TEAM NEWS: Knights to travel down to Cornwall for festive round nine fixture

20th December 2024

Doncaster Knights travel down to the other end of the country this weekend as they are set to face Cornish Pirates in round nine of the Championship.

The Yorkshire side are sticking with the same front and second row. Andrew Turner and Joe Jones accompany George Roberts, with Ben Murphy and Adam Hopkinson in the engine room. Logovi’i Mulipola, Jasper McGuire and Fred Davies make up the front row replacements. 

Rhys Tait returns from Scotland duty to slot back into his number 7 shirt, with Thom Smith at 6 and Morgan Strong at 8. Meaning Arthur Green shifts back to the bench, with forwards, Archie Smeaton and Josh Williams. 

Our half backs remain unchanged again, Alex Dolly at scrum half and Russell Bennett at fly half. Zach Kerr slots back in to the centres with Connor Edwards and Maliq Holden joins the back three alongside Telusa Veainu and Semesa Rokoduguni. With the Knights opting for a 6/2 spilt on the bench, Ollie Fox and Will Parry are the replacement backs.

Starting XV | 15, Telusa Veainu. 14, Semesa Rokoduguni. 13, George Wacokecoke. 12, Connor Edwards. 11, Maliq Holden. 10, Russell Bennett. 9, Alex Dolly. 1, Andrew Turner. 2, George Roberts. 3, Joe Jones. 4, Ben Murphy (C). 5, Adam Hopkinson. 6, Thom Smith . 7, Rhys Tait. 8, Morgan Strong.

Replacements | 16, Fred Davies. 17, Jasper McGuire. 18, Logovi’i Mulipola. 19, Josh Williams. 20, Arthur Green. 21, Archie Smeaton. 22, Ollie Fox. 23, Will Parry. 

Unavailable for selection due to injury: Cory Teague, Conor Davidson.