Aviva Premiership 17/18 - Round 6

[TRF_Olyy]

 

[BPM]

I'll be curious to see what side we can put out on Friday. Our injuries are mounting up and Sinckler is obviously not going to be available either so it's definitely not going to be a full strength lineup.

I'd like to think we can beat Sale at home but I'd acknowledge that they're better on the road than some of the other sides we're competing with in mid table.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

I remember a few years ago we had a middling start to the season and then managed to squeak out an away win against a weakened Quins side (I think it must have been in/around the AIs or 6N?) and then managed to ride the momentum to a 6th place finish.
Here's hoping!

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

I remember a few years ago we had a middling start to the season and then managed to squeak out an away win against a weakened Quins side (I think it must have been in/around the AIs or 6N?) and then managed to ride the momentum to a 6th place finish.
Here's hoping!

You rode out the momentum to finish where you started? Surely that's more a case of riding out the inertia?

 

[ncurd]

http://bbc.in/2x7t9xY

Sinckler got 7 weeks. Clearly didn't mean it and it was low end nice to see both him and his club have an adult response to it.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

You rode out the momentum to finish where you started? Surely that's more a case of riding out the inertia?

Not when the usual 10th place finish is trying to drag is down

 

[Scotty]

Chiefs need a good win over Falcons because 3 from 5 isnt great when they have only beat worriors Lirish and a failing wasps. Falcons would be a good win with how they are playing

 

[curtbob7]

Quins:

15. Aaron Morris (11)
14. Marland Yarde (79)
13. Joe Marchant (42)
12. Jamie Roberts (34)
11. Tim Visser (38)
10. Marcus Smith (5)
9. Danny Care (229)

1. Joe Marler (155)
2. Dave Ward (122)
3. Will Collier (112)
4. George Merrick (64)
5. James Horwill (Captain, 44)
6. Chris Robshaw (243)
7. Jack Clifford (71)
8. Mat Luamanu (43)

16. Elia Elia (1)
17. Mark Lambert (214)
18. Phil Swainston (1)
19. Charlie Matthews (142)
20. Ben Glynn (5)
21. Dave Lewis (1)
22. Tim Swiel (44)
23. Alofa Alofa (32)

Sale Sharks team

15. Mike Haley
14. Denny Solomona
13. Sam James
12. Mark Jennings
11. Byron McGuigan
10. AJ MacGinty
9. Faf de Klerk

1. Ross Harrison
2. Marc Jones
3. Alex Tarus
4. Bryn Evans
5. Josh Beaumont
6. Jono Ross (Captain)
7. Ben Curry
8. Josh Strauss

16. Rob Webber
17. James Flynn
18. Halani Auilka
19. Andre Ostrikov
20. TJ Ioane
21. Cameron Neild
22. Will Cliff
23. James O'Connor

 

[curtbob7]

Leicester Tigers (v London Irish, away, Saturday 3.00pm)

15 Telusa Veainu

14 Nick Malouf

13 Gareth Owen

12 Matt Toomua

11 Jonny May

10 George Ford (c)

9 Sam Harrison

1 Greg Bateman

2 George McGuigan

3 Dan Cole

4 Dan Tuohy

5 Dom Barrow

6 Sione Kalamafoni

7 Will Evans

8 Valentino Mapapalangi

Replacements
16 Tom Youngs
17 Ellis Genge
18 Patrick Cilliers
19 Harry Wells
20 Luke Hamilton
21 Ben Youngs
22 Joe Ford
23 Mathew Tait

 

[curtbob7]

London Irish: 15 Tommy Bell, 14 Alex Lewington, 13 Aseli Tikoirotuma, 12 Greig Tonks, 11 Topsy Ojo, 10 James Marshall, 9 Ben Meehan, 1 Ben Franks, 2 David Paice (c), 3 Petrus Du Plessis, 4 Franco van der Merwe, 5 Sebastian de Chaves, 6 Josh McNally, 7 Blair Cowan, 8 Jake Schatz

Replacements: 16 Todd Gleave, 17 Harry Elrington, 18 Ollie Hoskins, 19 Teofilo Paulo, 20 Lasha Lomidze, 21 Scott Steele, 22 Theo Brophy Clews, 23 Tom Fowlie

Expect a strong Bonus point win for Tigers. But we'll see.

 

[Mumbles119]

Dunday 3pm at Allianz Park

Wasps team to play Saracens:
15. Willie Le Roux
14. Marcus Watson
13. Elliot Daly
12. Brendan Macken
11. Josh Bassett
10. Rob Miller
9. Joe Simpson
1. Matt Mullan ©
2. Ashley Johnson
3. Marty Moore
4. Marcus Garratt
5. Will Rowlands
6. James Haskell
7. Jack Willis
8. Thomas Young

16. Tom Cruse
17. Ben Harris
18. Jake Cooper-Woolley
19. James Gaskell
20. Tom Willis
21. Dan Robson
22. Juan De Jongh
23. Christian Wade

Saracens team to face Wasps
15 Alex Goode (236)
14 Liam Williams (3)
13 Marcelo Bosch (100)
12 Brad Barritt (c) (199)
11 Chris Wyles (231)
10 Alex Lozowski (35)
9 Richard Wigglesworth (190)
1 Mako Vunipola (124)
2 Jamie George (176)
3 Juan Figallo (63)
4 Nick Isiekwe (11)
5 George Kruis (139)
6 Maro Itoje (80)
7 Calum Clark (2)
8 Jackson Wray (178)

Replacements
16 Christopher Tolofua (2)
17 Hayden Thompson-Stringer (13)
18 Vincent Koch (20)
19 Dominic Day (5)
20 Joel Conlon (13)
21 Ben Spencer (105)
22 Owen Farrell (156)
23 Duncan Taylor (106)

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Francis starting at 12 is good news for england.

 

[curtbob7]

Wasps could be in for a right mauling there.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Really hope we can so the unthinkable and string two decent performances together
Away game + televised = bad times, though

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

Wasps could be in for a right mauling there.

I'm going to that. Hope you're wrong, suspect you're right.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Has it been proper leathering it down in London today/this week?
Pitch at the stoop is a mess, it's not cutting up so much as the grass is sliding off the mud, it looks like someones laid it down on top of sand or something.

 

[Every Time Ref]

Has it been proper leathering it down in London today/this week?
Pitch at the stoop is a mess, it's not cutting up so much as the grass is sliding off the mud, it looks like someones laid it down on top of sand or something.

Not rained at all all day, although I can see why you'd be keen to talk about what's going on underneath the turf rather than on top of it

 

[FLOBALOB]

Solomonas defence needs some work, he was nowhere for the first try and let Visser walk past him in build up to second.

 

[Every Time Ref]

They've obviously talkeda lot about kicking in behind Solomona, even Dave Ward is trying it

 

[NDC89]

Just don't understand why Eddie will select Solomona with his defence, but says that Wade and Roko's is too bad. I'd back them to get close to something approaching a tackle...