Premiership Rugby 21/22 - Rd 1

[Geordie]

Harlequins Starting XV
1. Santiago Garcia Botta (36)
2. Jack Walker (0)
3. Simon Kerrod (44)
4. Matt Symons (63)
5. Dino Lamb (48)
6. Tom Lawday (39)
7. Jack Kenningham (12)
8. Alex Dombrandt (76) - Captain

9. Danny Care (306)
10 .Tommy Allan (0)
11. Cadan Murley (48)
12. Andre Esterhuizen (19)
13. Joe Marchant (113)
14. Louis Lynagh (13)
15. Tyrone Green (21)

Impact Players
16. Sam Riley (1)
17. Joe Marler (225)
18. Craig Trenier (0)
19. Hugh Tizard (13)
20. Archie White (42)
21. Scott Steele (15)
22. Huw Jones (0)
23. Luke Northmore (27)

 

[Geordie]

12. Andre Esterhuizen (19)

Hes my worry...
We have a very lightweight set of backs...and he could cause all sorts of problems for us.

 

[Which Tyler]

Beaumonth, De Jager, Du Preez, Curry, Du Preez, De Klerk, MacGinty

Almost half our starts

Missing Stuart, McNally, Faletau, Redpath, Cokanasiga, McConnochie, Watson.

Nearly half our starters.
We all know that squad depth is an issue, absences are only really an "excuse" when they're heavily in one position IMO.

Out of interest, when I compare the starting XV to our pecking order, I make it a 1.6th choice starting XV:
9 first choice starters
3 second choice starters
3 third choice starters

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Yeh but they are bath players sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Yeh but they are bath players sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Makes them stronger, if anything

 

[Scotty]

Exeter Chiefs team news

15 Josh Hodge
14 Jack Nowell
13 Henry Slade
12 Ollie Devoto
11 Tom O'Flaherty
10 Joe Simmonds
9 Jack Maunder
1 Alec Hepburn
2 Jack Innard
3 Harry Williams
4 Will Witty
5 Sean Lonsdale
6 Jannes Kirsten
7 Don Armand
8 Rus Tuima

16 Jack Yeandle
17 Ben Moon
18 Sam Nixon
19 Ryan McCauley
20 Christ Tshiunza
21 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne
22 Harvey Skinner
23 Tom Hendrickson

So missing
LCD
Hill
Skinner
Vermeulen
Ewers
Simmonds
From our pack which is huge for us.
Backs we are only really missing Hogg although i hope Hodge steps up this season.

Away vs tigers its going to be v tough opener.

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

I've never hidden my 40 year battle with depression, but here, its an ad hominem, and cutting a very close line to bullying.

So you didn't say "Well if people are double jabbed (which I am) you can still pass it on and still get it. So why would it make any difference to anything." then?
Even though it's there for all to see?
Interesting.

Mind, this is the at least the second time we've disagreed when you not only fail to read what other people have written. About also failed to read what you yourself have written - and then lashed out at me for using actual quotes.

Wow, that's not dangerous it's a fact. Look at the how the jabs reduce effectiveness over time. So how can that make a difference for players who are jabbed in a year compared to others who are not?

It's not the first time we've disagreed but it's maybe because you come across like a know it all idiot. Maybe chill out a little on an Internet forum and understand that your little brain isn't always the smartest in the room.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Jeeze, can the arguing and name calling stop?
I don't wanna start banning people

 

[Becca]

Do we have some nominees for the most ridiculous stadium names this season ? I'm voting for poor Franklin's Gardens……now the cinch stadium at Franklin's Gardens. Poor Northampton.
Well, it's still Franklin's Gardens to me !!

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Do we have some nominees for the most ridiculous stadium names this season ? I'm voting for poor Franklin's Gardens……now the cinch stadium at Franklin's Gardens. Poor Northampton.
Well, it's still Franklin's Gardens to me !!

Wasps, and it doesn't come close IMO.
Not the wackiest but definitely the worst:

Coventry Building Society Arena

 

[Becca]

Wasps, and it doesn't come close IMO

Coventry Building Society Arena

That is a mouthful !

 

[big ginger 8]

Wasps, and it doesn't come close IMO.
Not the wackiest but definitely the worst:

Coventry Building Society Arena

Coventry BS Arena sounds right?

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Guess that answers the question as to whether the 50-22 rule will lead to more kicking

It's like watching a game from 2007 again

 

[Reiser99]

Two silly penalties in a row from Billy.

 

[Reiser99]

John Afoa not quite fit for the game, oh the jokes I could make...

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Saracens pack looking stronger than I expected,

Tompkins night and day in a Sarries shirt vs a Dragons/Wales one

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Only thing that makes me happy about this game is it might shut up some of the smug bristol fans who harp on about how they play rugby.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

49 kicks at half time

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

49 kicks at half time

Imagine tomorrows Exeter v Tigers
100 kicks by half time

 

[TRF_Olyy]

That was shocking control at the scrum from Binny