Premiership Rugby 18/19 Round 8

[TRF_Olyy]

 

[Which Tyler]

Cripple fight of the weekend, with 2 teams who should be so much better than they're showing this season.


Friday, 7.45pm, Kingston Park Stadium - NOT on telly
Referee: Christophe Ridley (10th Premiership game).
TJs: Wayne Falla & John Meredith.
TMO: Trevor Fisher.


Newcastle:
15 Simon Hammersley
14 Tom Arscott
13 Chris Harris
12 Johnny Williams
11 Sinoti Sinoti
10 Toby Flood (captain)
9 Sam Stuart

1 Sam Lockwood
2 Kyle Cooper
3 Jon Welsh
4 Calum Green
5 Glen Young
6 Gary Graham
7 John Hardie
8 Nemani Nagusa

Replacements
16 George McGuigan
17 Adam Brocklebank
18 David Wilson
19 Andrew Davidson
20 Ryan Burrows
21 Michael Young
22 Brett Connon
23 Pedro Bettencourt


Bath:
15. Tom Homer
14. Semesa Rokoduguni
13. Jackson Willison
12. Jamie Roberts
11. Cooper Vuna
10. Freddie Burns
9. Will Chudley

1. Nathan Catt
2. Tom Dunn
3. Henry Thomas
4. Dave Attwood
5. Matt Garvey (c)
6. Tom Ellis
7. Josh Bayliss
8. Zach Mercer

Replacements
16. Jack Walker
17. Jacques van Rooyen
18. Max Lahiff
19. Luke Charteris
20. Levi Douglas
21. Chris Cook
22. Ruaridh McConnochie
23. Darren Atkins

 

[FLOBALOB]

Away win clean sweep (pays over 400/1).

 

[TRF_Olyy]

STARTING XV: 15.Sam James; 14.Denny Solomona, 13.James O'Connor, 12.Luke James, 11.Arron Reed; 10.Rob Du Preez, 9.Faf De Klerk; 1.Ross Harrison, 2.Rob Webber, 3.Will-Griff John, 4.Josh Beaumont, 5.James Phillips, 6.Jono Ross (capt.), 7.Ben Curry, 8.Jean-Luc Du Preez.

REPLACEMENTS: 16.Curtis Langdon, 17.Tom Bristow, 18.Joe Jones, 19.Bryn Evans, 20.Cameron Neild, 21.Will Cliff, 22.Kieran Wilkinson, 23. Paolo Odogwu

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

Kind of interested to see how Lozowski goes at wing for Saracens. Don't think it's his position but a real indicator that he's now seen as an outside back for Saracens rather than a 10/12 option.

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

I've alwsys thought Loz would make a great 15 or 13.

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

I've alwsys thought Loz would make a great 15 or 13.

Yeah he's a 13 for me

 

[TRF_Olyy]

So he's Elliot Daly Jr.?

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Joe flipping Ford.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Quins backs making consistently really poor decisions, can't hack the pressure
Smith Earle and Marchant all having mares so far

 

[Mumbles119]

Mills having s good game again, as captain. Plus two jackal turnovers.
On the brief occasions he has the opportunity, Marchant runs some lovely angles.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Smith shepherds crooked at half time

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

Hang on... Brown has hair?

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Hang on... Brown has hair?

He looks so much better at the basics at 15 play than Daly,
Kinda depressing

 

[Mumbles119]

Errr... is the TMO right?

Edit: oh I see. He was stripped of the ball in act of going over the line to score. Not a knock on because ball went back and scored with the body. Still doesn't feel right though.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Officiating in this sport is a farce

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

Mills' reaction was brilliant.

Clearly not a try but Monye's reaction was so infuriating to me that I'm glad it was given.

Edit: Good on you Monye

 

[Pom in Exile]

He looks so much better at the basics at 15 play than Daly,
Kinda depressing[/QUOT
Tbf, it's a specialist position that he's played in all of his career, whilst Daly is being asked to learn on the job, whilst playing for England.

 

[Pom in Exile]

Don't know what happened there but my reply became part of your quote, probably my sausage fingers.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Tbf, it's a specialist position that he's played in all of his career, whilst Daly is being asked to learn on the job, whilst playing for England.

True, but it really puts into perspective how behind the curve he is.
In hindsight we should have kept brown at 15 and put Daly at 13