This weekend we welcome league leaders Melrose to Malleny, 2:30pm Kick off.

A Busy pre match lunch before hand so a good crowd is expected to watch a strong Chieftains squad.

|TEAM NEWS|

Graeme Carson moves back to hooker, Kris Burney starts at loosehead and Callum Mackintosh drops to the bench. Richie Vernon is released once more and starts at number 8. Mike Vernel drops to the bench and is joined by Stephen Ainslie who has had a couple of big performances for the A team. It’s great to have Ratu Tagive back after a really unfortunate injury in pre-season, he starts at 13 and Adam Hastings is released to start at 15.

1Kris Burney15Adam Hastings2Graeme Carson14Cammy Gray3AP McWilliam13Ratu Tagive4Hamish Bain12Robbie Nelson ©5Vince Wright11Ben Robbins6Luke Crosbie10 Jamie Forbes7Thomas Gordon9Charlie Shiel8Richie Vernon Replacements16Callum Mackintosh19Mike Vernel17Duncan Ferguson20Matt Hooks18Stephen Ainslie

|Head Coach Ben Cairns|

'We are really looking forward to challenging ourselves against the league leaders. We’ve been in pretty good form of late so we go into the game with confidence. However, we expect a big reaction from Melrose after their loss last week to Ayr. With 4 of the top 5 playing each other it looks set to be a pivotal week in the battle for a play-off spot.'