Premiership Rugby 2018/19 Round 2

[TRF_Olyy]

 

[Scotty]

Quins no bp
Chiefs bp
Sarries bp
Gloucester bp
Sale, no bp

Not sure on tigers falcons game, i think tigers at home should edge it.

Can see chiefs winning well even if wasps use new signings

Sarries will be to much for bristol

Gloucesters attack looked strong and bath looked a little lacking.

Quins to beat an under powered saints but i think sales bad defending helped them last week, not that they havnt improved.

Believe sale will improve too this week in defensively and have enough for the win.

Thats my prediction



Rumours on woodburn and white being out through injury though. A big loss for chiefs.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Quins no bp
Chiefs no bp
Falcons no bp
Sarries bp
Gloucester bp
Sale no bp

As a Bath fan, we seriously need to see a big turnaround this game. We've had 2 years of lacklustre attack and leaky defence along with I believe the worst discipline record the last 2 years. First game it looked like more of the same, one out passing or shovel along the line and then give away a penalty or butterfingers. Once we've lost the ball, we are hopeless at getting it back.

 

[BPM]

Hard to call most of the games in this round but I think we're all pretty much aligned on expected results.

I'm going for:

Quins (no BP)
Chiefs (no BP)
Tigers (no BP)
Saracens (BP)
Gloucester (no BP)
Sale (no BP)

 

[NDC89]

Some hard games to predict this week, but I'll give it a go.

Quins, no BP
Chiefs, no BP
Leicester, no BP
Saracens, BP
Gloucester, no BP
Sale, no BP

Think we will see a big improvement at Leicester. They'll be out to prove a point imo.

As a Bath fan, I want to believe we will beat Gloucester (biggest rivalry and all that), but I just can't see it happening based on last weeks performances. Gloucester looked too good for us last weekend. They looked very sharp in attack, and we didn't. We looked best playing very simple, crash ball rugby and just going through the phases, but I don't think that will cut it at this level.

 

[Fuzzy du Plessis]

Saints 4 - 1 Quins
Wasps 2 - 5 Chiefs
Tigers 5 - 0 Falcons (dead cat bounce rather than an actual long term turnaround)
Saracens 5 - 0 Bears
Bath 5 - 1 Gloucester
Sale 5 - 0 Warriors

Absolutely nailed on results, feel free to bet your house on them.

 

[Nudger]

Saints 4 - 1 Quins
Wasps 2 - 5 Chiefs
Tigers 5 - 0 Falcons (dead cat bounce rather than an actual long term turnaround)
Saracens 5 - 0 Bears
Bath 5 - 1 Gloucester
Sale 5 - 0 Warriors

Absolutely nailed on results, feel free to bet your house on them.

LOL

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Murphy first selectuon.

Leicester Tigers (v Newcastle Falcons, Welford Road, Saturday 3.00pm)
15 Telusa Veainu
14 Adam Thompstone
13 Manu Tuilagi
12 Kyle Eastmond
11 Jonny May
10 George Ford
9 Ben Youngs
1 Greg Bateman
2 Tom Youngs (c)
3 Dan Cole
4 Mike Williams
5 Will Spencer
6 David Denton
7 Brendon O'Connor
8 Sione Kalamafoni

Replacements
16 Jimmy Stevens
17 Campese Ma'afu
18 David Feao
19 Harry Wells
20 Guy Thompson
21 Sam Harrison
22 Tom Hardwick
23 Jordan Olowofela

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Few switches from bench to starting, Nott in for Tom Curry while all the kings horses and all the kings men try to put his skull back together again

Team: 15.Byron McGuigan; 14.Denny Solomona, 13.Sam James, 12.Mark Jennings, 11.Marland Yarde; 10.AJ MacGinty, 9.Will Cliff; 1.Ross Harrison, 2.Rob Webber, 3.WillGriff John, 4.Bryn Evans, 5. James Phillips, 6.Jono Ross (capt.), 7.Ben Curry, 8.Josh Beaumont.
Replacements: 16.Cameron Neild, 17.Alexandru Tarus, 18.Joe Jones, 19.George Nott, 20.Josh Strauss, 21.Gus Warr, 21.Luke James, 23.Paolo Odogwu.

