Premiership Rugby 2018/19 Round 4

[TRF_Olyy]

 

[Scotty]

Falcons 0 - 5 Chiefs
Bath 4 - 1 Saints (LBP)
Bristol 4 - 0 Quins
Wasps 4 - 0 Sharks
Tigers 5 - 0 Worriors
Saracens 5 - 2 Gloucester (TBP/LBP)

Chiefs are showing no signs of losing, beat sale with BP even though they lost simmonds townsend and kvesic on the day and missing skinner woodburn, and white through injury. 6 first 15 players this season missing and still won. Also missing ewers and loss of waldrom from last season. Only team that should make us worry is sarries now in the first half of the season ( on paper of course we all know what can happen) and possibly Gloucester.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

6 first 15 players this season missing and still won.

I mean we were missing 6 as well, but if that's the narrative you wanna use...
It's not like you topped the table at a canter last season and should expect to win your home games or anything

 

[Scotty]

I mean we were missing 6 as well, but if that's the narrative you wanna use...
It's not like you topped the table at a canter last season and should expect to win your home games or anything

My comment was not aimed at Sale but more saying that im happy with where the Chiefs are and that its good to have the depth to still perform well even with multiple first team players away.

 

[NDC89]

I'm going for:

Chiefs BP
Bath, no BP
Bristol no BP
Wasps BP
Tigers BP
Saracens BP (Though Gloucester will probably score a 4 try BP too)

 

[Mumbles119]

Wasps team to face Sale Sharks at the AJ Bell Stadium on Saturday September 22 (3:00pm kick off)

15 Willie Le Roux
14 Marcus Watson
13 Elliot Daly (c)
12 Michael Le Bourgeois
11 Josh Bassett
10 Lima Sopoaga
9 Dan Robson
1 Zurabi Zhvania
2 Tommy Taylor
3 Will Stuart
4 Will Rowlands
5 James Gaskell
6 Ashley Johnson
7 Nizaam Carr
8 Nathan Hughes

Replacements
16 Tom Cruse
17 Tom West
18 Kieran Brookes
19 Kearnan Myall
20 Ben Morris
21 Joe Simpson
22 Billy Searle
23 Rob Miller

Launchbury = has a short term knee injury
Wade = rested
Daly = Captain!


Sale Sharks:

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.Cameron Neild,
3.WillGriff John,
4.Bryn Evans,
5.James Phillips,
6. + 7. Twindaloo
8.Jono Ross (capt.)

Replacements:
16.Rob Webber,
17.Alexandru Tarus,
18.Joe Jones,
19. Josh Beaumont,
20.Josh Strauss,
21.Gus Warr,
22.Luke James,
23.Arron Reed

Whats the expectation with Arron Reed? That's a new name to me

 

[TRF_Olyy]

He's looked really good for the Jets and in the 7s,
Very quick, plays wing and 15.
Only 18 so probably a bit away from real first team rugby, but very promising and has been working a lot with Ashton apparently (they knew each other before Ashton joined, think they've got the same agent)


Only the 5 ex-Sharks in the wasps side, must be a season low

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

Wasps team to face Sale Sharks at the AJ Bell Stadium on Saturday September 22 (3:00pm kick off)

Launchbury = has a short term knee injury
Wade = rested
Daly = Captain!

Queue a Daly long-range kick every time Wasps earn a pen

 

[Dai Perk]

I can't WAIT for Falcons/Chiefs in a few hours, though I fear it may be a blowout... Exeter has looked fantastic this year!

 

[Scotty]

Chiefs team to play falcons:

15 Phil Dollman
14 Santiago Cordero
13 Henry Slade
12 Ian Whitten
11 Alex Cuthbert
10 Joe Simmonds
9 Jack Maunder

1 Ben Moon
2 Luke Cowan-Dickie
3 Harry Williams
4 Ollie Atkins
5 Jonny Hill
6 Don Armand (capt)
7 Matt Kvesic
8 Sam Simmonds

16 Jack Yeandle
17 Alec Hepburn
18 Tomas Francis
19 Dave Dennis
20 Dave Ewers
21 Sam Maunder
22 Gareth Steenson
23 Sam Hill

Devoto not prefered to whitten or hill.

Anyone have any ideas how long sam skinner is out for?

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

Class by Williams

 

[Mumbles119]

Chiefs look quite comfortable now.

Is it just me or is the TMO time nice and short and used effectively? Seemed to make the two key decisions quite easily and quickly, without the one million replays we have been used to seeing.

PS well done Simmonds Jr for that tackle!

 

[Not Mike Brown's Sock]

Very impressed by Hammersly

 

[TRF_Olyy]

The amount of high tackles not called in the build up to that try was cray,
If that one from Flood that the tmo pulled up, earlier, was a penalty there was at least three then

 

[TRF_Olyy]

McGuigan hasn't managed to forget all the tigers lineout throwing sessions yet

 

[Mumbles119]

I thought Mark Wilson was excellent. One of those players that endlessly frustrates the opposition, always in the way.
Will be interested to see how well Williams develops.
One the first times I got see Maunder after his England call up the year before. Seemed to be very good at changing and quickening the pace, with pretty much all accurate passing.

 

[BPM]

Totally agree on Wilson. I don't think I've ever seen him have a bad game TBH. I reckon he's the kind of guy most players would want on their side.

I was impressed by Johnny Williams too. Hopefully he stays injury free and can realise his potential. I can see a tug of war for him between England and Wales coming.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Is Williams Welsh?
As far as I can tell (from reading one article at the top of Google ) he was born in reading, played all through the not nots academy, England u20s and now for Newcastle?

 

[Every Time Ref]

I know this has been asked and answered a thousand times but where do I watch the Bath game live if it isn't on BT?

 

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