Summer Cup Round 6

Leicester Tigers v Northampton Saints

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Leicester Tigers
Manager – Sgt_Pooly

01. Thomas Domingo	09. Ben Youngs
02. Bismark du Plessis	10. Berrick Barnes
03. Dan Cole
04. Richie Gray	11. Miles Benjamin
05. Geoff Parling	12. James O’Connor
06. Maurie Fa’asalavu	13. Manu Tuilagi
07. Sam Warburton(c)	14. Christian Wade
08. Sergio Parisse	15. Rob Kearney

16. Tom Youngs 17. Aaron Jarvis 18. Marco Ayerza 19. Ed Slater 20. Luke Wallace 21. Karl Dickson 22. Toby Flood 23. Jordan Turner-Hall

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Northampton Saints
Manager – SirJohnnyEnglish

01. Soane Tonga'uiha	09. Lee Dickson
02. Dylan Hartley	10. Johnny Sexton
03. Brian Mujati
04. Courtney Lawes	11. Chris Ashton
05. Andries Bekker	12. Sonny Bill WIlliams
06. Stephen Ferris	13. George Pisi
07. Tom Wood	14. Jamie Elliot
08. Kieran Read	15. Ben Foden

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Leinster Rugby v Gloucester Rugby

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Leinster Rugby
Manager –

01. Cian Healy	09. Issac Boss
02. Richardt Strauss	10. Johnny Sexton
03. Mike Ross
04. Leo Cullen	11. David Kearney
05. Brad Thorn	12. Fergus McFadden
06. Kevin McLaughlin	13. Brian O'Driscoll
07. Sean O'Brien	14. Isa Nacewa
08. Jamie Heaslip	15. Rob Kearney

16. Heinke Van Der Merwe 17. Sean Cronin 18. Nathin White 19. Devin Toner 20. Shane Jennings 21. Eoin Reddan 22. Ian Madigan 23. Luke Fitzgerald

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01. Nick Wood ©	09. Dimitri Yachvilli
02. Darren Dawiduk	10. Pat Lambie (k)
03. Adam Jones
04. Sam Whitelock	11. Johnny May
05. Alex Brown	12. Jamie Roberts
06. Alisdair Strokosch	13. Henry Trinder
07. Sam Cane	14. Charlie Sharples
08. JVN	15. Ollie Morgan

16. Scott Lawson 17. Dan Murphy 18. Sean Knight 19. Tom Savage 20. Luke Narraway 21. Rory Lawson 22. Freddie Burns 23. JSD


Waikato Chiefs v London Wasps

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Chiefs
Manager –

01. Sona Taumalolo	09. Tawera Kerr-Barlow
02. Hika Elliot	10. Aaron Cruden
03. Ben Tameifuna
04. Brodie Retalick	11. Asaeli Tikoirotuma
05. Michael Fitzgerald	12. Sonny Bill Williams
06. Tanerau Latimer	13. Richard Kahui
07. Sam Cane	14. Lelia Masaga
08. Liam Messam	15. Tim Nanai Williams

16. Toby Smith 17. Mahonri Schwalger 18. Ben Afeki 19. Craig Clarke 20. Kane Thompson 21. Brendon Leonard 22. Jackson Willison 23. Andrew Horrell

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London Wasps
Manager – Stnick88

01. Tim Payne	09. Danny Care
02. George Chuter	10. Morne Steyn
03. Nicolas Mas
04. Matt Garvey	11. Tom Varndell
05. George Skivington	12. Luke McAllister
06. Thierry Dusatoir(c)	13. Jonathan Joseph
07. Jaques Burger	14. Ugo Monye
08. Thomas Waldrom	15. Mike Brown

16 Zak Tau'lafo 17 Chris Brooker 18 Ben Broster 19 Marco Wentzel 20 Julian Salvi 21 Micky Young 22 Jimmy Gopperth 23 Billy Twelvetrees

