Newbury travel to Castle Park for this Saturday’s 2.30pm kick off with talismanic Martin Nutt hoping to push himself back into club top scorer contention. Nutt finished last season as top scorer and is currently the West Berkshire sides leading all time scorer.

Knights stalwart and top try scorer of last season the South African Donavan Van Vuuren has forced his way back into the first team squad, scoring on his season debut against Manchester last weekend, meaning the weekend at Castle Park could be some of the most open rugby played this season. As Lynn Howells continues to mould his new, young, side into a cohesive unit, new signings such as Chris Hughes already averaging over a try a game has shown the extra attacking prowess in evidence.

The announcement of Kiwi Glen Kenworthy as playing Captain, alongside Anthony Carter as club Captain the old guard of Doncaster Knights previous campaigns are still in evidence and will need to be on good form against Newbury. Having beaten Plymouth Albion by 19 points to 11 last weekend Newbury proved they are capable of shocking the bigger teams in National league One who lack concentration.

The 2.30pm Saturday  Kick off at Castle Park will also see the return of Justin bishop to the squad, after his heroics at full back in the Help for Heroes match at Twickenham last Saturday, which made him unavailable for selection against Manchester.

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