JUST two alterations have been made to the Cornish Pirates' starting line-up for Saturday's Greene King IPA Championship match with Jersey at the Mennaye.

Both changes resulting from injuries after their 27-19 win over Plymouth Albion on December 27 are in the front row with Jamal Ford-Robinson replacing Alan Paver and Chilean Francisco Deformes coming in for Jack Andrew.

Ahead of the game, director of rugby Ian Davies said he expects a tough encounter against the Islanders.

Davies said: "Matches against Jersey have historically been close affairs and I see this weekend being another difficult game for us.

"Our challenge is to back up a good result at Plymouth with another one at the Mennaye.

"More back to back wins are something we must strive to achieve as we continue our rugby development over the next 16 months."

PIRATES: 15 Max Bodilly, 14 Kieran Goss, 13 Tom Riley, 12 Alex Dancer, 11 Craig Holland, 10 Kieran Hallett, 9 Tom Kessell; 1 Jamal Ford-Robinson, 2 Tom Channon, 3 Francisco Deformes, 4 Will Carrick Smith, 5 Darren Barry, 6 Chris Morgan (c), 7 Joe Atkinson, 8 Laurie McGlone.

REPS: 16 Rob Elloway, 17 Kieran Davies, 18 Will Graulich, 19 Matt Bolwell, 20 Stuart Townsend, 21 Laurence May, 22 Tom Hendrickson.