Tonga international Vaioleti (l) joined Jersey in 2007

National Three London champions Jersey have dropped captain Talite Vaioleti for their final league match of the season at home to Bracknell.

Coach Ben Harvey told BBC Jersey: "V is very unlucky to miss out, but we have immense strength in depth.

"I have gone out to play what I think is the strongest side we've got at the moment," he added.

Bracknell are the only side to inflict a league defeat over Jersey, and that was on the first day of the season.

Harvey insisted his captain still is a marvellous ambassador for the club on and off the pitch, but added: "After this we've got three huge games and everyone has got to play well to stay in the side."

Jersey host Taunton in the National Three Cup semi-final in a fortnight, with the winners playing the final at Twickenham.

Squeezed in between those two games will be the Siam Cup - the annual clash featuring Guernsey and Jersey for the second-oldest rugby trophy in the world.

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