Premiership Rugby 22/23 - Rd 17

[TRF_Olyy]

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[Seeker]

Gloucester over Harlequins in a close one.

 

[Scotty]

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Omfg this season! If Quins win and Gloucester get 2 BP loss, Lirish, Saints win and Tigers get a BP win...Chiefs go from 3rd to 8th haha

 

[BPM]

I’d say it’s very unlikely Quins win this one. With Walker, Dombrandt, Smith, Allan and Marchant all on test duty, we’ll be down to 2nd and 3rd choice players vs. a Gloucester side missing very few in comparison. BP win for Gloucester I reckon.

 

[Which Tyler]

You have Allan back if you want him, and I'd expect you to have Marchant and Walker back as well

 

[BPM]

Allan probably. I’d be less confident on Marchant and Walker.

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

Think Sale are going to steamroll our forwards. Not looking forward to this one!

 

[Geordie]

Team for Bristol:
Strongest side we can put out i think.

1 Brocklebank
2 Blamire
3 Davison
4 Peterson
5 De Chaves
6 Graham
7 Chick
8 Fearns

9 Young
10 Connon
11 Carreras
12 Orlando
13 Moroni
14 Radwan
15 Penny

16 Fletcher
17 Mulipola
18 Palframan
19 Van der Walt
20 Lockwood
21 Stuart
22 Schoeman
23 Stevenson

 

[TRF_Olyy]

There are whispers that Lam might get the boot if they lose this game - adds a bit of extra spice

 

[Geordie]

Would be ironic against the side where hes adored as one of the club legends...

 

[duncanb]

Think Sale are going to steamroll our forwards. Not looking forward to this one!

Have to agree, we will have to make 100% use of ball we get.
Mitchell not released back must mean he is 1 or 2 v Wales.
Courts not released will be fitness / replacement as bench hybrid for Wales.
Must keep penalty count down.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Our lineouts been poor recently, and from what I gather our only fit hooker atm is Ewan Ashman (Akker not technically ruled out but seeing a specialist about a neck injury which doesn't sound promising) and he's comfortably our worst darts throwers - you could make hay there, especially with Lawes back

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Sale Sharks Starting XV:

15. Joe Carpenter, 14. Tom O’Flaherty, 13. Sam James, 12. Manu Tuilagi, 11. Arron Reed, 10. Rob Du Preez, 9. Gus Warr; 1. Bevan Rodd, 2. Ewan Ashman, 3. Nick Schonert, 4. Cobus Wiese, 5. Jonny Hill, 6. Jono Ross ©, 7. Tom Curry, 8. Jean-Luc Du Preez

Replacements:

16. Ethan Caine, 17. Si McIntyre, 18. Coenie Oosthuizen, 19. Josh Beaumont, 20. Sam Dugdale, 21. Raffi Quirke, 22. George Ford, 23. Tom Roebuck


Happy with that - only changes I'd make is Dugdale for Ross and Si for Bevan

 

[Which Tyler]

Sale Sharks Starting XV:

15. Joe Carpenter, 14. Tom O’Flaherty, 13. Sam James, 12. Manu Tuilagi, 11. Arron Reed, 10. Rob Du Preez, 9. Gus Warr; 1. Bevan Rodd, 2. Ewan Ashman, 3. Nick Schonert, 4. Cobus Wiese, 5. Jonny Hill, 6. Jono Ross ©, 7. Tom Curry, 8. Jean-Luc Du Preez

Replacements:

16. Ethan Caine, 17. Si McIntyre, 18. Coenie Oosthuizen, 19. Josh Beaumont, 20. Sam Dugdale, 21. Raffi Quirke, 22. George Ford, 23. Tom Roebuck


Happy with that - only changes I'd make is Dugdale for Ross and Si for Bevan

Remarkably selfish of Sanderson IMO - Ford needs to be starting, to prove that he's fit enough to leave Sale in the lurch, and be stolen by Borthwick for the next month! (joking, btw)
That may well be what's behind TCurry starting.

 

[Which Tyler]

Bath Rugby:
15 Matt Gallagher, 14 Joe Cokanasiga, 13 Jonathan Joseph, 12 Cameron Redpath, 11 Ruaridh McConnochie, 10 Piers Francis, 9 Ben Spencer
1 Beno Obano, 2 Tom Dunn, 3 D'Arcy Rae, 4 Dave Attwood, 5 Josh McNally, 6 Miles Reid, 7 Sam Underhill, 8 Josh Bayliss
16 Niall Annett, 17 Valeriy Morozov, 18 Will Stuart, 19 Quinn Roux, 20 Fergus Lee-Warner, 21 Louis Schreuder, 22 Orlando Bailey, 23 Chris Cloete



London Irish:
15 James Stokes, 14 Lucio Cinti, 13 Benhard van Rensburg, 12 Rory Jennings, 11 Ben Loader, 10 Paddy Jackson, 9 Joe Powell
1 Facundo Gigena, 2 Agustin Creevy, 3 Oliver Hoskins, 4 Api Ratuniyarawa, 5 Rob Simmons, 6 Juan Martin Gonzalez, 7 Tom Pearson, 8 Matt Rogerson (c)
16 Mike Willemse, 17 Tarek Haffar, 18 Lovejoy Chawatama, 19 Josh Caulfield, 20 Chandler Cunningham-South, 21 Ben White, 22 Luca Morisi, 23 Will Joseph

 

[Not Mike Brown's Sock]

Thorley looks quite sore here...

This man doesn't have good luck

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Remember that game when Abendandon got f**ked up all afternoon by the Tuilagi brothers?

Think Tom Penny might be in for similar today - two attempted tackles so far, put into orbit twice

 

[Not Mike Brown's Sock]

Meehan just didn't come through the gate there at all...

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Goal line defence very much optional in Bristol tonight

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

Is there a better sight than LRZ in full flight? Easy score, but he had no right to even get near the try that almost was.