Aviva Premiership 15/16 - Round 20

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Are last academy products were all nicked we are missing 5 years of work there.

That's what you get for hiring Smith as DoR and completely ******* off a coach who was clearly well thought of amongst your young players.

 

[ratsapprentice]

That's what you get for hiring Smith as DoR and completely ******* off a coach who was clearly well thought of amongst your young players.

Yep... he keep ignoring that the situation they find themselves in isn't due to poaching, it's due to a massive managerial cock up.

 

[Irish boy]

Hatley was a bigger loss than Booth. Apparently he's one of the main reasons Joseph and Watson left

 

[Geordie]

Hope Falcons win.


If not though Hammersley you will be welcomed by Tigers if you have a relegation clause.

Keep your hands off him.

With him, Mark Wilson (top tackler with 23 tackles this round of games) and Sean Robinson - next years British and Irish lions captain - all academy products its one little bit of joy in a poor season.

We have another clutch of academy lads coming through for next season - a couple I rate highly.

So the Tigers feeder club will be fine.....

 

[Duck a l'Orange]

Keep your hands off him.

With him, Mark Wilson (top tackler with 23 tackles this round of games) and Sean Robinson - next years British and Irish lions captain - all academy products its one little bit of joy in a poor season.

Don't forget McGuigan!

Oh hang on...

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Hammersley and Catterick (Who im surpised isn't being used more)

Hammersley can replace Tait when he goes.

Sorted

 

[Duck a l'Orange]

Hammersley and Catterick (Who im surpised isn't being used more)

Hammersley can replace Tait when he goes.

Sorted

Catterick was played a lot at the start of the season, before Goode was signed and while Delany was still injured. Saw him play a few times and was impressed, great running fly-half. Also plays centre and wing.

At least you'll never have Dom Barrow... :O

Falcons ---> Leicester, the new Irish ---> Bath?

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Barrow is a Leeds product, you snatched him from them!

 

[Duck a l'Orange]

Barrow is a Leeds product, you snatched him from them!

"Snatched" is a very negative word. I prefer "borrowed".

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Barrow is a Leeds product, you snatched him from them!

And pretty sure Tigers were pillaging Falcons long before Bath and Irish as well.

Lets see we have had off the top of my head:
Flood
Parling
Woods
Young
Brookes

 

[Duck a l'Orange]

Not something to be proud of Tigs, stay in your lane in future please.

Although I suppose Falcons had it coming from the moment they started the professional era by buying up a team of superstars.

Like Toulon, but with less of a budget, and without the sun or fans.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Not something to be proud of Tigs, stay in your lane in future please.

Although I suppose Falcons had it coming from the moment they started the professional era by buying up a team of superstars.

Like Toulon, but with less of a budget, and without the sun or fans.

Please the only player we signed from Falcons who was roughly the finished product was Flood.

 

[Duck a l'Orange]

Please the only player we signed from Falcons who was roughly the finished product was Flood.

If you steal an apple before it's ripe it's still stealing the whole apple.

We here at Falcons(TM) are all about potential.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

If you steal an apple before it's ripe it's still stealing the whole apple.

We here at Falcons(TM) are all about potential.

Not really you were ruining Geoff before we came along.

 

[Duck a l'Orange]

Not really you were ruining Geoff before we came along.

What are you, the rugby social services? Maybe he liked being ruined.

Seriously though, I do hope someone takes Hammersley off our hands. He could be a contender for England very quickly with a better team around him.

 

[Geordie]

Hammersley will stay another season then the vultures will come swooping I think.

Robinson is playing very well this season, so he'll probably get checked out.

Mark Wilson is simply a classy premiership operator.

Catterick is a strange one. He has so much potential and ability yet Dean just seemed to drop him. Hes 26 now so he really needs to be nailing that 10 position. But he also has Craig Willis coming through who looks very good and Brett Connon not far behind him.

Add in Rhauri Dawson at SH, Callum Chick (No.8), Tom Penny (Centre), and Dan Marshall and Ed Coulson (Outside backs) then we have another batch coming through.

 

[Irish boy]

Tigers also have let go a couple of decent academy players Steele and Lewington come to mind

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Nah Steele is no loss really Would have Youngs and Harrison ahead of him and Kitto looks decent

We have better prospects coming up at 9 anyway in Simmons and White.

Lewington was a loss though.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Sale vs Bath 2: Electric Boogaloo

Sale Sharks:
15. Mike Haley, 14. Will Addison, 13. Sam James, 12. Johnny Leota, 11. Nev Edwards, 10. Danny Cipriani, 9. Peter Stringer, 1. Ross Harrison, 2. Tommy Taylor, 3. Vadim Cobilas, 4. Bryn Evans, 5. Andrei Ostrikov, 6. TJ Ioane, 7. David Seymour (capt.), 8.Mark Easter.
Replacements: 16. Neil Briggs, 17. Eifion Lewis Roberts, 18. Brian Mujati, 19. Jonathan Mills, 20. Cameron Neild, 21. James Mitchell, 22. Joe Ford, 23. Tom Brady

Bath:
15 Rhys Priestland
14 Semesa Rokoduguni
13 Jonathan Joseph
12 Ollie Devoto
11 Matt Banahan
10 George Ford (c)
9 Chris Cook
1 Nathan Catt
2 Rob Webber
3 Henry Thomas
4 Charlie Ewels
5 Dave Attwood
6 David Denton
7 Guy Mercer
8 Leroy Houston


16 Tom Dunn
17 Max Lahiff
18 David Wilson
19 Dominic Day
20 Levi Douglas
21 Will Homer
22 Max Clark
23 Jeff Williams

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Come on Bath!!!!!!!!!!!!!