Aviva Premiership 17/18 - Round 3

[TRF_Olyy]

 

[BPM]

Very tough to call this week ...

Saints vs. Bath - home win, no BP, away BP

Warriors vs. Chiefs - away win + BP

Sharks vs. L. Irish - home win, no BP, away BP

Tigers vs. Gloucester - home win, no BP

Falcons vs. Saracens - away win, no BP, home BP

Wasps vs. Quins - home win + BP

I can see London Irish giving Sale a scare. Sale's lineout was awful last Friday and Irish have a decent set-piece.

Tigers vs. Gloucester will be tasty too and is pretty much a must-win for O'Connor.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Webber and Evans likely to be back this week so I'm hoping we can at least retain most of our own throws this week

Irish have a nasty habit of upsetting us at home,
I still remember treking to Bolton to watch us throw away the game at the Reebok

Desperately need to win this one

 

[TRF_Olyy]

1 Harrison,
2 Jones,
3 Tarus,
4 Evans,
5 Beaumont,
6 Ross (cc),
7 B.Curry,
8 Strauss,
9 De Klerk,
10 MacGinty,
11 Charnley,
12 Jennings,
13 James,
14 Solomona,
15 Addison (C)

Replacements: Webber, Flynn, Aulika, Ostrikov, T.Curry, Ioane, Cliff, Haley



First time Addison has played 15 since age grade. I'm not adverse to it, He's played well individually but don't think he's looked too good as a centre these last two weeks.
Haley has been hot and (mainly) cold for a while now so some genuine pressure will hopefully light a fire under him.
Presumably McGuigan is injured or else he'd be at 15.
First look at Charnley after his first full preseason in union. Hopefully he's learnt a lot and his awkward form last year was partly due to the very long season he had (Super League + playoffs then basically straight into union) combined with not knowing the game, And he can kick on now.

 

[curtbob7]

NORTHAMPTON SAINTS TEAM TO PLAY BATH
Aviva Premiership Round 3
Franklin's Gardens
Friday, September 15th, 2017
Kick off 7:45pm
15 Ahsee Tuala
14 George North
13 Rob Horne
12 Luther Burrell
11 Tom Collins
10 Harry Mallinder
9 Nic Groom
1 Alex Waller
2 Mikey Haywood
3 Paul Hill
4 Michael Paterson
5 David Ribbans
6 Courtney Lawes (capt)
7 Jamie Gibson
8 Teimana Harrison

16 Reece Marshall
17 Campese Ma'afu
18 Kieran Brookes
19 Christian Day
20 Lewis Ludlam
21 Cobus Reinach
22 James Grayson
23 Ben Foden

Bath Rugby team to face Northampton Saints

15. Anthony Watson
14. Semesa Rokoduguni
13. Jonathan Joseph
12. Ben Tapuai
11. Matt Banahan
10. Rhys Priestland
9. Kahn Fotuali'i

1. Beno Obano
2. Tom Dunn
3. Anthony Perenise
4. Charlie Ewels
5. Elliott Stooke
6. Matt Garvey (capt)
7. Sam Underhill
8. Taulupe Faletau

Replacements

16. Jack Walker
17. Nick Auterac
18. Scott Andrews
19. James Phillips
20. Paul Grant
21. Darren Allinson
22. Freddie Burns
23. Max Clark

 

[Sixways Cheryl]

15 Josh Adams
14 Perry Humphreys
13 Jackson Willison
12 Ben Te'o
11 Bryce Heem
10 Tom Heathcote
9 Jonny Arr
1 Ryan Bower
2 Jack Singleton
3 Biyi Alo
4 Donncha O'Callaghan (C)
5 Pierce Phillips
6 Matt Cox
7 Sam Lewis
8 GJ van Velze

Replacements
16 Joe Taufete'e
17 Ethan Waller
18 Gareth Milasinovich
19 Christian Scotland-Williamson
20 Alafoti Faosiliva
21 Peter Stringer
22 Sam Olver
23 Jamie Shillcock

Our team is basically picking itself at the moment with so many players still missing. Pleased to see that Heathcote has made it after getting clattered last weekend but not sure why we're persisting with Olver on the bench? He's not ready for first team rugby yet - let him develop in the A-League.

All in all though feeling more positive going into this weekend than I did last time out, COME ON YOU WARRIORS!!!

 

[Every Time Ref]

Sam Underhill's first start for Bath. Bang up for that

 

[ratsapprentice]

Hopefully chop city.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Tell you what if Wuss go down i would take humphreys back at Tigers.

 

[Hound]

Sharks vs. L. Irish - home win, no BP, away BP

I can see London Irish giving Sale a scare. Sale's lineout was awful last Friday and Irish have a decent set-piece.

Be interesting to see if the Sharks persist with Neild or if they bump him to the bench and start Marc Jones after last week's lineout turmoil against Newcastle...

