Aviva Premiership Round 12

[LittleGuy]

Judging by the last couple of weeks I agree with the article that Welsh are not out of dodge completely in the relegation battle. From an attacking standpoint it's been fairly dismal for them, Ross is past his prime at FH, and they could really use Mackenzie back from his injury. I also think after the first few weeks of the season the opposition began to take them more seriously as they pulled out a couple of wins.

Looks like a couple of huge games late in the season, Irish vs. Sale and Irish vs. Welsh in the last four weeks could be the deciders. Worcester should be safe, it would take quite a collapse from them to be stuck anywhere near the other three.

 

[psychic duck]

Mark Cueto is now the joint leading all time Premiership try scorer, equalling Steve Hanley's record of 75 tries.

If you look at his career record though, you can clearly see that the vast majority of his tries were scored earlier in his career, he scored 51 tries in his first 5 seasons and 24 in his most recent 7 seasons.

Sale must have been creating a ton of tries for their wingers in the early/mid 2000's, as both the top two try scorers in the league played all their career for them and have pretty good strike rates for scoring as well. Charlie Hodgson is also the league's leading scorer as well who spent most of his career at Sale.

Tom Varndell is quickly catching up with the Sale wingers though for the record.

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[TD="class: padAst"]177[/TD]
[TD]173[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]375[/TD]
[TD]75[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
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[TD="class: left, align: left"]W[/TD]
[TD="class: left, align: left"]1998-2007[/TD]
[TD="class: padAst"]135[/TD]
[TD]126[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
[TD]375[/TD]
[TD]75[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
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[TD="class: left, align: left"]W[/TD]
[TD="class: left, align: left"]2004-[/TD]
[TD="class: padAst"]141[/TD]
[TD]119[/TD]
[TD]22[/TD]
[TD]350[/TD]
[TD]70[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
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[TD="class: left, align: left"]PH Sackey (Bedford/London Irish/Wasps)[/TD]
[TD="class: left, align: left"]W[/TD]
[TD="class: left, align: left"]1999-2010[/TD]
[TD="class: padAst"]185[/TD]
[TD]180[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]340[/TD]
[TD]68[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
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[TD="class: left, align: left"]2000-[/TD]
[TD="class: padAst"]219[/TD]
[TD]200[/TD]
[TD]19[/TD]
[TD]330[/TD]
[TD]66[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
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[TD="class: left, align: left"]2000-[/TD]
[TD="class: padAst"]177[/TD]
[TD]160[/TD]
[TD]17[/TD]
[TD]315[/TD]
[TD]63[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
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[TD]114[/TD]
[TD]14[/TD]
[TD]295[/TD]
[TD]59[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
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[TD="class: left, align: left"]1997-2011[/TD]
[TD="class: padAst"]184[/TD]
[TD]173[/TD]
[TD]11[/TD]
[TD]290[/TD]
[TD]58[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
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[TD="class: left, align: left"]1998-[/TD]
[TD="class: padAst"]201[/TD]
[TD]187[/TD]
[TD]14[/TD]
[TD]428[/TD]
[TD]57[/TD]
[TD]28[/TD]
[TD]24[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
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[TD="class: left, align: left"]W,C[/TD]
[TD="class: left, align: left"]1997-2011[/TD]
[TD="class: padAst"]203[/TD]
[TD]187[/TD]
[TD]16[/TD]
[TD]291[/TD]
[TD]56[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
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[TD="class: left, align: left"]FB[/TD]
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[TD="class: padAst"]145[/TD]
[TD]131[/TD]
[TD]14[/TD]
[TD]276[/TD]
[TD]52[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
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[TD="class: padAst"]221[/TD]
[TD]199[/TD]
[TD]22[/TD]
[TD]407[/TD]
[TD]52[/TD]
[TD]21[/TD]
[TD]26[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
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[TRF_Olyy]

Surprised that JSD is, relatively, low down considering he's played the same amount of games as Cueto.

Just proof that Frank is the greatest English winger of all time.

 

[Draggs]

Surprised that JSD is, relatively, low down considering he's played the same amount of games as Cueto.

Just proof that Frank is the greatest English winger of all time.

What I'd give to see an England back three of Quato, Varndell, and Hanley.

When you consider that Varndell is 26, one has to think what he could do if he stays in the Prem for most of his career. I have always wondered what the IRB point record would be if Wilkinson played between 2003 and 2007.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

 

[Draggs]

Uncanny resemblance, right?