They'll take the field a few minutes before the early kick-off of 2pm, and like the whole season so far, it's likely to be an exciting ride. News from the Jersey Camp? The Jersey squad will be announced on Friday at 12noon. Any previous? This season's first encounter took place at the Richmond Athletic Ground in November (pictured below). Jersey took the lead through Niall O'Connor's penalty, but tries from PJ Gidlow and Mark Bright put the Exiles 12-3 up at the break and there was to be no second-half comeback for the visitors, who conceded further tries from Bright - his second - and Miles Mantella.

Jersey did win the try count 4-5 after a late Richard Barrington try, but it finished 41-33. Full report HERE Jersey hosted the Exiles on the final weekend of October 2012, and built up a 13-3 lead at half-time thanks to a Guy Thompson try (captured below by Sue Trower) and eight points from the boot of Booj. Things got even better for the home side when James Copsey scored one of the best tries of the season, his finishing skill matching fine approach play from team-mates. A 17-point margin was surely too much for the visitors? Well, in the end it was, but not before Scottish had stormed back with tries in the 52nd (a PT) and 75th minute.

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London Scottish get preseason off to winning start - Scottish Rugby BlogThere were tries aplenty as the Exiles romped to a 24 – 47 victory at Rosslyn Park on the weekend. The pre season clash at Priory Lane gave fans their first look at their new summer signings, as Dave Morris named a 37 man squad, and they did not disappoint, with centres Ross Neal and Ben Mosses both bagging braces on their debuts and Joe Luca Smith, Ewan McQuillin and Dan George all crossing the whitewash. Basil Strang also got his first run out, despite having only just joined up with his new side, slotting 5 conversions in a 5o minute performance that saw him play at both fly half and fullback.

The club prospered, establishing an excellent playing reputation and attracting many fine players who represented their country, some of whom went onto play for the British Lions. In fact since the club was formed, this heritage has produced in the region of 220 Scottish Internationals and the same number of Lions captains as Leicester Tigers with four (MacLagan, David Bedell-Sivright in 1903/4, Mike Campbell-Lamerton in 1966 and Gavin Hastings (below) in 1993).

This duo have been hot stuff this season, with 16 league tries each to top the Championship scoring charts along with Bristol's George Watkins (they have 16-apiece). Anyway, the match finished Scottish 29 Jersey 3, and the full report's HERE In early March 2013 on a sunny afternoon at the RAG, Jersey trailed 14-12 at the break after tries by Ed Dawson and Max Stelling answered one by Adam Kwasnicki, plus three James Love penalties. Tries by Charlie Clare and Guy Thompson in the third quarter helped reduce the arrears to 27-26, but Miles Mantella supplemented his earlier try with a second, and Mark Bright took the hosts out of sight, helped by eight successful kicks by Love.

The second score, by Jim Thompson, gave just enough time for a winning, or tying score, but Jersey held on. More details about the game are available HERE. London Scottish in 2013/14 The Exiles suffered a blow in the days leading up to their opening league match when Director of Rugby Simon Amor was snapped up as the new England Sevens supremo. The new man in charge was ex-Forwards Coach James Buckland, the 32-year-old former Leicester hooker (pictured below) who played in the 2007 Heineken Cup final and subsequently saw out his playing career with Wasps and London Irish.

Preview to London Scottish (H) 19. 4. 14 - Jersey Reds16/04/2014 Easter tour stories: Groundhogs, Gordon and Gavin Hastings The penultimate weekend of the Greene King IPA Championship season is a Groundhog occasion for Jersey. Sitting in 11th place in the table, with a narrow lead over the side beneath them, the Islanders know that failure to win could see them slip into the drop zone. Squeaky bottoms all round, as Jersey supporters chew their nails with a fervour not seen since Gordon Brown's onychophagia was at its height. The parallels with this time last year aren't exact - 12 months ago, relegation rivals Doncaster were the visitors to St Peter, this season it is steady-Eddie, mid-table, London Scottish, who have already established a solid fifth place finish regardless of remaining results.

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