TEAM NEWS: Knights named to face Ealing A

14th November 2025

Darren Fearn and Sir Ian McGeechan have named their squad to travel to the capital and face Ealing.

Connor Hancock, who has joined us on loan from Newcastle Red Bulls, comes into the starting line up as loosehead prop. He joins Joe Jones at tighthead and George Roberts at hooker. 

Our front row replacements are made up of Lewis Theide and Jasper McGuire, with Fred Davies the spare hooker. 

In the second row, Josh Williams returns from military duty to start with Morgan Jones. Ben Murphy remains number 6, with Rhys Tait at 7 and East Timor Villiamu our number eight. 

On the bench, Ehize Ehizode, Ben Chapman and Adam Hopkinson will cover the rest of the forwards pack. 

Morgan Bunting keeps the number 10 shirt this week, joining scrum half Ollie Fox as our half backs. Connor Edwards moves back into the squad to join Joe Margetts in the centres. 

After a strong performance last week, Aidan Cross is given the nod at 14 with Zach Kerr covering the other wing and Jordan Olowofela completing the back three at full back. 

Will Wootton remains the replacement 9 with Russell Bennet the final back on the bench. 

SQUAD: 1. Connor Hancock 2. George Roberts, 3. Joe Jones, 4. Josh Williams, 5. Morgan Jones, 6. Ben Murphy, 7. Rhys Tait, 8. East Timor Viliamu, 9. Ollie Fox. 10. Morgan Bunting, 11. Zach Kerr, 12. Connor Edwards 13. Joe Margetts, 14. Aidan Cross, 15. Jordan Olowofela

REPLACEMENTS: 16. Fred Davies, 17. Jasper Mcguire, 18. Lewis Thiede, 19. Ehize Ehizode 20. Ben Chapman, 21. Adam Hopkinson, 22. Will Wootton, 23. Russell Bennett.  

Unavailable for selection: Alex Dolly, Thom Smith, Josh Bainbridge, Andrew Turner, Semesa Rokoduguni, Conor Davidson, Telusa Veainu, Ryan Olowofela, Matt McNab, Logovi’i Mulipola