Aviva Premiership 16/17 - Round 12

[TRF_Olyy]

Round 12 Fixtures

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[BPM]

Quins have a good record at Sixways (I'm not sure we've ever lost?) but Worcester really need a win so throwing the form book out of the window, this is the sort of game I can see us losing ...

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Leicester Tigers (v Saracens, Welford Road, Sunday 3.00pm)
15 Freddie Burns
14 Peter Betham
13 Jack Roberts
12 Manu Tuilagi
11 Adam Thompstone
10 Owen Williams
9 Ben Youngs
1 Ellis Genge
2 Tom Youngs (c)
3 Dan Cole
4 Ed Slater
5 Mike Fitzgerald
6 Mike Williams
7 Brendon O'Connor
8 Lachlan McCaffrey

Replacements
16 George McGuigan
17 Pat Cilliers
18 Greg Bateman
19 Graham Kitchener
20 Will Evans
21 Sam Harrison
22 George Worth
23 Tom Brady

 

[SWAGGER]

Leicester Tigers team:

15 Freddie Burns
14 Peter Betham
13 Jack Roberts
12 Manu Tuilagi
11 Adam Thompstone
10 Owen Williams
9 Ben Youngs
1 Ellis Genge
2 Tom Youngs (c)
3 Dan Cole
4 Ed Slater
5 Mike Fitzgerald
6 Mike Williams
7 Brendon O’Connor
8 Lachlan McCaffrey

Replacements
16 George McGuigan
17 Pat Cilliers
18 Greg Bateman
19 Graham Kitchener
20 Will Evans
21 Sam Harrison
22 George Worth
23 Tom Brady

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Sale Sharks:
15. Mike Haley
14. Denny Solomona
13. Johnny Leota
12. Sam Tuitupou
11. Josh Charnley
10. Sam James
9. James Mitchell
1. Ross Harrison
2. Rob Webber
3. Halani Aulika
4. Jonathan Mills
5. Andrei Ostrikov
6. Cameron Neild
7. Magnus Lund
8. Josh Beaumont (capt.)

Replacements:
16. Neil Briggs
17. James Flynn
18. Kieran Longbottom
19. Ben Curry
20. TJ Ioane
21. Mike Phillips
22. AJ MacGinty
23. Byron McGuigan

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Huge game for Sale, Bristol was prob hoping Philips would start.


A win should prob mean they are safe.

 

[SelimNiai]

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[Which Tyler]

BTSport2: Saturday, 3.00

Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys.
TJs: Greg Garner, Phil Watters.
TMO: Geoff Warren

Bath:
15. Tom Homer
14. Semesa Rokoduguni
13. Jonathan Joseph
12. Ben Tapuai
11. Aled Brew
10. George Ford (c)
09. Kahn Fotuali’i

1. Nathan Catt
2. Tom Dunn
3. Max Lahiff
4. Matt Garvey (c)
5. Dave Attwood
6. Tom Ellis
7. Francois Louw
8. Zach Mercer

16. Michael van Vuuren; 17. Nick Auterac; 18. Shaun Knight; 19. Elliott Stooke; 20. Paul Grant
21. Darren Allinson; 22. Max Clark; 23. Anthony Watson


Exeter:
15 Phil Dollman
14 Jack Nowell
13 Ollie Devoto
12 Sam Hill
11 Olly Woodburn
10 Gareth Steenson (capt)
09 Will Chudley

1 Ben Moon
2 Jack Yeandle
3 Tomas Francis
4 Mitch Lees
5 Jonny Hill
6 Dave Dennis
7 Don Armand
8 Thomas Waldrom

16 Luke Cowan-Dickie; 17 Carl Rimmer; 18 Greg Holmes; 19 Ollie Atkins; 20 Kai Horstmann
21 Jack Maunder; 22 Joe Simmonds; 23 James Short

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Bath's unavailable for selection: Matt Banahan, Ross Batty, Dan Bowden, Luke Charteris, David Denton, Charlie Ewels, Taulupe Faletau, Rhys Priestland, Henry Thomas.

