foreseeable future.

Bell said ahead of the game that this week is again about performance, and if they play the systems they have worked on extensively then a positive result would be likely. “We are looking forward to travelling to our first away game. It will be a good experience for the lads and will be a real test against what we expect to be a strong team from Sandown. With a few guys unavailable it has allowed opportunities for lads to step and make their mark. Jake Gallienne at Scrum half is an example of that. Again it is about performance this weekend, if we do that then hopefully the results will continue to follow. Sandown are however ultimately are an unknown for us, so we will see how it goes.”

Kick off in Sandown is 12pm, keep an eye out on Facebook & Twitter for regular updates throughout the game.

Team
1 Ben Le Noury
2 Tom Chamberlain
3 Trevor Marquis
4 Jake Cornes
5 Scott le Page
6 Bjorn van Der Kammen
7 Brett Mcfarlane
8 Dickon Addis
9 Jake Gallienne
10 Piers Ockleford
11 Matt Horton
12 Sam Pearson
13 Airy Cleere
14 Robbie Titterington
15 Tom Chammings

16 James Mroch
17 Nick Ozard
18 Rhys Jelley
19 Josh Kewell
20 Elliot Eastwood
21 Aaron de Carteret

There will be some rugby action at the KGV this weekend however, as St Jacques 2nds/Social take on the Mawari Warriors (previously Herm) in a friendly. The St Jacques side comprises some regulars, and also a few guests too. Kick off is 2pm, come down and have a watch, should be some enteraining rugby.