But we couldn’t afford to bring them over here,’ explained Banks’ captain Peter Haworth.
‘It would have cost us double the price for their flights, so we’ll be playing them on their home pitch.
‘We’ve never played them before, but they’re top of Hampshire Division II having lost only one game this season.
‘Looking at their website they’ve a large pitch and look to play a mauling game.
I don’t think we’ll have the dominance up front we had in our quarter-finals, against the Southampton University Medics.
‘But we’re turning out a decent team, and our backs are steadily improving.
‘If we’re to win this game and make the final I think we’ll have to change our game plan and play a fast, mauling game, getting to the breakdown much quicker then their set of forwards.
‘With the exception of Antoine (Bacquet) who’s nursing a damaged knee, the team pretty much picks itself and is similar to the one we fielded in the quarter-final.
We’ve also got strength in depth on the bench.’