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London Irish v Bath Rugby

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London Irish

Manager – Pullthestrings

01. Gethin Jenkins	09. Joe Simpson
02. Tatafu Polota-Nau	10. Quade Cooper
03. Euan Murray
04. Tom Palmer	11. Sailosi Tagicakibau
05. Nick Kennedy	12. Daniel Bowden
06. Jerome Kaino	13. Aurelien Rougerie
07. David Pocock (c)	14. Tom Homer (k)
08. Imanol Harinordoquy	15. Delon Armitage

16. James Buckland, 17. Max Lahiff, 18. Paulica Ion, 19. Tom Guest, 20. Darren Allinson, 21. Brock James, 22. Regan King, 23. Alesana Tuilagi

Tactics
- The weather suits attacking, running rugby and that's what we'll be going for. Be sensible and keep success percentage high but don't be afraid to have a go when it's on.
- Mobile pack picked to get around the park and ensure our own ball is won.
- Big importance on maintaining possession and playing the phases. If we keep the ball, gaps will appear and the opposition will get tired.
- Keep coming round the corner using big runners to run at 10 and around the fringes to suck in their numbers. Exhaust the whole width of the pitch, really spread them.
- Compete on their ball at the lineout - go from turnovers here
- Target turnovers at the breakdown for potential counter attacks, with Pocock et al staying strong on their feet. Get the ball wide quickly.
- More attacking players on the bench ready to run at tired legs. Gone for a 4/4 split to show emphasis on back play
- Homer to kick pens to keep the scoreboard ticking over. If well ahead we'll go for touch and set an attacking platform.

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Bath Rugby
Manager – Bathite

01. C.Healy	09. M.Classens
02. L.Mears	10. J.Hook
03. O.Franks
04. J.Muller	11. M.Banahan
05. D.Attwood	12. F.Steyn (k)
06. C.Fearns	13. C.Laulala
07. F.Louw (c)	14. T.Biggs
08. S.O'Brien	15. I.Dagg

16. A.Perenise 17. C.Tolufua 18. N.Catt 19. R.Caldwell 20. M.Lund 21. M.McMillan 22. K.Eastmond 23. O.Woodburn

TACTICS TBC

General
- Going full strength for the win, no more experimentation!
- We want to make sure that we play rugby in the opposition half and force handling errors, where we can attack the scrum and use the boot of Steyn to keep the scoreboard ticking over. Use the physicality of our pack to our advantage, keeping the ball tight in the middle section of the pitch to retain possession and build a platform to attack from. In our third clear to touch and challenge for the ball at lineout.
- Look to interchange 10 and 12 as the situation sees fit. Utilise Hook as a playmaker on the wrap around and Steyn as a physical threat and cannon of a boot.
- Hook and Steyn to ensure we play sensible rugby in the right areas, kicking long for touch in our 22, using the up and under in the centre of the pitch and delicate grubbers in behind centres to chase and force kickable penalties.
- Steyn leads the rush defence, with Louw/Fearns flying up to cramp 10 for time and space and ensuring he takes the ball deep behind the gainline and starving their outside backs of ball.

Forwards
* Franks to target LH in the scrum. Look to draw penalties for Steyn to gain position and points. Look for a yellow card early on.
* Picked a very physical pack to make sure that we defend strongly and smash over the gainline. O'Brien to lead pack from base of scrum making hard yards and setting up the ruck for Louw and Fearns to clear out. SOB to mark opposite 8 in defence to prevent charges from base of scrum
* At the lineout, Muller will lead the calls and look to pressurise oppoistion hooker and compete at every throw
* Louw is a breakdown specialist and will look to stay on his feet at the ruck and slow opposition ball down. Fearns and Lund to guard to the fringes of the ruck
* Use ball carriers of Franks, Louw, Tolufua, O'Brien, Fearns to make hard yards up the pitch and draw defenders into the ruck area, looking to create space around the fringes for Laulala to exploit

