Aviva Premiership Round 4

[TRF_Olyy]

Friday 21st September

Saturday 22nd September

Live on Sky Sports

Live on ESPN​

Sunday 23rd September

Live on ESPN​

 

[r0cky flanker]

What do you think about round 4 fixtures?
Leicester - Quins seems to be good game to watch.
Gloucester - Wasps looks pretty interesting too.

Hopefully Sale will get first win..

Sale squad for Friday:
Sale Sharks: 15.Rob Miller, 14.Tom Brady, 13.Johnny Leota, 12.Sam Tuitupou, 11.Mark Cueto, 10.Danny Cipriani, 9.Dwayne Peel, 1.Eifion Lewis-Roberts, 2.Joe Ward, 3.Vadim Cobilas, 4.Richie Gray, 5.Kearnan Myall, 6.Mark Easter, 7.David Seymour (capt.), 8.Andy Powell

Replacements: 16.Tommy Taylor, 17.Ross Harrison, 18.Tony Buckley, 19.Fraser McKenzie, 20.Richie Vernon, 21.Will Cliff, 22.Nick Macleod, 23.Corne Uys

 

[Tony Manx]

Put this one on the other thread in error.........

Friday will be a draw and Saturday - winners: Bath, Saints, Gloucester, Leicester and Exeter.

Best game of the weekend should be at Welford Road, worst at Exeter and highest scoring at Gloucester......................................En joy!

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Absolute must win for Sale.
Think we should do it - but think if it were in Oxford we'd lose.

Quins vs Tigers should be a good game, and everything that Tigers vs Sarries wasn't.

 

[Teh Mite]

I think the short turn around could hurt welsh, for all the mockery I dish them out too I think Sale ate due a result. Could be a hammering.

Otherwise Bath, Saints, Glos, Quins & Sarriez for my money this week.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Thinking about it Wasps vs Gloucester should be good (especially if the Glaws backs click).

Chiefs vs Sarries has the potential to be terrible. While Chiefs play a lot of good rugby they also have a solid bore-everyone-sh*tless-with-kicking game, so if they get drawn in to that by Saracens....sheesh.

 

[LittleGuy]

I agree with Mite I have Sale by 14 on the superbru this week, I just don't like the match up from Welsh's point of view. I think Irish could very well go down to the championship this season, I think they have to step up and quickly I'm fully expecting a Bath win but Irish have to start competing.

 

[Shaggy]

Hopefully the Quins, Wasps, and the Welsh can get up this week so I can try and catch Doug ... how do you guys rate Wasps chances? I guess Quins will find the Tigers tough on their home patch

 

[j'nuh]

how do you guys rate Wasps chances?

I think it depends. Judging by the scores Wasps have been getting (not seen Wasps yet), they sound good with ball in hand, whereas Gloucester are having communication problems in midfield atm. I think that Wasps will finish back moves with a lot more efficiency. That said, Glos have named a very physical pack, have a capable fetcher and seem to now have one of the strongest scrums in the premiership. (On the flip side, Wasps will probably win most of their own lineouts and put pressure on the Glos throw.) I can imagine Gloucester taking a bit more possession and territory and going through the penalties. I hope that they give May enough decent ball to attack Wade though.

 

[j_remos]

Sale, Bath, Saints, Glos, Tigs, Chiefs

I think .. but some of those games could be very close. I think the only real guarantee is that Irish will lose. (watch them prove me wrong now)

 

[Tony Manx]

At least I had Sale down for a draw, unlike everyone else, but looks like Welsh (the new Exeter!!) are giving them a hammering!!

 

[Teh Mite]

I did say a hammering.

ROFL.

 

[Peat]

Despite my stated animus, fair play to the Welsh. Not-nots and Sale must be getting twitchy arseholes now.

 

[Feicarsinn]

Lulz, Sale are muck. Although, with 10 minutes or thereabouts left 7 points is far from an unassailable advantage.


Mon Welsh.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

What the f**k.


Only high point of the night: Tony Buckley ruining their scrum.
Apart from that, what. the. ****.?

 

[psychic duck]

Looks like Toulon will be confident of getting a home quarter final in the Heineken Cup after seeing that result.

 

[Teh Mite]

Says enough when Buckley is the standout performer! :lol:

 

[big ginger 8]

What the f**k.


Only high point of the night: Tony Buckley ruining their scrum.
Apart from that, what. the. ****.?

What? Could you post a video I have to see it to believe it.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

What? Could you post a video I have to see it to believe it.

Will have to wait for it to go online tomorrow, but to be honest I'm not sure I could sit through that game twice.

Apparently he's really Buckled (wehey) down this pre-season and is one of the fittest players in the squad now (though maybe that says more about the rest of the squad than it does about him?).

 

[big ginger 8]

Will have to wait for it to go online tomorrow, but to be honest I'm not sure I could sit through that game twice.

Apparently he's really Buckled (wehey) down this pre-season and is one of the fittest players in the squad now (though maybe that says more about the rest of the squad than it does about him?).

It's ok I'll try get around to it.

That's unbelievable pity he didn't do it when there was so much being invested in him.