Adam Kwasnicki has seen enough injuries in his day job as a physiotherapist to know that making his 100th appearance for London Scottish this weekend is no mean feat.

The 28-year-old hooker will bring up a century of caps for the exiles when they face Doncaster Knights on Saturday and admits he never assumed he would reach the milestone.

Since joining from Barking in 2010, Kwasnicki has been a crucial part of a developing side, forming a formidable front-row partnership with Tomas Francis and Eric Fry as Scottish finished fifth last season.

Yet despite the loss of both props to Exeter Chiefs and Newcastle Falcons respectively, the exiles are in resurgent form this campaign, lying third in the Greene King IPA Championship table.

And Kwasnicki believes this is testament to the work of head coach and fellow hooker James Buckland, who is managing to create a dominant pack in an increasingly tough league.

“It’s a pretty special achievement and I’m very proud of reaching 100 caps,” he said.

“In a sport like rugby where there can be so many injuries you can never take anything for granted so to play 100 games for the same club is fantastic.

“I joined London Scottish because it was an ambitious club that wanted to move forward in the right direction that matched my own ambitions and we’ve done that.

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“It’s always a shame to lose top quality players like Eric and Tomas but you can see how well they’ve done in the Premiership.

“Having those guys either side of me did make my life easier but we’ve still been doing well in the scrums and I’m sure we’re going to achieve the same heights under James’s guidance.

“The Championship has got a lot more competitive during my time at Scottish – I’ve been here a number of season and it’s certainly changed, especially the last couple of years and got even better.”

Although last year’s campaign saw a notable improvement on previous seasons for Scottish, Kwasnicki insists the club are not settling for anything less than a top-four finish this year.

And the front rower is confident the Exiles have the ability to sustain a promotion challenge, even if it means him giving up the day job should they reach the Premiership.

“Last year we were disappointed not to make the top four even though it was a massive improvement on the year before and we’re really trying to go one better,” he added.

“I would love to play in the Premiership and it would be to get there with London Scottish – it’s going to be tough but that’s certainly the aim.

“My job as a physio works quite well around rugby at the moment and enjoy having something outside of the game but I would have to see how it works if we got promoted.

“Doncaster have done really well they have done since coming up – they’ve already had some good wins and we are under no illusion about the task ahead of us.

“But we’re ambitious and to stay in the top four you need to wins a lot of games and we hope to keep the run going.”

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