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<blockquote data-quote="Which Tyler" data-source="post: 1061353" data-attributes="member: 73592"><p>Actually a little p<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">i</span>ssed off about that - I know that one of the things I dislike about this competition is mis-matches like this, but this is pretty extreme.</p><p></p><p>That Gloucester squad has >3 times the first-class appearances than the Bath squad.</p><p>Twelvetrees, Balmain and Morgan have more appearances than the entire Bath 23. Take out 36 and Dunn (each teams most capped) and Balmain and Morgan between them have about as much experience as the entire Bath 22.</p><p>Gloucester's bench is about as experienced as Bath's 23-minus-Dunn</p><p>Gloucester 23 have 10 times as many caps as the Bath 23 - even if you take out Billy and Ben, it's pretty even - and that's including Tom Dunn for 3 caps, averaging 6 minutes apiece.</p><p></p><p>And it's consistent across the teams; the starting backs are 3:1 in experience; the starting packs are 3:1 in experience; the benches are 3.25:1</p><p>The only unit where Bath can compete on experience is the back 3 (mostly McConnochie)</p><p></p><p>Anything less than a 30-point spanking will be massively to Bath's credit</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Which Tyler, post: 1061353, member: 73592"] Actually a little p[COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)]i[/COLOR]ssed off about that - I know that one of the things I dislike about this competition is mis-matches like this, but this is pretty extreme. That Gloucester squad has >3 times the first-class appearances than the Bath squad. Twelvetrees, Balmain and Morgan have more appearances than the entire Bath 23. Take out 36 and Dunn (each teams most capped) and Balmain and Morgan between them have about as much experience as the entire Bath 22. Gloucester's bench is about as experienced as Bath's 23-minus-Dunn Gloucester 23 have 10 times as many caps as the Bath 23 - even if you take out Billy and Ben, it's pretty even - and that's including Tom Dunn for 3 caps, averaging 6 minutes apiece. And it's consistent across the teams; the starting backs are 3:1 in experience; the starting packs are 3:1 in experience; the benches are 3.25:1 The only unit where Bath can compete on experience is the back 3 (mostly McConnochie) Anything less than a 30-point spanking will be massively to Bath's credit [/QUOTE]
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