Backs
* Dagg given free rein in attack, looking to come into the line either side of Laulala. Laulala to look for the half gap with power and offload (only if on), with the pace of Biggs and Woodburn on their shoulder to make the break
* Hook to take the ball flat on the gainline, drawing defenders and buying time and space for Steyn in the 2nd playmaker role. Steyn not afraid to bosh it up if nothing on and set up the ruck.
* Vary the point of attack with 10/12 interchanging, look to keep it unpredictable on the gainline + difficult to defend against. Use the inside pass with forward runners of Franks, Caldwell, SOB to keep the inside shoulder honest and force the 10 to make tackles.
* Get Laulala on the ball early on and encourage a very pacy back three to run off his shoulder. Only offload if it is on, otherwise, crash it up and use SOB, Fearns, Caldwell to clear out and Louw to secure.
* Banahan is a huge physical threat. Encourage him to run into the 10 channel early on and test 10 and creates gap behind. Eastmond to come on for last 30 mins in a free role, acting as 2nd receiver, popping up wherever to use his pace, step and get more experience

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Exeter Chiefs v Ulster Rugby

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Exeter Chiefs
Manager – Luke

01. Tendai Mtawarira	09. Dwayne Peel
02. Rob Webber	10. Jonny Wilkinson (k)
03. John Afoa
04. Loius Deacon	11. Paul Sackey
05. James Horwill (c)	12. Sireli Naqelevuki
06. Tom Johnson	13. George Lowe
07. Steffon Armitage	14. Richard Kahui
08. Ofisa Treviranus	15. Isa Nacewa

16. Brett Sturgess 17. Neil Clark 18. Hoani Tui 19. James Hanks 20. James Scaysbrook 21. Kevin Barrett 22. Ian Humphreys 23. Gonzalo Camacho

Tactics

TBC

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Ulster Rugby
Manager –

01. Tom Court	09. Ruan Pienaar
02. Rory Best	10. Paddy Jackson
03. John Afoa
04. Johann Muller	11. Craig Gilroy
05. Dan Tuohy	12. Paddy Wallace
06. Stephen Ferris	13. Darren Cave
07. Chris Henry	14. Andrew Trimble
08. Pedrie Wannenburg	15. Jared Payne

16. Paddy McAllister 17. Nigel Brady 18. Declan Fitzpatrick 19. Lewis Stevenson 20 Willie Faloon 21. Paul Marshall 22. Niall O'Connor 23 Adam D'Arcy

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Sale Sharks v Saracens

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Sale Sharks

Manager – LondonIrishOllie

01.Andrew Sheridan	09.Hadyn Thomas
02.Gary Botha	10.Johan Goosen
03.Matt Stevens
04.Dean Schofield	11.Mark Cueto
05.James Gaskell	12.Jonathon Davies
06.Schalk Burger	13.Jaque Fourie
07.Dave Seymour	14.Tom Brady
08.Jordan Crane	15.Rob Miller

Subs – 16.Marc Jones 17.Davit Kubriashvilli 18.Logovoi Mulipola 19.Kearnan Myall 20.Richie Vernon 21.Scott Mathie 22.Aaron Cruden 23.Jonny Leota

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Saracens
Manager – ChequeredJersey

01. Sekope Kepu	09. Ben Spencer
02. Rob Hawkins	10. Charlie Hodgson (k.)
03. Kieran Brookes
04. George Kruis	11. Sam Smith
05. Donnacha Ryan	12. Shane Geraghty
06. Kelly Brown (c.)	13. Chris Wyles
07. Jonathan Poff	14. Drew Mitchell
08. Chris York	15. Alex Goode

16. Mako Vunipola 17. Schalk Brits 18. Carlos Nieto 19. Charlie Matthews 20. Richie McCaw 21. Morgan Parra 22. Harry Leonard 23. Conrad Smith

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London Welsh v Harlequins

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London Welsh

Manager – Fluxy

01. Paul James	09. Paul Hodgson
02. David Paice	10. Nick Evans (k)
03. David Wilson
04. Dean Mumm	11. Topsy Ojo
05. Paul O'Connell (C)	12. Gavin Henson
06. Jamie Gibson	13. Dominic Waldlouck
07. Matt Kvesic	14. Adam Thompstone
08. Nick Easter	15. Hugo Southwell

16. Rhys Gill 17. Tom Mercey 18. Tom Lindsay 19. George Robson 20. Chris Hala'ufia 21. Joel Hodgson 22. Steven Shingler 23. Ben Ransom

Tactics

• James and Wilson are solid technicians and will secure our own feed, to provide first phase possesion for our backs. James will look to put pressure on the Stormers feed.
  
