Ealing are looking to retain the trophy this season, and are certainly in fine form – they come into this game with a record of Played 4, Won 4 in the Championship Cup and currently sit second in the Greene King IPA Championship. News of further reinforcements to their squad this week underpins their ambitions.

By contrast, Ampthill had a bad day at Coventry last Saturday and the starting fifteen will be looking to rectify last weeks performance.

“Ealing as the current Championship Cup holders represent a massive challenge for a club of our size, and we are honoured to host such an ambitious club visiting Dillingham Park this Saturday.

After a poor day at the office last Saturday, we have given most of the squad the opportunity to put right a number of wrongs from last week’s performance and we hope they take the opportunity afforded to them to make a substantial improvement on last week’s performance.”

— Paul Turner, Head Coach (Ampthill)

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Ampthill Squad

1. Soane Tonga’huiha

2. Syd Blackmore

3. Luvuyo Pupuma

4. Carl Burgess

5. Henri Williams

6. Rob Langley

7. Facundo Dominguez

8. Sam Hudson

9. Darryl Veenendaal

10. Sam Costelow

11. Sam Baker

12. Louis Grimoldby

13. Jarryd Sage

14. Josh Gillespie

15. Serafin Bordoli

16. Dave Ward

17. Aleki Lutui

18. Jörn Schroder

19. Billy Johnson

20. Joe Bercis

21. Sam Hanks

22. Karim Lynch

23. Leon Fukofuka

Ealing Squad

1. Jordan Els

2. Matt Cornish

3. Elliot Millar Mills

4. Ben West

5. James Cannon

6. Kieran Murphy

7. Andrew Durutalo

8. Rayn Smid

9. Jordan Burns

10. Craig Willis

11. Reon Joseph

12. Harry Sloan

13. Jack Tovey

14. James Cordy Redden

15. Tommy Bell

16. Alun Walker

17. Josh Pieterse

18. Craig Trenier

19. Dave McKern

20. Oli Robinson

21. Craig Hampson

22. Steven Shingler

23. David Johnston