TEAM NEWS: Knights to face Chinnor

18th April 2025

Doncaster Knights will revisit unfinished business with Chinnor on Saturday as we host them for round 17 of the Championship. 

Joe Ford and Sir Ian McGeechan have named their squad to face the task.

Logovi’i Mulipola comes back in to the front row, to pair with Conor Davidson. George Roberts keeps the number two shirt again. Our front row replacements are Fred Davies (hooker), Andrew Turner and Lewis Thiede. 

Behind them in the scrum, Adam Hopkinson moves back into the second row to join Ben Murphy and Archie Smeaton starts in the back row. Smeaton joins usual starters, Rhys Tait and Morgan Strong. 

Ben Chapman and Jasper McGuire make up the other replacement forwards. 

Alex Dolly comes back in to the starting line up to pair with Russell Bennett and Connor Edwards comes back in to start at inside centre, with newly re-signed, Zach Kerr on his outside. 

Aidan Cross slots straight in to the starting team after a Stella performance off the bench against Cambridge. Semesa Rokoduguni comes back in to the other wing, with Telusa Veainu at full back. 

Ollie Fox and Morgan Bunting make up the half back replacements, with Obi Ene the final back on the bench. 

Starting XV | 15, Telusa Veainu. 14, Semesa Rokoduguni. 13, Zach Kerr 12, Connor Edwards. 11, Aidan Cross. 10, Russell Bennett. 9, Alex Dolly. 1, Conor Davidson. 2, George Roberts. 3, Logovi’i Mulipola. 4, Ben Murphy (C). 5, Adam Hopkinson. 6, Archie Smeaton. 7, Rhys Tait. 8, Morgan Strong.

Replacements | 16, Fred Davies 17, Andrew Turner. 18, Lewis Thiede. 19, Ben Chapman. 20, Jasper McGuire. 21, Ollie Fox. 22, Morgan Bunting. 23, Obi Ene. 

Unavailable For Selection | Thom Smith, Harry Davey, Joe Jones, Maliq Holden