  
• With a strong lineout, O'Connell will lead the lineout and use Mumm as a banker ball at the front of the line with POC jumping in the middle. If winning own ball POC will look to cut the lineout to five, to allow Easter to get a chance to run at the defence in open field.
  
  
• With the selection of Kvesic and Gibson they'll attack breakdowns, their skills will provide another source of possesion from turnovers. Hodgson will be behind the rucks to supply any turnover possesion to our wide men as soon as possible why the defence is in disarray.
  
  
• Off any first phase possesion, there will be a strike runner to get over the gainline to provide quick ball whilst the opposition defence is still organising itself.
  
  
• Evans will direct traffic and marshall the attacking forces. Pienaar will marshall the forwards and Evans will pull the strings, looking for the runs of Waldlouck and Henson off his shoulder or to allow Wald to release our dangerous roaming back three.
  
  
• Evans will kick all points, unless POC dictates we have a dominate set piece at the moment in time.

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Harlequins

Manager – Driver

01.Alex Corbisero	09.Luke Burgess
02.John Smit	10.Owen Farrell(K)
03.James Johnstone
04.Eben Etzebeth	11.George North
05.Alistair Hargreaves	12.Wesley Fofana
06.Chris Robshaw	13.Jared Payne
07.Heinrich Brussouw	14.Adam Ashley-Cooper
08.Willem Alberts	15.Nick Abendanon

16.Joe Grey 17.Mark Lambert 18.Chris Budgen 19.Mourtiz Botha 20.Craig Newby 21.Richard Wrigglesworth 22.Tom Heathcote 23.Ollie Lindsey-Hague

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Worcester Warriors v Stormers

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Worcester Warriors
Manager – InTheFastLane

01. Joe Marler	09. Will Genia
02. Stephen Moore	10. Dan Carter
03. Tevita Tauempeau
04. Gerhard Mostert	11. David Strettle
05. Graham Kitchener	12. Brad Barritt
06. James Haskell	13. Maa Nonu
07. Michael Hooper	14. Marcel Garvey
08. Ben Morgan	15. Kurtley Beale

16 Ed Shervington 17 George Porter 18 Oliver Tomaszcyzk 19 James Percival 20 Andy Saull 21 Shaun Perry 22 Matt Hopper 23 Luke Rooney

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Stormers
Manager –

01. Steven Kitshoff	09. Dewaldt Duvenage
02. Tiaan Liebenberg	10. Peter Grant
03. Frans Malherbe
04. Eben Etzebeth	11. Bryan Habana
05. Andries Bekker	12. Jean De Villiers
06. Schalk Burger	13. Juan De Jongh
07. Siya Kolisi	14. Gio Aplon
08. Duane Vermulean	15. Joe Pietersen

16. Deon Carstens 17. Deon Fourie 18. Brok Harris 19. De Kock Steenkamp 20. Rynhardt Elstadt 21. Louis Schreuder 22. Burton Francis 23. Gerhard van den Heever

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Bath Rugby
Manager – Bathite

01. C.Healy	09. M.Classens
02. L.Mears	10. J.Hook
03. O.Franks
04. J.Muller	11. M.Banahan
05. D.Attwood	12. F.Steyn (k)
06. C.Fearns	13. C.Laulala
07. F.Louw (c)	14. T.Biggs
08. S.O'Brien	15. I.Dagg

