Aviva Premiership 17/18 - Round 8

[TRF_Olyy]

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

Devoto, LCD and Hill all returning to the Prem for Chiefs. I'm happy.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Sale Sharks:
15. Mike Haley, 14. Denny Solomona, 13. Sam James, 12. Mark Jennings, 11. Marland Yarde, 10. James O'Connor, 9. Faf De Klerk, 1. Ross Harrison, 2. Rob Webber, 3. Will-Griff John, 4. Bryn Evans, 5. Andre Ostrikov, 6. Jono Ross (Capt), 7. Ben Curry, 8. Josh Strauss.

Replacements:
16. Marc Jones, 17. James Flynn, 18. Alexandru Tarus, 19. George Nott, 20. Sam Moore, 21. Cameron Neild, 22. Will Cliff, 23. Josh Charnley

Not available for selection:
Byron Mcguigan (Scotland) TJ Ioane (Samoa) Halani Aulika (Tonga) AJ MacGinty (USA) Johnny Leota (Injured) Josh Beaumont (Injured) Tom Curry (Injured) Will Addison (injured)

 

[BPM]

Devoto, LCD and Hill all returning to the Prem for Chiefs. I'm happy.

Good news! Clifford and Chisholm starting for Quins too.

 

[Scotty]

Devoto, LCD and Hill all returning to the Prem for Chiefs. I'm happy.

Ewers also played in AW cup game vs scarlets. So very happy especially against a quins side missing a few. Then our best chance to get a win over sarries with players away.

Looking good for the season with the depth returning

 

[BPM]

My predictions for the weekend are:

Gloucester vs. Saracens - Away win + BP

Worcester vs. Northampton - Away win + BP

Wasps vs. Falcons - Home win, Away losing BP (I expect this one to be close!)

Exeter vs. Harlequins - Home win + BP

Leicester vs. Sale - Home win + BP

London Irish vs. Bath - Away win

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Leicester Tigers (v Sale Sharks, Welford Road, Sunday 3.00pm)

15 Telusa Veainu
14 Nick Malouf
13 Matt Smith
12 Gareth Owen
11 Adam Thompstone
10 Joe Ford
9 Sam Harrison
1 Greg Bateman
2 Tom Youngs (c)
3 Pat Cilliers
4 Dom Barrow
5 Graham Kitchener
6 Mike Williams
7 Will Evans
8 Valentino Mapapalangi

Replacements
16 Harry Thacker
17 Ellis Genge
18 Chris Baumann
19 Mike Fitzgerald
20 Brendon O'Connor
21 Harry Simmons
22 Tom Hardwick
23 Jonah Holmes

Good team bench looks interesting with 2 teens covering 9 and 10.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Something really needs to be done about mauls formed in the field of play not having the laws applied to them.
Sarries got held up, but then were mauling towards the Gloucester line, several Gloucester players were really blatantly trying to collapse it but even still it was still moving....and then they blow for a Gloucester scrum

 

[Scotty]

Fair play gloucester, first chiefs then saints then bath and now sarries....erm they are some pretty good scalps to take and now are 3rd (obv rest of games to play but still)

Deserved win its and 80 min game and glou own the last 20.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Aye it was a good game, Gloucesters defence was next level,
Could kind of tell, at half time, that they were going to come back into it.
Lozowskis kicking was.....well, You can tell he's been training with Ford the last few weeks

 

[Scotty]

You look at the players sarries are without though.
Mako
George
Itoje
Billy
Farrell
Williams

Missing 6 lions (billy got injured before hand but still) makes it a totally different team

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Who's claiming otherwise?
Gloucester will just be thanking their lucky stars this fixture landed when it did because it's a hell of a scalp and 4pts most other teams won't get.

 

[Goodey]

My predictions for the weekend are:

Gloucester vs. Saracens - Away win + BP

Worcester vs. Northampton - Away win + BP

Wasps vs. Falcons - Home win, Away losing BP (I expect this one to be close!)

Exeter vs. Harlequins - Home win + BP

Leicester vs. Sale - Home win + BP

London Irish vs. Bath - Away win

I would bite your hand off for a BP win given that Sale have their first choice team out, except for maybe Leota, while we're pretty thin in the backs.

I expect Leicester to be able to eke our a win at home but I don't think it'll be comfortable

 

[TRF_Olyy]

I would bite your hand off for a BP win given that Sale have their first choice team out, except for maybe Leota, while we're pretty thin in the backs.

Leota isn't first choice,
We're not missing as many as tigers but Aulika, Beaumont, Ioane, Addison, T.Curry and McGuigan are missing from our first choice side.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Leota isn't first choice,
We're not missing as many as tigers but Aulika, Beaumont, Ioane, Addison, T.Curry and McGuigan are missing from our first choice side.

Genge being back is a big thing for us him off the bench against hopefully (your 3rd choice) TH should give us a good boost.

 

[Scotty]

Should be some good contests today with internationals away. Cant wait for the Chiefs game if im honest.

 

[Scotty]

Genge being back is a big thing for us him off the bench against hopefully (your 3rd choice) TH should give us a good boost.

Personally would have kept him and released marler but this way works best for us two, tigers have genge and quins dont have marler haha

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Colour me surprised: Tigers made late changes to their starting XV

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

Every time Chiefs spread the ball they're finding space in the outside. Quins defence is being so stretched that holes are opening up everywhere. Think this will be an easy day at the office for the Chiefs.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Colour me surprised: Tigers made late changes to their starting XV

Barrow and Cilliers are big losses.