Singha Premiership 7's Group C Friday 29/07/16

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Teams: Glouscester, Harlequins, Northampton, Saracens

Fixtures:
19:00: Northampton Saints 7s v Harlequins 7s
19:25: Gloucester Rugby 7s v Saracens 7s
19:55: Gloucester Rugby 7s v Harlequins 7s
20:20: Northampton Saints 7s v Saracens 7s
20:50: Harlequins 7s v Saracens 7s
21:15: Northampton Saints 7s v Gloucester Rugby 7s

Teams:
Gloucester:
1. David Halaifonua
2. Joe Mullis
3. Will Safe
4. Tom Hudson
5. Harry Randall
6. Mason Tonks
7. Dan Thomas
8. Lewis Ludlow
9. Callum Braley (c)
10. Lloyd Evans
11. Mat Protheroe
12. Elliott Creed
13. Harry Wilson (travelling reserve)

Harlequins:

1 - Cam Cowell
2 - Gabriel Ibitoye
3 - Niall Saunders
4 - Dino Lamb-Cona
5 - Robbie Nairn
6 - Oscar Hirskyj-Douglas
7 - James Gulliver
8 - Jonas Mikalcius
9 - Calum Waters (C)
10 - James Lang
11 - Sam Aspland-Robinson
12 - Henry Cheeseman

Northampton Saints:
Tom Collins
George Furbank
Howard Packman
James Grayson
Sam Olver
Tom Emery
Fraser Strachan
Lewis Ludlam
Sion Bennett (c)
Alex Rayment
James Fish
Jasper Dix

Saracens
1 Ben Earl
2 Jack Nay
3 Ethan Waddleton
4 Jason Hill
5 Jarrad Haylor
6 Tom Whiteley (c)
7 Kevin Barrett
8 Alex Gliksten
9 Alistair Crossdale
10 Dom Morris
11 Rotimi Segun
12 Nick Forster

 

[ratsapprentice]

This looks like a great group... Cam Cowell is a legit England player.

Mikalcius is one to look out for.

A good 2-3 exciting young players in each team though.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Yeh def the most balanced group.

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This looks like a great group... Cam Cowell is a legit England player.

Mikalcius is one to look out for.

A good 2-3 exciting young players in each team though.

Is Mikalcius that hartbury winger?

 

[ratsapprentice]

Yep. Big unit and quick.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Anyone watching?

 

[ratsapprentice]

Yep

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Hopefully see Segun this half.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Nice to see Randall get a try

 

[ratsapprentice]

Quins looking strong.

Best team on paper.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

furk that quins winger who was at hartbury is huge.

#neverskipslegday.

 

[ratsapprentice]

Good to see Packman looking a bit bigger, he's very talented.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

could have a good chance at making in the Saints squad over the next couple season.

 

[ratsapprentice]

Lovely from Ibitoye

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

hope Ludlam gets a good chance this season.

 

[BPM]

hope Ludlam gets a good chance this season.

There's an article with Mark Hopley, the Saints' coach in today's TRP with a couple of decent bits re. Ludlam.

The short version is that he missed a chunk of last season with a 'bad pectoral injury' which was a set back to him making the breakthrough, but that he is expected to do so this season.

Some nice qoutes: "Lewis works hard, is really good over the ball and has an edge about him which you need as a top-class back row. It's hard to compare him to Sam Underhill and a lot of people still don't know who Lewis is, but he has the ability to be very good.".

There's also as slightly worrying one: "Tom Wood has taken him under his wing ..." I'm sure Wood's got some useful insights to pass on, but hopefully he's not mentoring all his natural instincts at the breakdown out of him.

From a Quins point of view, James Lang, Henry Cheeseman and Jonas Mikalcius all looked very good. It's also interesting that all three could provide us with options we don't currently have. Lang is a 10 in the XV man game, so it's not as easy to judge his playmaking, but he certainly looks to have a good running game and we've been crying out for a young, up-and-coming 10 to break through. Cheeseman and Mikalcius are big, hard-running, fast wingers who would offer a different threat to Yarde, Visser and Walker.