Wallingford head coach Chris Norrington admits his resources will be tested by a double-header this weekend.
Norrington’s side visit Salisbury in South West 1 East on Saturday, then host Chipping Norton in the Oxfordshire Cup quarter-finals on Sunday.
“We will be a bit stretched like many clubs,” said Norrington, who has called up second team wing Luke Best and fly half Harry Bateman.
“We will do our best, everyone is in the same boat, but there are just too many league games.”
Lock Jez Hicks and wing Lewis Collins return to the Witney squad for Sunday’s Oxon Cup quarter-final at home to Banbury.
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SATURDAY
Wallingford (v Salisbury, away): Venners, Smith, R Turner, Holton, Best, Bateman, Viljoen, Blaszko, Hill, Small, Rowberry, McKenna, Woodward, Chapman, Jeffreys (capt). Reps: Fuller, Marris, tbc.
Witney 2nd (v Maidenhead 3rd, home): from D Godfrey, Brocklebank, Richardson, Hands, Fuller, S Copperwheat, Chatterton, Dunbar (capt), Davies, Hare, Austin, Douglas, Tustin, T James, Phillips, Murombedzi, Taafe.
SUNDAY
Witney (v Banbury, home): from Mitchem, Monks, Lambourne, J Lamb (capt), Strutt, L Collins, H Lamb, G Campbell, Burke, Serle, D Godfrey, S Collins, Richens, Fowler, C Bennett, J Hicks, Muller, MacBurnie, C Campbell, Rowles.
Wallingford (v Chipping Norton, home): from Venners, Smith, R Turner, Holton, Best, Bateman, Viljoen, Blaszko, Hill, Small, Rowberry, McKenna, Woodward, Chapman, Jeffreys (capt), Fuller, Marris, Sayce, White.
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