Aviva Premiership 17/18 - Round 17

[Which Tyler]

Friday night, Televised match... assuming it isn't postponed...

Quins:
15. James Lang
14. Alofa Alofa
13. Joe Marchant
12. Jamie Roberts
11. Tim Visser
10. Demetri Catrakilis
9. Dave Lewis

1. Mark Lambert
2. Joe Gray
3. Will Collier
4. Ben Glynn
5. James Horwill (c)
6. James Chisholm
7. Luke Wallace
8. Mat Luamanu

16. Dave Ward; 17. Cameron Holenstein; 18. Kyle Sinckler; 19. Charlie Matthews; 20. Archie White
21. Ian Prior; 22. Marcus Smith; 23. Francis Saili


Bath:
15. Tom Homer
14. Matt Banahan
13. Will Hurrell
12. Ben Tapuai
11. Aled Brew
10. James Wilson
9. Kahn Fotuali'i

1. Beno Obano
2. Ross Batty
3. Henry Thomas
4. Elliott Stooke
5. Luke Charteris (c)
6. Zach Mercer
7. Josh Bayliss
8. Taulupe Faletau

16. Nathan Charles; 17. Nathan Catt; 18. Max Lahiff; 19. Charlie Ewels; 20. James Phillips
21. Chris Cook; 22. Josh Lewis; 23. Cooper Vuna

 

[RugbyMarvel]

Good to see Catrakilis and Saili back for Quins.

Bath might do okay if Quins carry on performing has they have been, Wilson wasn't too bad against Sale at 10.

 

[Every Time Ref]

I hope it's not postponed, living in SW London this is the only chance I get to see Bath live (apart from Saracens which is in a crap stadium, the arse end of nowhere, we always lose and this year was on a match day for me anyway).

Haven't seen Wilson at 10 before, how much did he play there for Northampton?

 

[RugbyMarvel]

I hope it's not postponed, living in SW London this is the only chance I get to see Bath live (apart from Saracens which is in a crap stadium, the arse end of nowhere, we always lose and this year was on a match day for me anyway).

Haven't seen Wilson at 10 before, how much did he play there for Northampton?

I don't personally recall seeing him play there for them.

He seemed fine against Sale, nothing flash, nothing great. Just did a job.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Chiefs game has been postponed until Sunday

 

[RugbyMarvel]

Chiefs game has been postponed until Sunday

Question is will BT televise the Saints vs Sale game instead?!

 

[Every Time Ref]

I don't personally recall seeing him play there for them.

He seemed fine against Sale, nothing flash, nothing great. Just did a job.

Did he play 10 against Sale? I didn't see the game

 

[RugbyMarvel]

Did he play 10 against Sale? I didn't see the game

Yeh he stepped up and kicked all his shots too.

Looked decent.

 

[Which Tyler]

Did he play 10 against Sale? I didn't see the game

Yeah, he looked... OK. Not great, but didn't try to do anything flashy, made all his kicks and exhibited a nice calm head.
Apparently he's always been a part-time FH through his career, even if not his most comfortable position.

 

[Which Tyler]

Quins vs Bath is currently on; subject to semi-regular pitch inspections

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Sale Sharks
Team: 15.Mike Haley; 14.Denny Solomona, 13.Will Addison (Capt), 12. Luke James, 11. Marland Yarde; 10.Sam James, 9.Faf De Klerk; 1.Ross Harrison, 2.Rob Webber, 3.WillGriff John, 4.Bryn Evans, 5.Andrei Ostrikov, 6.Jono Ross, 7.Ben Curry, 8.Josh Strauss.

Replacements: 16.Marc Jones, 17.James Flynn, 18.Halani Aulika, 19.Josh Beaumont, 20.Cameron Neild, 21.Will Cliff, 22.Byron McGuigan 23.Josh Charnley

 

[RugbyMarvel]

Quins vs Bath is currently on; subject to semi-regular pitch inspections

Called off, to be played on Sunday now.

I hope they try and get a 1230 or 1730 kick off so they can televise it before or after the Exe/Sarries game.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Called off, to be played on Sunday now.

Damn it!
Friday night lights is the only thing that gets me through, knowing I have a 4am alarm for work the next day

 

[Scotty]

Chiefs team to play sarries;

15 Phil Dollman
14 Lachie Turner
13 Henry Slade
12 Sam Hill
11 Olly Woodburn
10 Joe Simmonds
9 Nic White

1 Ben Moon
2 Luke Cowan-Dickie
3 Tomas Francis
4 Sam Skinner
5 Jonny Hill
6 Dave Ewers
7 Don Armand
8 Thomas Waldrom

16 Jack Yeandle
17 Alec Hepburn
18 Greg Holmes
19 Mitch Lees
20 Sam Simmonds
21 Stu Townsend
22 Gareth Steenson
23 Ian Whitten

Good to see sam simmonds back and joe simmonds getting some game time, cant wait for this one

Does anyone know whats happened to maunder?

Sarries team,

15 Alex Goode
14 Nathan Earle
13 Marcelo Bosch
12 Brad Barritt
11 Chris Wyles
10 Alex Lozowski
9 Ben Spencer

1 Richard Barrington
2 Schalk Brits
3 Juan Figallo
4 Dominic Day
5 George Kruis
6 Nick Isiekwe
7 Ben Earl
8 Jackson Wray

Replacements:

16 Scott Spurling
17 Hayden Thompson-Stringer
18 ***i Lamositele
19 Mark Flanagan
20 Blair Cowan
21 Tom Whiteley
22 Max Malins
23 Rotimi Segun

Interested to see max malins, came on at IC last week and scored one hell of a try vs Liecester.

 

[Which Tyler]

Called off, to be played on Sunday now.

I hope they try and get a 1230 or 1730 kick off so they can televise it before or after the Exe/Sarries game.

2.30 on BT X2 (red button); I'm guessing with a 3.00 kick off

 

[BPM]

Sale fans - How is Luke James doing? I know he is fairly highly rated and has got a few starts recently, but I haven't really got any idea how wel he's doing?

Sarries fans - what's the general consensus on Whiteley? He always looks good when I see him play, it as it's mostly in the AW Cup it's hard to gauge how good a prospect he is? Also, what happened to Henry Taylor? He seems to have disappeared completely!

 

[RugbyMarvel]

Sale fans - How is Luke James doing? I know he is fairly highly rated and has got a few starts recently, but I haven't really got any idea how wel he's doing?

From what I've seen, looks good. Hard in the carry, good defence, slick hands, good awareness.

He's much stronger than he looks - possibly because I believe at age grade level previously he's also stepped into the back row.

Sense he could be a top player if nutured properly, has all the right attributes to succeed.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Aye James has impressed so far, doesn't look out of place at all at senior level.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Faf de Klerk is some man

Best signing we've made in a long time

 

[RugbyMarvel]

Faf de Klerk is some man

Best signing we've made in a long time

Unbelievably talented. As a side we look so less dangerous without him.

Yardes looking hungry and Solomona is cleaning up!