STRIKER Sean Rigg is looking to make inroads into the FA Cup this weekend even though it means eliminating Forest Green Rovers from the competition.

And the frontman, who was born in Wotton-under-Edge and still returns to the town, said AFC Wimbledon, of League Two, want to get the job done and dusted at the first attempt as a replay on a dark midweek night in Nailsworth against the National League table-toppers would be a date to avoid.

Saturday’s FA Cup first round match could not have come at a better time for AFC Wimbledon or for Rigg himself.

The club have been on a three-match unbeaten run in League Two with victories over Accrington and York City away from home before beating Hartlepool at Kingsmeadow last Saturday.

Rigg, 27, missed the clash against Hartlepool but is eager for manager Neal Ardley to put him in the starting line-up.

Rigg, who was on loan at Forest Green for two months in 2009 while with Bristol Rovers, said: “It’s always quite exciting to play against your old clubs.

“I have always followed Forest Green and they are always the club I look out for to see how they got on.”

And the striker is only too aware of the threat Forest Green, who are top of the Vanarama National League, bring with them on Saturday as they look to cause a Cup giant-killing.

Manager Ady Pennock takes his team to London on the back of up-and-down form at the moment, but Rigg said they pose a real danger.

“They are top of the table at the moment and they are flying and they will be confident,” said the Wotton ace.

He also wants Forest Green to win promotion to the Football League for the first time at the end of this season.

“I really hope they get up into League Two,” he said. “They have a good chairman who is putting money into the club and he wants to take them in the right direction.”

Rigg is also not concerned that his side will have to knock-out one of his favourite teams in order to continue in the Cup.

“To be fair, I don’t really mind (playing Forest Green). We wanted a home game and it’s quite exciting to have a club you have played for. I will go out there and do my best.”

Rigg, though, does manage to swap the hustle of London for the countryside of his home town now and again.

But sentiment will be put to one side on Saturday and, as much as Rigg would like to see both sides go through, there can only be one winner – and he wants that to be AFC Wimbledon.