16. A.Perenise 17. C.Tolufua 18. N.Catt 19. R.Caldwell 20. M.Lund 21. M.McMillan 22. K.Eastmond 23. O.Woodburn

TACTICS TBC

General
- Going full strength for the win, no more experimentation!
- We want to make sure that we play rugby in the opposition half and force handling errors, where we can attack the scrum and use the boot of Steyn to keep the scoreboard ticking over. Use the physicality of our pack to our advantage, keeping the ball tight in the middle section of the pitch to retain possession and build a platform to attack from. In our third clear to touch and challenge for the ball at lineout.
- Look to interchange 10 and 12 as the situation sees fit. Utilise Hook as a playmaker on the wrap around and Steyn as a physical threat and cannon of a boot.
- Hook and Steyn to ensure we play sensible rugby in the right areas, kicking long for touch in our 22, using the up and under in the centre of the pitch and delicate grubbers in behind centres to chase and force kickable penalties.
- Steyn leads the rush defence, with Louw/Fearns flying up to cramp 10 for time and space and ensuring he takes the ball deep behind the gainline and starving their outside backs of ball.

Forwards
* Franks to target LH in the scrum. Look to draw penalties for Steyn to gain position and points. Look for a yellow card early on.
* Picked a very physical pack to make sure that we defend strongly and smash over the gainline. O'Brien to lead pack from base of scrum making hard yards and setting up the ruck for Louw and Fearns to clear out. SOB to mark opposite 8 in defence to prevent charges from base of scrum
* At the lineout, Muller will lead the calls and look to pressurise oppoistion hooker and compete at every throw
* Louw is a breakdown specialist and will look to stay on his feet at the ruck and slow opposition ball down. Fearns and Lund to guard to the fringes of the ruck
* Use ball carriers of Franks, Louw, Tolufua, O'Brien, Fearns to make hard yards up the pitch and draw defenders into the ruck area, looking to create space around the fringes for Laulala to exploit

Backs
* Dagg given free rein in attack, looking to come into the line either side of Laulala. Laulala to look for the half gap with power and offload (only if on), with the pace of Biggs and Woodburn on their shoulder to make the break
* Hook to take the ball flat on the gainline, drawing defenders and buying time and space for Steyn in the 2nd playmaker role. Steyn not afraid to bosh it up if nothing on and set up the ruck.
* Vary the point of attack with 10/12 interchanging, look to keep it unpredictable on the gainline + difficult to defend against. Use the inside pass with forward runners of Franks, Caldwell, SOB to keep the inside shoulder honest and force the 10 to make tackles.
* Get Laulala on the ball early on and encourage a very pacy back three to run off his shoulder. Only offload if it is on, otherwise, crash it up and use SOB, Fearns, Caldwell to clear out and Louw to secure.
* Banahan is a huge physical threat. Encourage him to run into the 10 channel early on and test 10 and creates gap behind. Eastmond to come on for last 30 mins in a free role, acting as 2nd receiver, popping up wherever to use his pace, step and get more experience

Leicester Tigers
Manager – Sgt_Pooly

01. Thomas Domingo	09. Ben Youngs
02. Bismark du Plessis	10. Berrick Barnes
03. Dan Cole
04. Richie Gray	11. Miles Benjamin
05. Geoff Parling	12. James O’Connor
06. Maurie Fa’asalavu	13. Manu Tuilagi
07. Sam Warburton(c)	14. Christian Wade
08. Sergio Parisse	15. Rob Kearney

16. Tom Youngs 17. Aaron Jarvis 18. Marco Ayerza 19. Ed Slater 20. Luke Wallace 21. Karl Dickson 22. Toby Flood 23. Jordan Turner-Hall

How are we still playing the same teams...bit dull playing the same opponents all the time.
Season starts in 2 weeks...?

Exeter Chiefs
Manager – Luke

01. Tendai Mtawarira	09. Dwayne Peel
02. Rob Webber	10. Jonny Wilkinson (k)
03. John Afoa
04. Loius Deacon	11. Paul Sackey
05. James Horwill (c)	12. Sireli Naqelevuki
06. Tom Johnson	13. George Lowe
07. Steffon Armitage	14. Richard Kahui
08. Ofisa Treviranus	15. Isa Nacewa

16. Brett Sturgess 17. Neil Clark 18. Hoani Tui 19. James Hanks 20. James Scaysbrook 21. Kevin Barrett 22. Ian Humphreys 23. Gonzalo Camacho

