As previously announced, the Cornish Pirates play Exeter Chiefs away on Saturday for what should prove to be an interesting and exciting pre-season ‘friendly’ that kicks off at 4pm.

The Chiefs have named two strong squads to play in the afternoon, with the first to face London Scottish at 2pm.

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Note the following line-ups:

Exeter Chiefs v London Scottish:

15 Josh Hodge 14 Campbell Ridl 13 Ben Hammersley 12 Joe Hawkins 11 Kian Gentry 10 Will Haydon-Wood 9 Sam Maunder; 1 Scott Sio (captain) 2 Max Norey 3 Josh Iosefa-Scott 4 Joe Bailey 5 Lewis Pearson 6 Richard Capstick 7 Martin Moloney 8 Kane James.

Replacements (shirt numbers as listed): 16 Jack Yeandle 17 Billy Keast 18 Jimmy Roots 19 Oscar Beckerleg 20 Jack Forsythe 21 Tom Cairns 22 Ben Coen 23 Nick Lilley 24 Noah Fenton 17 Josh Mann 20 Louie Gulley.

Exeter Chiefs v Cornish Pirates:

15 Dan John 14 Paul Brown-Bampoe 13 Zack Wimbush 12 Will Rigg 11 Olly Woodburn 10 Harvey Skinner 9 Tom Cairns; 1 Will Goodrick-Clarke 2 Dan Frost 3 Ehren Painter 4 Jack Dunne 5 Rusi Tuima 6 Finn Worley-Brady 7 Jacques Vermeulen (captain) 8 Greg Fisilau.

Replacements (shirt numbers as listed): 16 Jack Innard 17 Kwenzo Blose 18 Marcus Street 19 Eoin O’Connor 20 Lucas Dorrell 21 Niall Armstrong 22 Ben Coen 23 Nick Lilley 17 Josh Mann 19 Louie Gulley 21 Noah Fenton.

As for the Cornish Pirates, the full selection is as follows:

Cornish Pirates: 15 Will Trewin 14 Robin Wedlake 13 Charlie McCaig 12 Joe Elderkin 11 Arthur Relton 10 Bruce Houston 9 Cam Jones; 1 Billy Young 2 Morgan Nelson 3 Jay Tyack 4 Charlie ‘Buster’ Rice 5 Hugh Bokenham 6 Alex Everett 7 Will Gibson 8 John Stevens (captain).

Replacements (shirt numbers TBC on the day): Sol Moody, Harry Hocking, James French, Oisin Michel, Ollie Andrews, Milo Hallam, Josh King, Matt Cannon, Dan Hiscocks, Will Rigelsford (guest player), Iwan Jenkins, Matt McNab, Harry Yates, Tom Georgiou, Iwan Price-Thomas.

Speaking ahead of the fixture, Cornish Pirates’ joint head coach Gavin Cattle has commented:

“The contest will naturally be a big step up from our friendly versus Redruth and it will provide a good measuring stick for us.

“When you look at the physicality that Exeter will bring, along also with the overall quality they possess, it should provide a worthy benchmark to see what we need to work on and what is going well for us. We have seen that previously when playing the Chiefs similarly in the past and it will no doubt be the same again this year.”