Premiership Rugby 22/23 - Rd 1

[TRF_Olyy]

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[Al Bangor]

My guesses, without research. Per usual.

Bath
Saints
Tigers
London Irish
Harlequins
Gloucester

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

I swear Prem rugby is dumb af
Why not have a Saturday Afternoon game?

 

[TRF_Olyy]

I swear Prem rugby is dumb af
Why not have a Saturday Afternoon game?

Especially now that they're giving us the option of actually watching all the games now

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

Especially now that they're giving us the option of actually watching all the games now

You are going to enjoy watching sale lose this Friday, I know I will!

 

[TRF_Olyy]

You are going to enjoy watching sale lose this Friday, I know I will!

Oh aye, we always start really slowly - I'm expecting pure dog **** until next month, maybe November

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

No idea why Genge can play on Friday.

Why can Prem rugby never just come out and say the official deal with England is.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

We take player workload issues very seriously, the last thing we want to see is them picking up injuries through not having adequate rest periods

 

[Which Tyler]

‘It was non-negotiable' - Pat Lam discusses Ellis Genge’s availability

Bristol Bears host Bath Rugby on Friday night in the 2022/23 Gallagher Premiership season opener

www.bristolpost.co.uk

 

[Becca]

You are going to enjoy watching sale lose this Friday, I know I will!

Don't get too cocky .

 

[Geordie]

I expect us to get beat this weekend and im actually ok with that....IF i see more evidence of the new style / system (more pace, attack and inventiveness) that we are trying to play.

 

[Scotty]

I expect Tigers to beat Chiefs but i still dont know who we are going to put out because the players missing from the pre season was a big list, hopefully they we rested and not risked rather than injured.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Marchant and Walker available for Quins

 

[Geordie]

Wonderful lol...

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Pretty happy with that - few surprising calls, but overall probably the strongest we can put out atm






Saints:
15 Tom Collins
14 Ollie Sleightholme
13 Matt Proctor
12 Fraser Dingwall (c)
11 Courtnall Skosan
10 James Grayson
9 Alex Mitchell

1 Alex Waller
2 Mike Haywood
3 Paul Hill
4 Lukhan Salakaia-Loto
5 Alex Coles
6 Angus Scott-Young
7 Aaron Hinkley
8 Juarno Augustus

Replacements:
16 Sam Matavesi
17 Emmanuel Iyogun
18 Alfie Petch
19 Alex Moon
20 Sam Graham
21 Tom James
22 Tom Litchfield
23 George Furbank

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

A mixed squad here, quite a different team from last year in places.

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

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A mixed squad here, quite a different team from last year in places.

I was just about to rail that while I got the A Waller, was it really necessary to distinguish Sleightholme and Grayson from their fathers? Glad I checked the Saints website before I invited open season on me!

 

[Which Tyler]

Bristol:
1. Ellis Genge
2. Bryan Byrne
3. Kyle Sinckler
4. Joe Joyce
5. Chris Vui
6. Sam Jeffries
7. Jake Heenan (c)
8. Magnus Bradbury

9. Harry Randall
10. Callum Sheedy

11. RICH LANE!!!!
12. Sam Bedlow
13. Piers O'Conor
14. Luke Morahan
15. Charles Piutau

REPLACEMENTS: 16. Will Capon; 17. Jake Woolmore; 18. Max Lahiff; 19. Ed Holmes; 20. Sam Lewis; 21. Andy Uren; 22. AJ MacGinty; 23. Jack Bates.


Bath:
1. Beno Obano
2. Tom Dunn
3. Aranos Coetzee
4. Dave Attwood
5. Josh McNally
6. Josh Bayliss
7. Chris Cloete
8. Jaco Coetzee

9. Ben Spencer (c)
10. Piers Francis

11. Matt Gallagher
12. Cameron Redpath
13. Will Butt
14. Gabriel Hamer-Webb
15. Tom de Glanville

REPLACEMENTS: 16. Niall Annett; 17. Lewis Boyce; 18. Johannes Jonker; 19. Will Spencer; 20. Ewan Richards; 21. Louis Schreuder; 22. Orlando Bailey; 23. Richard de Carpentier.


I'm glad we're not sending our England players back into the breach too early (this week, at least) - let's hope we keep that high horse.

Do not expect any champagne rugby from that Bath side, 6:2 split - 3 of them locks!

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Presume this counts for rugby too

 

[Becca]

Presume this counts for rugby too

Yep.
Wouldn't be surprised to see all matches off this weekend.