Rosslyn Park were founded in 1879 by cricketing friends in North London. At the end of their first season, Charles Hoyer Millar proposed forming a rugby club to keep the players together during the winter. Their home ground is Priory Lane, holding a capacity of 2,000 spectators on match days. The club have several notable former players who have gone on to gain international honours, including Nick Easter, Martin Offiah and Danny Cipriani. Saturday's opposition are also notable for the Rosslyn Park Sevens Tournament. Founded in 1939, the competition has grown to include some 7,000 players annually, making it one of the world’s largest rugby tournaments.

Saturday's hosts currently sit in third spot in the National One table, a point behind league leaders Blackheath. The North London side have won 12 of their 18 games so far, drawing 1 and losing 12. Rosslyn Park boast one of the more impressive home records in the league, with their only home defeat coming against Esher in Round 11. Their top scorer so far is Greg Lound with 126 points, while Benji Marfo leads the tryscoring stakes with 7.

National One Table

Blackheath 63
Old Elthamians 62
Rosslyn Park 62
Ampthill & District 62
Rotherham 57
Chinnor 57
Cinderford 44
Darlington Mowden Park 44
Cambridge 43
Plymouth Albion 43
Caldy 43
Sale FC 40
Birmingham Moseley 38
Esher 37
Bishops Stortford 32
Loughborough Students 31

Previous encounters between the two sides have been high scoring affairs, with 131 points scored across the last 2 games. The last game at Priory Lane ended in a 38-26 win for the home side. Two late tries secured the win for the hosts, after tries from Connon, Seals, Dudman and Craggs had given DMP the lead. The reverse fixture in September was won by DMP, with 34-33 the final score. A last minute Josh Hall try gave Mowden a dramatic win that day, after further tries from Asher-Wood, Hop, Georgiou and Seals.

Saturday 10th March 2018

Rosslyn Park 38
Tries: Robinson, Ellis (2), Marfo, Leonard, Hassell-Collins
Conversions: Leonard (4)
Penalties: Leonard

Mowden Park 26
Tries: Connon, Seals, Dudman, Craggs
Conversions: Seals (2), Law

Saturday 29th September 2018

Mowden Park 34
Tries: Hop, Georgiou, Seals, Asher-Wood, Hall
Conversions: Seals (3)
Penalties: Seals

Rosslyn Park 33
Tries: Laventure, Hayhow, Marfo, Robinson, Frampton
Conversions: Lound (4)

Both sides will be looking to bounce back to defeats last weekend in what promises to be an exciting game of rugby.

Address for Travelling Supporters:

Rosslyn Park FC
Priory Lane
Upper Richmond Road
London
SW15 5JH