 

[TheSaffycen]

Saracens team to face Leicester Tigers

15 Alex Goode

14 Chris Ashton

13 Marcelo Bosch

12 Brad Barritt ©

11 Sean Maitland

10 Owen Farrell

9 Ben Spencer

1 Richard Barrington

2 Jamie George

3 Juan Figallo

4 Will Skelton

5 Maro Itoje

6 Michael Rhodes

7 Schalk Burger

8 Jackson Wray

16 Schalk Brits

17 ***i Lamositele

18 Petrus Du Plessis

19 Jim Hamilton

20 Kelly Brown

21 Neil De Kock

22 Alex Lozowski

23 Nathan Earle

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[Which Tyler]

Great start, come on Geordies

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

I think Falcons forgot to read the script of what is supposed to happen.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Fun game to watch as a neutral.

 

[BPM]

How has Freddie Burns looked at 15? IIRC, he's started there for the last few games.

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

2 excellent offloads from Zach Mercer in the first minute, he's looking very impressive.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Burns has looked decent at 15 last week good factual kicking game, was never under pressure in defence though.

I thought Mercer didn't look like much for the U20's but he is proving me wrong this season, shame Bath have a international number 8 ahead of him but he should get his chances, then in 3 years should def be starting. (Even if it is at Tigers )

 

[ALJ]

Gloucester side for the Northampton game tomorrow:
Starting XV:
15. James Hook; 14. David Halaifonua, 13. Andrew Symons, 12. Billy Twelvetrees, 11. Jonny May; 10. Billy Burns, 9. Willi Heinz (capt); 1. Josh Hohneck, 2. Richard Hibbard, 3. Salesi Ma'afu; 4. Tom Savage, 5. Jeremy Thrush; 6. Lewis Ludlow, 7. Matt Kvesic, 8. Ben Morgan

Replacements:
16. Motu Matu'u, 17. Paddy McAllister, 18. John Afoa, 19. Mariano Galarza, 20. Ross Moriarty, 21. Greig Laidlaw, 22. Matt Scott, 23. Henry Purdy

Not entirely happy with the difference in turnaround for the two sides (Northamton: 8 days, Glocs: 4 days) but nothing to be done about it now.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Imagine how many caps Roko would have if he was English Quailifed

 

[Every Time Ref]

Not able to watch it but the local paper's text updates are raving about Roko. I guess they would, but still. I bloody love him

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

Not able to watch it but the local paper's text updates are raving about Roko. I guess they would, but still. I bloody love him

How he's not in the EPS is infuriating

 

[ncurd]

Imagine how many caps Roko would have if he was English Quailifed

Every time I watch Bath on TV I swear a little part of me dies inside on this topic. If he wasn't so damn consistent I could probably cope better....

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How he's not in the EPS is infuriating

He is at least on the list Tigs just posted.

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He didn't make the 33 man training squad though....

Forwards: Josh Beaumont (Sale Sharks), Nathan Catt (Bath Rugby), Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers), Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby), Jamie George (Saracens), Teimana Harrison (Northampton Saints), Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints), James Haskell (Wasps), Nathan Hughes (Wasps), Maro Itoje (Saracens), George Kruis (Saracens), Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints), Joe Marler (Harlequins), Matt Mullan (Wasps), Chris Robshaw (Harlequins), Kyle Sinckler (Harlequins), Tommy Taylor (Wasps), Mike Williams (Leicester Tigers), Tom Wood (Northampton Saints).

Backs: Mike Brown (Harlequins), Danny Care (Harlequins), Elliot Daly (Wasps), Owen Farrell (Saracens), George Ford (Bath Rugby), Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby), Alex Lozowski (Saracens), Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby), Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs), Ben Te'o (Worcester Warriors), Manu Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers), Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby), Marland Yarde (Harlequins), Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers).

Grrrrrr