PREVIEWING OUR OPPONENTS: ROSSLYN PARK

Year Founded: 1879

Nickname: Park

Ground: The Rock (Capacity 2,000)

This season: Second (P12 W9 D0 L3 TB11 LB2 Pts 49)

Last season: Second (P26 W19 D0 L7 TB19 LB2 Pts 97)

Previous five games Vs. Rams:

Rams 49-40 Rosslyn Park (April, 2025)

Rosslyn Park 27-26 Rams (December, 2024)

Rosslyn Park 17-21 Rams (January, 2024)

Rams 31-20 Rosslyn Park (September, 2023)

Rams 43-10 Rosslyn Park (February, 2023)

Recent Form:

Back to winning ways with a 26-13 triumph at Leicester Lions last time out.

Park previously missed a late penalty to see their 19-game home winning run end 28-27 to resurgent Bishop’s Stortford, having previously gone down 37-29 at an inspired Clifton in Round 10.

Yet prior to that the Londoners were almost peerless, victories against Leeds Tykes (53-17), Sale (27-24) and Sedgley Park (68-19) following their only other setback at leaders Rotherham Titans (27-26).

The second-placed side started with five wins on the spin versus Plymouth Albion (29-14), Blackheath (31-27), Birmingham Moseley (47-24), Tonbridge Juddians (29-22) and Dings Crusaders (45-10).

Players to Watch:

Cameron King – Having missed the opening two months of the season after joining in the summer from Championship outfit Bedford Blues, the back row was man-of-the-match against Leicester Lions last time out as he grabbed his first try for Park.

Prior to two campaigns at Blues, he also spent a couple with London Scottish.

Steffan James – Well known to Rams supporters after spending two seasons at the club having graduated from Leeds Beckett University, the fly-half left Old Bath Road at the end of the 2021/22 campaign after kicking a magnificent seven from seven in a 45-10 victory against Cambridge.

And he then helped fire the Blood & Sand to National One glory – finishing above Rams due to one less defeat – with 230 points (88 conversions, eight penalties and six tries) during a stellar season.

Chipped in with another 81 as Cambridge found life tougher in The Championship before switching to London, where he featured 20 times in his debut campaign.

Currently Park’s second top-scorer this term with 56 points in nine appearances, three coming off the bench.

Luke Mehson – Regal former Wasps and London Scottish back three flyer is the second leading try-scorer at Level Three so far this season, racking up 13 in 12 outings.

Home hat-tricks have come against Sedgley Park and Birmingham Moseley, while he has only failed to touch down on four occasions.