Tactics

TBC

Saracens
Manager – ChequeredJersey

01. Sekope Kepu	09. Ben Spencer
02. Rob Hawkins	10. Charlie Hodgson (k.)
03. Kieran Brookes
04. George Kruis	11. Sam Smith
05. Donnacha Ryan	12. Shane Geraghty
06. Kelly Brown (c.)	13. Chris Wyles
07. Jonathan Poff	14. Drew Mitchell
08. Chris York	15. Alex Goode

16. Mako Vunipola 17. Schalk Brits 18. Carlos Nieto 19. Charlie Matthews 20. Richie McCaw 21. Morgan Parra 22. Harry Leonard 23. Conrad Smith

Use the 1st team on 'holiday' page without the mentioned changes please.

London Welsh

Manager – Fluxy

01. Paul James	09. Paul Hodgson
02. David Paice	10. Nick Evans (k)
03. David Wilson
04. Dean Mumm	11. Topsy Ojo
05. Paul O'Connell (C)	12. Gavin Henson
06. Jamie Gibson	13. Dominic Waldlouck
07. Matt Kvesic	14. Adam Thompstone
08. Nick Easter	15. Hugo Southwell

16. Rhys Gill 17. Tom Mercey 18. Tom Lindsay 19. George Robson 20. Chris Hala'ufia 21. Joel Hodgson 22. Steven Shingler 23. Ben Ransom

Tactics

• James and Wilson are solid technicians and will secure our own feed, to provide first phase possesion for our backs. James will look to put pressure on the Stormers feed.
  
  
• With a strong lineout, O'Connell will lead the lineout and use Mumm as a banker ball at the front of the line with POC jumping in the middle. If winning own ball POC will look to cut the lineout to five, to allow Easter to get a chance to run at the defence in open field.
  
  
• With the selection of Kvesic and Gibson they'll attack breakdowns, their skills will provide another source of possesion from turnovers. Hodgson will be behind the rucks to supply any turnover possesion to our wide men as soon as possible why the defence is in disarray.
  
  
• Off any first phase possesion, there will be a strike runner to get over the gainline to provide quick ball whilst the opposition defence is still organising itself.
  
  
• Evans will direct traffic and marshall the attacking forces. Pienaar will marshall the forwards and Evans will pull the strings, looking for the runs of Waldlouck and Henson off his shoulder or to allow Wald to release our dangerous roaming back three.
  
  
• Evans will kick all points, unless POC dictates we have a dominate set piece at the moment in time.

Harlequins

Manager – Driver

01.Alex Corbisero	09.Luke Burgess
02.John Smit	10.Owen Farrell(K)
03.James Johnstone
04.Eben Etzebeth	11.George North
05.Alistair Hargreaves	12.Wesley Fofana
06.Chris Robshaw	13.Jared Payne
07.Heinrich Brussouw	14.Adam Ashley-Cooper
08.Willem Alberts	15.Nick Abendanon

16.Joe Grey 17.Mark Lambert 18.Chris Budgen 19.Mourtiz Botha 20.Craig Newby 21.Richard Wrigglesworth 22.Tom Heathcote 23.Ollie Lindsey-Hague

London Irish

Manager – Pullthestrings

01. Gethin Jenkins	09. Joe Simpson
02. Tatafu Polota-Nau	10. Quade Cooper
03. Euan Murray
04. Tom Palmer	11. Sailosi Tagicakibau
05. Nick Kennedy	12. Daniel Bowden
06. Jerome Kaino	13. Aurelien Rougerie
07. David Pocock (c)	14. Tom Homer (k)
08. Imanol Harinordoquy	15. Delon Armitage

16. James Buckland, 17. Max Lahiff, 18. Paulica Ion, 19. Tom Guest, 20. Darren Allinson, 21. Brock James, 22. Regan King, 23. Alesana Tuilagi

