PREM 25/26 - Round 4

[TRF_Olyy]

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[TommiG88]

Glos
Saints
Tigers
Sharks
Chiefs

Put a tenner on that ladies and gents

 

[Scotty]

Glos
Saints
Tigers
Sharks
Chiefs

Put a tenner on that ladies and gents

After Quins beating Sarries and us losing last week i havnt got high hopes. We should be competitive still. Long way to go still for Chiefs but it's looking better.

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

Really wanted to go to the Newcastle away game but I just can't get there on Friday after work in time. Very frustrating.

 

[BPM]

After Quins beating Sarries and us losing last week i havnt got high hopes. We should be competitive still. Long way to go still for Chiefs but it's looking better.

Well Quins rarely put together two good performances in a row … However, my view is that the performances for 50mins in rounds 1 and 2 were good. The problem was a massive drop off when our sub standard bench was badly exposed. Now we have our top players available, I feel like we might actually do OK.

My predictions:

Bristol
Saints
Bath
Saracens
Quins

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Sarries complete inability to deal with the high ball does give me some hope for this weekend,
But our complete lack of consistency, injuries in the backrow, plastic pitch (which we're always dreadful on) and it being Itoje's return and 200th game does fill me with dread, haha
I think we've only beaten them once at their new gaff, as well

 

[Ddanno]

A Bristol win looks like a stretch given their injuries + away from home. I read elsewhere they have 12 injured backs and Jordan is serving his ban.

Bristol Bears: 15. Benjamin Elizalde (19 apps), 14. Max Pepper (4 apps), 13. Matías Moroni (debut), 12. Benhard Janse van Rensburg (54 apps), 11. Kalaveti Ravouvou (35 apps), 10. Sam Worsley (20 apps), 9. Kieran Marmion (56 apps); 1. Jake Woolmore (173 apps), 2. Gabriel Oghre (47 apps), 3. George Kloska (69 apps), 4. Pedro Rubiolo (3 apps), 5. Joe Batley (79 apps), 6. Steven Luatua (155 apps), 7. Fitz Harding (c) (101 apps), 8. Viliame Mata (21 apps).

Replacements: 16. Harry Thacker (137 apps), 17. Sam Grahamslaw (16 apps), 18. Lovejoy Chawatama (10 apps), 19. James Dun (56 apps), 20. Joe Owen (39 apps), 21. Benjamin Grondona (24 apps), 22. Oscar Lennon (13 apps), 23. Toby Fricker (34 apps).


Gloucester Rugby team news
15 Charlie Atkinson
14 Ben Loader
13 Will Joseph
12 Max Llewellyn
11 Ollie Thorley
10 Ross Byrne
9 Caolan Englefield
1 Ciaran Knight
2 Seb Blake
3 Afo Fasogbon
4 Freddie Thomas
5 Matias Alemanno
6 Josh Basham
7 James Venter
8 Hugh Bokenham

16 Jack Innard
17 Archie McArthur
18 Kirill Gotovtsev
19 Cam Jordan
20 Jack Mann
21 Harry Taylor
22 Mikey Austin*
23 Josiah Edwards-Giraud

 

[BPM]

Maybe, but Gloucester are also missing some key players and that bench looks pretty callow.

 

[BRSTLDRGN]

A Bristol win looks like a stretch given their injuries + away from home. I read elsewhere they have 12 injured backs and Jordan is serving his ban.

Bristol Bears: 15. Benjamin Elizalde (19 apps), 14. Max Pepper (4 apps), 13. Matías Moroni (debut), 12. Benhard Janse van Rensburg (54 apps), 11. Kalaveti Ravouvou (35 apps), 10. Sam Worsley (20 apps), 9. Kieran Marmion (56 apps); 1. Jake Woolmore (173 apps), 2. Gabriel Oghre (47 apps), 3. George Kloska (69 apps), 4. Pedro Rubiolo (3 apps), 5. Joe Batley (79 apps), 6. Steven Luatua (155 apps), 7. Fitz Harding (c) (101 apps), 8. Viliame Mata (21 apps).

Replacements: 16. Harry Thacker (137 apps), 17. Sam Grahamslaw (16 apps), 18. Lovejoy Chawatama (10 apps), 19. James Dun (56 apps), 20. Joe Owen (39 apps), 21. Benjamin Grondona (24 apps), 22. Oscar Lennon (13 apps), 23. Toby Fricker (34 apps).


Gloucester Rugby team news
15 Charlie Atkinson
14 Ben Loader
13 Will Joseph
12 Max Llewellyn
11 Ollie Thorley
10 Ross Byrne
9 Caolan Englefield
1 Ciaran Knight
2 Seb Blake
3 Afo Fasogbon
4 Freddie Thomas
5 Matias Alemanno
6 Josh Basham
7 James Venter
8 Hugh Bokenham

16 Jack Innard
17 Archie McArthur
18 Kirill Gotovtsev
19 Cam Jordan
20 Jack Mann
21 Harry Taylor
22 Mikey Austin*
23 Josiah Edwards-Giraud

Jordan banned for 3 games, 2 backs on the bench including Toby Fricker, who has rejoined the club as injury cover, scrum half starting on the wing. Its genuinely getting to the stage that not being able to field a side isn't beyond the realms of reality

 

[TRF_Olyy]

No Genge?

 

[BRSTLDRGN]

No Genge?

No, he failed an HIA that was needed post game. If we were playing Saturday or Sunday he'd play but because its a 6 day turnaround he cant

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

Surprisingly strong team to play falcons but we’ve got some many squad Injuries I wonder if we could have even put out a weaker team if we wanted to.

 

[OllyM97]

Winners:
Saints (easily)
Bristol - Gloucester lack genuine quality and game-changers - and the bench is weak. Even with the injuries I think Bristol do the job.
Bath - Leicester are mediocre and don’t have the attacking game to trouble Bath. Away win by 10+
Saracens - I’d love to say Sharks, but Sarries will come back hard after last week.
Exeter - A real 50/50 but Quins will probably revert back to their usual mediocrity against anyone other than Saracens.

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

Considering how strong Gloucesters support is, it’s surprising we don’t have more Gloucester fans on here posting.

I know a lot of them can’t read or write seeing as they are from Gloucester but there must a few educated ones kicking about.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Considering how strong Gloucesters support is, it's surprising we don't have more Gloucester fans on here posting.

I know a lot of them can't read or write seeing as they are from Gloucester but there must a few educated ones kicking about.

The educated ones don't have internet

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Sale Shakes:
15. Tom O'Flaherty 14. Tom Roebuck, 13. Rob du Preez, 12. Marius Louw, 11. Arron Reed, 10. George Ford, 9. Gus Warr; 1. Bevan Rodd, 2. Luke Cowan-Dickie, 3. Asher Opoku-Fordjour, 4. Ben Bamber, 5. Hyron Andrews, 6. Ernst van Rhyn ©, 7. Tristan Woodman, 8. Sam Dugdale.

Replacements:
16. Nathan Jibulu, 17. Simon McIntyre, 18. James Harper, 19. Tom Burrow, 20. Ethan Caine, 21. Raffi Quirke, 22. Rekeiti Ma'asi-White, 23. Luke James


Good to see RMW and Luke James back, but not particularly confident about this

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

Quite excited about this team…

 

[Brown Bottle]

 

[Reiser99]

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If I have to zoom in to read the names then they ****** up.

 

[OllyM97]

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Quite excited about this team…

Chiefs are absolutely loaded!. That's the strongest team they’ve put out for years. Love watching Ikitau play - absolute world-class player.