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.