OXFORDSHIRE manager Nick Cole was in bullish mood ahead of Sunday’s National Under 20 Championship clash with Buckinghamshire at Aylesbury.

With their opening South West Region A match against Berkshire on February 5 postponed due to a frozen pitch, Oxon are hoping for second time lucky.

“I think Bucks will be fairly confident having beaten the traditional pool winners Dorset & Wilts in the opening match,” said Cole.

“But we’re just going there to burst their bubble.”

Oxfordshire include Oxford University pair Sam Wareham and Richard Russell, while Gosford All Blacks’ Will Watts starts at scrum half.

Chinnor’s Will Millett and Nathan Humphries are in the Oxon side, while their clubmate Jake Buckland plays for Bucks.

Oxfordshire Under 20 (v Bucks Under 20, away): Johnson (Henley), Carr (Grove), Massey (Reading Abbey), Tevita (Oxford Harlequins), Wareham (Oxford University), Millett (Chinnor), Watts (Gosford All Blacks), Humphries (Chinnor), Soppet (Morley), Steventon (Oxford Harlequins), Arnold (Oxford Harlequins), Russell (Oxford University), Wright (Henley), Kharbouch (Henley), Horwood (Bicester). Reps: McCaffery (Oxford Harlequins), Gibson (Henley), Farahani (Oxford Harlequins), Neal (Oxford Harlequins), Murton (Witney), File (Witney), Aslett (Bicester).