St Francis welcome our close neighbours and great bunch: Holbrook RFC for a clash with both teams looking to climb the league ladder and start securing a good place before Christmas (yeah, yeah, Halloween’s over).

Frannies beat Holbrook to the cup final in 21/22 after narrowly losing to Holbrook away in pre-season…then Holbrook got the jump on St Francis at this year’s Ken Nichols cup.

So we have two teams fairly evenly matched in size and tenacity. Southgate expects huge scrums and big hits as the season starts getting serious and every point matters! Bring the whole family down for some grassroots rugby this Saturday and stay at the Emerald Club for a drink to warm up afterwards. We’ll see you there!