 

[Which Tyler]

Bath V Glos; Saturday 4.30
Live on: BTSport

Ref: Luke Pearce (77th Premiership game).
TJs: Karl Dickson & Roy Maybank.
TMO: Geoff Warren.
Citing Officer: Danae Zamboulis*.
* First professional female citing officer

Bath: (1.67th choice XV)
15. Homer
14. Rokoduguni
13. Willison
12. Roberts
11. Cokanasiga
10. Burns
9. Green

1. Catt
2. Dun
3. Thomas
4. Attwood
5. Garvey (c)
6. Mercer
7. Underhill
8. Faletau

16. Walker; 17. Van Rooyen; 18. Perenise; 19. Stooke; 20. Ellis
21. Cook; 22. Priestland; 23. Brew


Glos: (1.40th choice XV)
15. Woodward
14. Sharples
13. Trinder
12. Twelvetrees
11. Banahan
10. Cipriani
9. Braley

1. Ruskin
2. Hanson
3. Balmain
4. Slater (c)
5. Galarza
6. Ackermann
7. Ludlow
8. Morgan

16. Marais; 17. Hohneck; 18. Knight; 19. Clarke; 20. Polledri
21. Vellacott; 22. Atkinson; 23. Hudson

 

[Every Time Ref]

Burns to start!

Good to see, not that I think he's the solution on his own but Priestland has felt untouchable at times.

Still think we'll lose though

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Few switches from bench to starting, Nott in for Tom Curry while all the kings horses and all the kings men try to put his skull back together again

Team: 15.Byron McGuigan; 14.Denny Solomona, 13.Sam James, 12.Mark Jennings, 11.Marland Yarde; 10.AJ MacGinty, 9.Will Cliff; 1.Ross Harrison, 2.Rob Webber, 3.WillGriff John, 4.Bryn Evans, 5. James Phillips, 6.Jono Ross (capt.), 7.Ben Curry, 8.Josh Beaumont.
Replacements: 16.Cameron Neild, 17.Alexandru Tarus, 18.Joe Jones, 19.George Nott, 20.Josh Strauss, 21.Gus Warr, 21.Luke James, 23.Paolo Odogwu.

Is that the rare lesser spotted Josh Beaumont at 8 card?

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Is that the rare lesser spotted Josh Beaumont at 8 card?

Buttering him up to play hooker in a few weeks

(He played 8 all pre-season so I'm hoping he's going back to there)

 

[Scotty]

Chiefs team vs Wasps

15 Phil Dollman
14 Ian Whitten
13 Henry Slade
12 Ollie Devoto
11 Santiago Cordero
10 Gareth Steenson
9 Stuart Townsend

1 Alec Hepburn
2 Jack Yeandle (capt)
3 Tomas Francis
4 Ollie Atkins
5 Sam Skinner
6 Don Armand
7 Matt Kvesic
8 Sam Simmonds

16 Luke Cowan-Dickie
17 Greg Holmes
18 Harry Williams
19 Toby Salmon
20 Sean Lonsdale
21 Jack Maunder
22 Joe Simmonds
23 Alex Cuthbert

No woodburn or white unfortunatly. Not worried though still a strong squad.

 

[BPM]

Woodburn is going to be out for several weeks with a broken jaw. Bit of a knock for Cuthbert with Whitten getting the nod to replace him on the wing too.

What's going on with Greg Holmes? I always thought he was a tighthead but he seems to be covering loosehead in this lineup.

Also what's the story with Jonny Hill? No offence to Atkins or Salmon but you could do with some stronger back up locks.

 

[Scotty]

Just read this so its promising and looks like injured players are coming back soon;

The Exeter boss does have a number of options at his disposal with a few key players returning from injury.

Baxter said: "The flipside of what have been a few frustrating injuries is that this week we have the likes of Dave Dennis, Jonny Hill, Ben Moon and Dave Ewers all back in full training.

"Jack Nowell is running around and Alex Cuthbert featured on Monday night, while Sam Hill is running around and almost back in full training."

 

[Not Mike Brown's Sock]

Marler out for Quins...

 

[Jonathan Gray]

Quins no bp
Chiefs bp
Falcons no bp
Sarries bp
Glos no bp
Sale no bp

 

[TRF_Olyy]

If the sides could keep hold of the hall a bit better this could be a really good game,
Both got a lot of attacking talent but also the tendency to flake out a bit, so potential for some nice breaks

 

[Jonathan Gray]

Thank God it half time in the saints vs Quins match the first half is so poor hope saints can get a try or it just gonna rely on Biggler all night