MICHAEL Rickner will captain Oxford University at Moseley tonight (7.30).
In the absence of regular skipper John Carter, No 8 Rickner leads a side featuring just two Blues in fly half Sam Egerton and prop Lewis Anderson.
Oxford Harlequins’ Nick Gardner, who has just joined the university, gets a chance to impress at hooker.
Will Boardman, a try scorer in the 30-11 defeat to Durham University, is on the wing.
Oxford University: Wareham, Hughes, Cho, Boardman, Dargan, Egerton*, McCulla, Anderson*, Gardner, Baker, Little#, Hilton-Stevens, D Macdonald, Perrin, Rickner (captain). Reps: Wisson, Grounds, Fell, Hitchings, Shorthose, Batten, Adams-Cairns, Powell, Bucknell, Rutherford.
* denotes Blues. # denotes international.
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