Head Coach Alan Dickens has selected Josh Dingley at openside flanker, with Sam Harris pulling the strings at fly-half for the first 40 minutes of play, where he'll send out an alternative combination for the second half.

Giving all players in the squad a run out, of his two team selections, Dickens said: "We’ve had a good week of preparation in camp, which helped bring the group together and kick started our Six Nations preparation," said Dickens. "Training has gone really well and the commitment and mindset from the players has been fantastic.

"The game against Oxford University will be an excellent opportunity for us to put in to practice our work in training and assess how well the lads are working as a group. It’s a great way for us to prepare for our opening game in the Six Nations against Scotland at Twickenham Stoop."

First half team

15 Connor Slevin, 14 Cassius Cleaves, 13 Jacob Cusick, 12 Joseph Woodward, 11 Josh Hathaway, 10 Sam Harris, 9 Charlie Bracken; 1 Archie McArthur, 2 Finn Theobald-Thomas/Calum Scott, 3 Tim Hoyt/James Halliwell, 4 Harry Browne, 5 Lewis Chessum (c), 6 Joshua Manz, 7 Josh Dingley, 8 Rob Nixon

Second half team

15 Tobias Elliot, 14 Benjamin Waghorn, 13 Louie Johnson, 12 Rekeiti Ma'asi-White (c), 11 Jack Walsh, 10 Monty Bradbury, 9 Nye Thomas; 1 George Patten, 2 Calum Scott/Nathan Jibulu, 3 James Halliwell/Afolabi Fasogbon, 4 Danny Eite, 5 Robert Carmichael, 6 Finn Carnduff, 7 Tristan Woodman, 8 Zach Carr

The game kicks off at 15:00 on Saturday 14 January.

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