London Scottish looking for fireworks in local derby
Nov
London Scottish will be looking to bounce back from the narrow loss to Nottingham last weekend with a victory over local rivals Esher on Saturday (3pm) at the Athletic Ground.
Head Coach Simon Amor was eager to extract a greater level of consistency from his squad:
“There were effectively two London Scottish teams that turned out at Nottingham last weekend: the team in the first half which was slightly off the pace in both attack and defence, and as a result we were punished by a very good Nottingham side. After half-time, the true London Scottish turned up and we performed at a markedly higher standard - to the extent that we are disappointed not to have come away with a win.
We remain confident though that - if we keep working hard and sticking to the plans we have put in place - the wins will come and we’ll start to build some good momentum and recapture that winning mentality. This starts on Saturday against Esher.”
Dual-Registered centres Guy Armitage and Elliot Daly are both again included in the match day squad, and there is a return to the 22 for winger David Howells after a foot injury and lock Josh Thomas Brown. Argentine International Agustin Gosio will be looking to make it three tries in three games following successes against Bedford and Nottingham.
Team to face Esher:
15 Oli Grove
14 Agustin Gosio
13 Elliot Daly
12 Ollie Brown
11 Stephen Hihetah
10 James Brown
9 Alfredo Lallane
1 Aaron Liffchak
2 Adam Kwasnicki
3 Lewis Thiede
4 Steve Pape
5 Josh Thomas Brown
6 Anthony Andrews
7 Lewis Calder (c)
8 James Kellard
16 Alex Clarke
17 Tom Standfield
18 Ben Thomas
19 Matt Heeks
20 Dan Mugford
21 Guy Armitage
22 David Howells
