CENTAURS skipper Jack Gaylor switches from stand-off to scrum-half as his side welcome Reading 2nd XV to Old Bath Road for this afternoon’s Counties Two Tribute Berks, Bucks & Oxon South encounter (2.30pm).

He is joined at half-back by vice-captain Cameron George, while Sam Bailey and Josh Grahame link up in midfield and the impressive back three of Steve Casey, Shane Hancock and Dan Bennett remain unchanged from the fine 29-15 success at Maidenhead 3rd XV last weekend.

Up front Dave Southworth switches to hooker, with Jake Lane on the loose-head and Harry Etwell on the other side of the scrum.

The other vice-captain, Ryan Kinsella, is joined in the engine room by the returning Robin Taylor, while the starting 15 is rounded out by flankers Jordan Talia and Jedd Paine, alongside No. 8 Chris Kessell.

The bench is made up of Alex Morgan – who covers in the front row – fellow forward Dave Few, the versatile Jacob Orbell and Declan O’Reilly.

Centaurs Team v Reading 2nd XV

(15-9, 1-8) Bennett, Hancock, Grahame, Bailey, Casey, George (vc), Gaylor ©; Lane, Southworth, Etwell, Kinsella (vc), Taylor, Talia, Paine, Kessell.

Substitutes: Morgan, Few, Orbell, O’Reilly.

ELSEWHERE, former first-teamer Frankie Richardson starts at No. 8 for The Horde as they begin their Thames Valley Invitation League campaign at Reading Rhinos (2pm).

He is joined in the back row by Ben Barrows and Bleddyn Parry, while up front are props Andy Lewis and Richard Inns, Sam Lacey in between them and Harrison Stanners and Chris Duncan behind them in the engine room.

Ryan Sollitt and Mike Stroud are scrum and fly-half respectively, with the centres comprising Tom Burrows and Fergus Cola.

Paul Wintersgill and Paul Steele are on the wings, with Phil Rushton completing the startling line-up at full-back.

On the bench are Roddy Clark, Rayyan Chowdhury, Jamie Lovering and Rowan Newbury.

Horde Team v Reading Rhinos

(15-9, 1-8) Rushton, Steele, Cola, Burrows, Wintersgill, Stroud, Sollitt; Lewis, Lacey, Inns, Stanners, Duncan, Barrows, Parry, Richardson.

Substitutes: Clark, Chowdhury, Lovering, Newbury.