Jonny Harris and Joe Luca Smith extend contracts with London Scottish

Prop forward Jonny Harris and Wing/Full Back Joe Luca Smith have recommitted to the Scots ahead of the 2018/19 Championship campaign.

Ex-Leicester Tiger and London Irish prop Harris has put pen to paper on a new deal to stay at the Richmond Athletic Ground for next season.

27-year-old Harris has made thirty five appearances for Scottish in his two seasons with the club.

Also joining Harris next year is back three player Joe Luca Smith who has also signed on the dotted line. Comfortable at either full back or on the wing, Smith arrived from Newcastle University on trial this summer and was given an opportunity to stay with the club this season.

After a hamstring injury ruled him out for the majority of the first half of the season, Smith has been slightly more of a regular feature in the starting lineup in 2018.

Director of Rugby Dave Morris was very complimentary about Harris’s extension for next year. “Jonny is a valuable member of this London Scottish squad and we are very happy that he is staying with us for next season. He brings a lot to the squad both on and off the field. He is a fantastic forward at set piece, he helps to supply the solid foundation London Scottish are looking for..."

On Smith's re-signing, Dave Morris commented: Joe Luca is a real success story for London Scottish. He wrote a letter to the club which found its way to me. It deserved a followed up so I spoke with a few coaches who had coached him and they all felt he had potential. A conversation with Joe Luca reinforced that ambition and I felt he was very self-aware which for me is a key quality.”

Harris and Smith add to the list of players who will be staying with London Scottish next season along with Ben Mosses, James Tyas, Matt Eliet and Tjiuee Uanivi.