Knights squad to face Sale Sharks on Friday night
6th February 2025
Joe Ford and Sir Ian McGeechan have named their squad to face Sale Sharks on Friday night.
Logovi’i Mulipola returns to start in the front row with Joe Jones, and George Roberts is the hooker between them. Our second row remains unchanged, Ben Murphy and Josh Williams. Our back row also remains the same, Adam Hopkinson, Rhys Tait and Morgan Strong.
Ben Chapman is our replacement hooker, with Conor Davidson and Lewis Thiede the replacement props. Taniela Ramasibana, Jasper McGuire and Archie Smeaton are also amongst the replacements.
We stick with the same half backs, Alex Dolly at 9 and Morgan Bunting at 10, with Ollie Fox the replacement Scrum Half. The rest of the back line is made up of Zach Kerr, Aidan Cross, Maliq Holden, Semesa Rokoduguni and Telusa Veainu.
Sam Wadsworth, who has joined us on a short team loan is the remaining back replacement.
Starting XV | 15, Telusa Veainu. 14, Semesa Rokoduguni. 13, Aidan Cross. 12, Zach Kerr. 11, Maliq Holden. 10, Morgan Bunting. 9, Alex Dolly 1,Logovi’I Mulipola. 2, George Roberts. 3, Joe Jones. 4, Ben Murphy (C). 5, Josh Williams. 6, Adam Hopkinson. 7, Rhys Tait. 8, Morgan Strong.
Replacements | 16, Ben Chapman. 17, Conor Davidson. 18, Lewis Thiede. 19,Taniela Ramasibana. 20, Jasper McGuire. 21, Ollie Fox. 22, Sam Wadsworth . 23, Archie Smeaton.
Unavailable For Selection | Andrew Turner, Cory Teague, Thom Smith, Connor Edwards, Russell Bennett, Will Parry, Arthur Green, George Wacokecoke, Harry Davey, Fred Davies, Jordan Olowofela, Shaun Adendorff
This fixture is being streamed live on TNT Sports, we will be streaming it at Castle Park, so bring your friends to come and enjoy the game on the big screen! Bar and hot food will be available!
