Aviva Premiership 15/16 - Round 8

[TRF_Olyy]

Round 8 Fixtures

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Live on BT Sport

Live on BT Sport​

 

[TRF_Olyy]

So excited for this game.
My only worry is that there has been a fair bit of rain in the North (understatement) and as well all know Wasps don't like rain and/or playing in the North.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

TBH Manchester and Cheshire area isn't as badly hit by the rain ATM.

Well where I live at least.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Salford's been hit, hasn't it?
I know a mate of mine had water up to his building, without flooding it (this was a couple of days ago).

Though, to be fair, it could be barely spitting and those southern fairies would flounce off to the nearest Dominos.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

It's not been so bad past couple of days.

Rain was brutal before then mind.

Rain slowing down IMO, Still extremely windy.

 

[Bee]

Can see another Bath victory coming, hopefully.
If you do not win at Newcastle, you won't anywhere...

 

[Which Tyler]

Newcastle vs Bath

Saturday: 3.00
TV: N/A.
Ref: Matthew Carley.
TJs: Wayne Falla & John Meredith.
TMO: Sean Davey.


Newcastle:
15 Simon Hammersley
14 Alex Tait
13 Chris Harris
12 Juan Pablo Socino
11 Marcus Watson
10 Craig Willis
09 Michael Young

1 Rob Vickers
2 George McGuigan
3 Jon Welsh
4 Mark Wilson
5 Sean Robinson
6 Ally Hogg
7 Will Welch (c)
8 Nili Latu

16 Scott Lawson, 17 Alex Rogers, 18 Paddy Ryan, 19 Mouritz Botha, 20 Todd Clever
21 Sonatane Takulua, 22 Tom Catterick, 23 Belisario Agulla.


Bath:
15. Tom Homer
14. Horacio Agulla
13. Jonathan Joseph
12. Ollie Devoto
11. Matt Banahan
10. Rhys Priestland
09. Niko Matawalu

1. Nick Auterac
2. Ross Batty
3. Henry Thomas
4. Matt Garvey
5. Charlie Ewels
6. Leroy Houston
7. Guy Mercer (c)
8. David Denton

16. Rob Webber; 17. Max Lahiff; 18. David Wilson; 19. Dominic Day; 20. Francois Louw
21. Jonathan Evans 22. George Ford; 23. Anthony Watson

 

[SWAGGER]

Tigers team:
15 Telusa Veainu
14 Gonzalo Camacho
13 Mathew Tait
12 Seremaia Bai
11 Vereniki Goneva
10 Freddie Burns
9 Sam Harrison
1 Marcos Ayerza
2 Harry Thacker
3 Fraser Balmain
4 Dom Barrow
5 Graham Kitchener
6 Ed Slater (c)
7 Tom Croft
8 Laurence Pearce

Replacements
16 Tom Youngs
17 Logovi’i Mulipola
18 Dan Cole
19 Mike Fitzgerald
20 Lachlan McCaffrey
21 Ben Youngs
22 Owen Williams
23 Adam Thompstone

Looks like we are resting a few for the European games

 

[Stumpy]

Saracens team to face Leicester Tigers

15 Alex Goode (194)*

14 Chris Ashton (87)

13 Marcelo Bosch (50)

12 Brad Barritt © (154)

11 Chris Wyles (188)

10 Charlie Hodgson (116)

9 Richard Wigglesworth (137)

1 Mako Vunipola (87)

2 Schalk Brits (155)

3 Petrus Du Plessis (111)

4 Maro Itoje (39)

5 George Kruis (111)

6 Michael Rhodes (9)

7 Will Fraser (66)

8 Billy Vunipola (48)

Replacements

16 Jamie George (140)

17 Rhys Gill (150)

18 ***i Lamositele (6)

19 Jim Hamilton (30)

20 Jackson Wray (123)

21 Neil De Kock (242)

22 Owen Farrell (123)

23 Duncan Taylor (77)

*denotes Saracens appearances

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

And the saints derby game coming up.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Forgot that Saints/Chiefs is on today, and not tomorrow.
Woooooo

 

[ratsapprentice]

Should be a good game... the Championship match on Sky might be worth a watch too... lots of recent u20's players.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Fecking Clark.

So one better tell him that breaking a leg in show business is a figure of speech.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Serves Exeter right, that penalty.
Ball was available at the first scrum but they refused to use it - which ****** me off no end.
Then in the 2nd scrum they didn't hook the ball (see above)

 

[Tmartin995]

Really can't get my head around the tactics here. Scrum is clearly struggling, so why not hook it out and go wide. Also can't see why you'd kick so poorly to Foden time and time again.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

I do wonder if Exeter can keep up the pace they have been doing for the whole season.

 

[Tmartin995]

I do wonder if Exeter can keep up the pace they have been doing for the whole season.

That might have something to do with it, but a lot of these guys haven't played as much this year. They're just doing the opposite of what they normally do

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

That might have something to do with it, but a lot of these guys haven't played as much this year. They're just doing the opposite of what they normally do

Pretty sure all these players have started every game of this year.

 

[Tmartin995]

Pretty sure all these players have started every game of this year.

The likes of Armand, Johnson, Moon, Whitten and Parling have all been in and out of the team this year. Campagnaro and Dollman haven't started really at all.

Then again I guess I did use the word "most" rather loosely

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

I repeat all the players have started every game this year.



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