On Friday evening Redruth RFC set out on the long trip to Loughborough Students RFC who play their rugby at the famous University in the county of Leicestershire.

Saturday will be Redruth's first ever visit to Loughborough and the first of 5 matches this season to be played on the old 'plastic fantastic' 3G pitch.
This Students are having a decent season sitting in mid-table having won 4 and drawn 2 of their 12 matches. This leaves them in 8th place with 34 points, with a +3 points difference. Similarly to the Exeter University team you never know what team you are likely to face with the students. At full strength they can challenge the best sides, examples of this are a draw with Hinckley and narrow defeats against Leicester Lions and Clifton. Conversely they have also struggled at times losing at Barnstaple and drawing against Bournville. The students kicker is Thomas Smith (Fly-Half) who has 77 points and their top try scorers are Charles Cadogan (winger) and Timothy Hoyt (prop) both on 5 tries.

The Reds will be looking to bounce back after last weeks disappointing 2nd half against high flying Clifton who looked to be the best team the Reds have faces this season.
Redruth are now in 5th place with 41 points and have a +175 points difference. Clifton move into 2nd place only 1 point behind Leicester Lions who have a game in hand, but are likely to be awarded a walkover win over Stourbridge who couldn't raise a side last Saturday.

Stats: Frazer Honey has notched up 130 points the highest in National 2 West. Try wise Will Trewin and Dean Bonds are both on 9 tries only 1 behind league leaders Ben Link (Luctonians) and Finlay Sharp (Clifton). The Reds are the highest scorers in National 2 West at home with 313 points.

Referee: Ben Simpson
Assistant Referees: Matthew Coultas & Martyn Sly.

If you are staying in Cornwall catch the 2nd team at the Recreation ground as they take on Illogan Park in 'Counties 2 Tribute Cornwall' at 2.00pm.

Look out for teams news on Friday morning and follow the match on Radio Cornwall.

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COME ON YOU REDS