Head coach Lyn Jones has warned his players against complacency when they host neighbours London Scottish in the Championship today.

Jones’s Exiles go into the clash on the back of a 27-19 British & Irish Cup win over Welsh Premiership leaders Aberavon with the memory of a 44-9 thrashing of the Scots – in the same competition – still fresh in the memory.

The Old Deer Park outfit warmed up for the clash by testing their skills at the Royal Richmond Archery Club.

But Jones insisted the only thing he and his battle-hardened men have in their sights is another four points.

“All the games we have experienced this year have been tight affairs and with local rivalry involved it’s going to be a ding-dong battle with a massive amount of commitment from both sides,” he said.

“We go into the game on the back of a couple of good victories and the squad is quite buoyant.

We are showing some injuries to key players but that’s a test of the squad and how they can pull through.

“We had a decent victory against Scottish in September in the B&I Cup, but things have moved on since then with Scottish and the threat they’ll pose. Saturday is going to be completely different to September.”

Saturday’s clash has been keenly awaited ever since Scottish’s promotion to the Championship and is one that is guaranteed to provoke an air of nostalgia.

Scottish were London Welsh’s first ever opponents in October 1885 and this weekend sees them meet in the league for the first time since Scottish beat their rivals 18-14 in National Division Three in 1989.

But Jones is only concerned with the here and now and is looking for the kind of derby performance that took his side to a 37-3 win at Esher earlier this season.

“Against Esher the boys turned up and were fully aware of what was in front of them and put in a professional performance,” he added.

“Esher are not on top of their game at the moment, but London Scottish are – they’re really coming back into form.

“They’ve got Guy Armitage at centre, who’s a very powerful player, and they’ve got the wily old fly half in James Brown, with a cultured left foot, who I know from old.

“He can cause us problems as well.

“There are lots of threats with this Scottish side, but we’re growing and improving and we’ll be confident in our own abilities to play some football and it should be a cracking game.”