Tactics
- The weather suits attacking, running rugby and that's what we'll be going for. Be sensible and keep success percentage high but don't be afraid to have a go when it's on.
- Mobile pack picked to get around the park and ensure our own ball is won.
- Big importance on maintaining possession and playing the phases. If we keep the ball, gaps will appear and the opposition will get tired.
- Keep coming round the corner using big runners to run at 10 and around the fringes to suck in their numbers. Exhaust the whole width of the pitch, really spread them.
- Compete on their ball at the lineout - go from turnovers here
- Target turnovers at the breakdown for potential counter attacks, with Pocock et al staying strong on their feet. Get the ball wide quickly.
- More attacking players on the bench ready to run at tired legs. Gone for a 4/4 split to show emphasis on back play
- Homer to kick pens to keep the scoreboard ticking over. If well ahead we'll go for touch and set an attacking platform.

Tigers 26 - Saints 22
Leinster 28- Gloucester 26

Chiefs 30- Wasps 31
Irish 23 - Bath 24
Exeter 20 - Ulster 15
Welsh 22- Quins 21
Worcester 24 - Stormers 17

Will give feedback later if I can

Leinster 23-26 Gloucester

Your best lineup Prop

Chiefs 31-26 Wasps
Irish 27-24 Bath
Exeter 26-20 Ulster
Sale 25-23 Saracens (Kepu a TH CJ isn't he?)
Welsh 20-27 Harequins (Quins looking title contenders...tough on Welsh)
Worcester 29-18 Stormers

Sgt_Pooly wrote:Leinster 23-26 Gloucester

Your best lineup Prop

Chiefs 31-26 Wasps
Irish 27-24 Bath
Exeter 26-20 Ulster
Sale 25-23 Saracens (Kepu a TH CJ isn't he?)
Welsh 20-27 Harequins (Quins looking title contenders...tough on Welsh)
Worcester 29-18 Stormers

Yeah technically Kepu is a tighthead but he has played at LH for the Wallabies and I wanted to see what people thought about different combinations

Fair enough mate, I think he's an excellent TH.

Leicester 25 - 23 Saints

Leinster 23 - 19 Gloucester

Chiefs 19 - 15 Wasps

Exeter 25 - 20 Ulster

Sale 12 - 17 Sarcens

Welsh 18 - 22 Quins

Worcester 16 - 15 Stormers

Leicester 22 - 22 Saints
Leinster 24 - 19 Gloucester
Chiefs 17 - 13 Wasps
Exeter 23 - 22 Ulster
Sale 12 - 15 Sarries
Welsh 18 - 20 Quins
Worcs 16 - 15 Stormers

Leicester 22-21 Saints
Very very close but Tigers just have a little bit more overall.

Chiefs 16-12 Wasps
Wasps will hold out in the backline for a bit but the Chiefs have more up front and will dominate in the tight 5.

Irish 24-22 Bath
Again, just a little bit more for Irish, they'll take this game in the backrow.

Exeter 24-20 Ulster
Can see Chiefs gaining control in the front 5 and the back row will be even. Chiefs will just edge the backs battle.

Sale 22-21 Sarries
Just a bit more class here for Sale, not sure about Kepu at LH and feel the Sharks' kids have a bit more about them.

Welsh 20-25 Quins
Very very good Quins squad with an awesome back row and back line, unfortunate for Welsh to hit them at this time.

Worcester 30-28 Stormers
High scoring game with free-flowing rugby from both sides, Warriors have the edge in the outside backs.

My match against Sale looking close here!

Leinster Rugby 22-19 Gloucester Rugby
Waikato Chiefs 24-17 London Wasps
London Irish 21-21 Bath Rugby
Exeter Chiefs 19-18 Ulster Rugby
Sale Sharks 15-18 Saracens
London Welsh 20-23 Harlequins
Worcester Warriors 17-21 Stormers

Predictions closed doing results now

Results:

Leicester Tigers 25-22 Northampton Saints
Leinster Rugby 26-22 Gloucester Rugby
Waikato Chiefs 25-20 London Wasps
London Irish 25-23 Bath Rugby
Exeter Chiefs 26-19 Ulster Rugby
Sale Sharks 18-20 Saracens
London Welsh 20-26 Harlequins
Worcester Warriors 25-20 Stormers


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