 

[Hound]

NORTHAMPTON SAINTS TEAM TO PLAY BATH
Aviva Premiership Round 3
Franklin's Gardens
Friday, September 15th, 2017
Kick off 7:45pm
15 Ahsee Tuala
14 George North
13 Rob Horne
12 Luther Burrell
11 Tom Collins
10 Harry Mallinder
9 Nic Groom
1 Alex Waller
2 Mikey Haywood
3 Paul Hill
4 Michael Paterson
5 David Ribbans
6 Courtney Lawes (capt)
7 Jamie Gibson
8 Teimana Harrison

16 Reece Marshall
17 Campese Ma'afu
18 Kieran Brookes
19 Christian Day
20 Lewis Ludlam
21 Cobus Reinach
22 James Grayson
23 Ben Foden

Bath Rugby team to face Northampton Saints

15. Anthony Watson
14. Semesa Rokoduguni
13. Jonathan Joseph
12. Ben Tapuai
11. Matt Banahan
10. Rhys Priestland
9. Kahn Fotuali'i

1. Beno Obano
2. Tom Dunn
3. Anthony Perenise
4. Charlie Ewels
5. Elliott Stooke
6. Matt Garvey (capt)
7. Sam Underhill
8. Taulupe Faletau

Replacements

16. Jack Walker
17. Nick Auterac
18. Scott Andrews
19. James Phillips
20. Paul Grant
21. Darren Allinson
22. Freddie Burns
23. Max Clark

Sam Underhill's first start for Bath. Bang up for that

What's the latest on how Chris Cook pulled up as well?

 

[Big_Grumper]

I honestly don't know what to expect from our trip to Welford Rd. They're without a win and playing much below their potential. We're being typically inconsistent.

 

[Which Tyler]

What's the latest on how Chris Cook pulled up as well?

Part-way through his GRTP; from what I hear, he's unsymptomatic at rest, but I don't know what stage he's at, or even if he'd be ready to play if the match were a day later

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

Sam Underhill's first start for Bath. Bang up for that

Me too. Not seen much of him, but like what I have.

Interesting to see how Lawes goes at 6. And Hill with a rare start; not the biggest fan yet, but happy to be converted.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Leicester Tigers (v Gloucester Rugby, Welford Road, Saturday 3.00pm)

15 Telusa Veainu
14 Nick Malouf
13 Matt Smith
12 Matt Toomua
11 Jonny May
10 George Ford
9 Ben Youngs
1 Ellis Genge
2 Tom Youngs (c)
3 Dan Cole
4 Harry Wells
5 Joe Maksymiw
6 Mike Williams
7 Luke Hamilton
8 Sione Kalamafoni

Replacements

16 Harry Thacker
17 Greg Bateman
18 Logovi'i Mulipola
19 Valentino Mapapalangi
20 Dominic Ryan
21 Sam Harrison
22 Joe Ford
23 Mathew Tait

Welp.
Malouf still starting.
Nice to see Wells in the mix, sort of dropped off after teh Eng U20's went to champ, came back to tigers played in the Lv cup gets his chance, surpised young Maksymiw is starting alongside him though.

 

[Mumbles119]

Wasps vs Quins, Sunday at the Ricoh:

Wasps: 15 Willie Le Roux, 14 Christian Wade, 13 Elliot Daly, 12 Gaby Lovobalavu, 11 Marcus Watson, 10 Danny Cipriani, 9 Joe Simpson, 8 Nathan Hughes, 7 Guy Thompson, 6 Alex Rieder, 5 Matt Symons, 4 Joe Launchbury (c), 3 Jake Cooper-Woolley, 2 Tom Cruse, 1 Matt Mullan
Replacements: 16 Ashley Johnson, 17 Simon McIntyre, 18 Marty Moore, 19 Will Rowlands, 20 James Haskell, 21 Craig Hampson, 22 Rob Miller, 23 Juan De Jongh

Harlequins: 15 Mike Brown, 14 Marland Yarde, 13 Joe Marchant, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Charlie Walker, 10 Marcus Smith, 9 Danny Care, 8 Mat Luamanu, 7 Jack Clifford, 6 Chris Robshaw, 5 James Horwill (c), 4 George Merrick, 3 Kyle Sinckler, 2 Dave Ward, 1 Joe Marler
Replacements: 16 Elia Elia, 17 Mark Lambert, 18 Will Collier, 19 Ben Glynn, 20 Stan South, 21 Dave Lewis, 22 Tim Swiel, 23 Harry Sloan

 

[Scotty]

Chiefs team :

15 Phil Dollman
14 Jack Nowell
13 Henry Slade
12 Ian Whitten
11 Olly Woodburn
10 Gareth Steenson
9 Nic White

1 Carl Rimmer
2 Jack Yeandle (capt)
3 Tomas Francis
4 Mitch Lees
5 Jonny Hill
6 Dave Dennis
7 Don Armand
8 Sam Simmonds

16 Elvis Taione
17 Ben Moon
18 Harry Williams
19 Sam Skinner
20 Matt Kvesic
21 Stuart Townsend
22 Max Bodilly
23 Lachie Turner

We are missing the likes of
LCD
Devoto
Ewers.
And maybe waldrom too.

Them 4 are a big loss to this team for different reasons.

We should get a good win over worcester but ti discount them completely would idiotic. They give wasps a good run.

 

[Every Time Ref]

Stuart Hooper re: Bath's defence saying exactly what I was saying all last year re: Bath's defence. "Statistically" good in terms of not missing tackles (and not conceding tries) but passive. This year more missed tackles, better line speed, more aggression, more chances to get the ball back. Modern defence is about more than stopping tries.

#calledit

 

[Every Time Ref]

All set for a nice sticky Sam Underhill debut...

 

[ratsapprentice]

Poor from Ewels.