Thorpe hands debuts to James Bourton, Conor Brockschmidt, Luke Carter, Max Clementson, James Davies, Ben Glynn, Charlie Fleckney, Dean Hammond, Rob Hardwick, Soane Tonga’uiha and Fred Tuilagi.

Captain Caolan Ryan returns from injury to start at fly-half, while homegrown star George Grose is at outside centre following a strong pre-season.

In the forwards, Tonga’uiha, Fleckney and Hardwick start in the front row after impressing in last Friday’s friendly at Blackheath.

Glynn and Brockschmidt are at lock, with Willie Ryan at blindside flanker, Clementson at openside and Tuilagi lining up at No 8.

Carter continues at scrum-half after two strong performances against Carmarthen Quins and Blackheath, with Ryan returning in time for the opening league game of the season.

Hammond and Davies are on the wings, with Bourton and Grose at 12 and 13 as they look to build on their flourishing centre partnership. Oscar Heath is another player to have impressed in pre-season and he starts at full-back.

Keston Lines, Ryan Lomas, Alfie North, Jacob Ham and Will Titherington are named on the bench.

Unfortunately, Andy Berry, Ryan Crowley, Greg Goodfellow, Bradley Harewood, Max Heathman, Alex Hunt, Ben Manning, Seb Scott, Nick Smith, Cameron Terry, Tom Whitehurst, Jason Worrall and Sam Yawayawa miss out through injury.

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Chinnor v Sale
15. Oscar Heath
14. James Davies
13. George Grose
12. James Bourton
11. Dean Hammond
10. Caolan Ryan (c)
9. Luke Carter
1. Soane Tonga’uiha
2. Charlie Fleckney
3. Rob Hardwick
4. Ben Glynn
5. Conor Brockschmidt
6. Willie Ryan
7. Max Clementson
8. Fred Tuilagi

Reps:
16. Keston Lines
17. Ryan Lomas
18. Alfie North
19. Jacob Ham
20. Will Titherington

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