Premiership Round 18 (or something)

Still rumbling on, war, plague, famine, 6 nations or no

Friday 25/02/22 all 19:45
Bristol v Wasps
Sale v London Irish
Worcester Warriors v Harlequins

Saturday 26/2 all 15:00
Leicester Tigers v Gloucester
Newcastle Falcons v Bath

Sunday 17/2 13:00
Northampton Saints v Exeter Chiefs

Bristol Wasps

Bristol: Purdy, Adeolokun, Radradra, Frisch, Leiua, Eden, Strang; Woolmore, Thacker, Lahiff, Attwood, Joyce, Vui, Heenan, Luatua (c).

Replacements: Byrne, Y. Thomas, Armstrong, Jeffries, D. Thomas, Lloyd, Sheedy, O'Conor.

Wasps: Umaga, Odogwu, Spink, Mills, Bassett, Atkinson, Robson; West, Oghre, Alo, Launchbury (c), Stooke, Gaskell, J Willis, T Willis.

Replacements: Van Vuuren, Harris, Toomaga-Allen, Carr, Barbear, Porter, Gopperth, Watson.

Sale Irish

Sale: S James; Roebuck, R Du Preez, J van Rensburg, Reed; MacGinty, De Klerk; McIntyre, Langdon, Oosthuizen, JL Du Preez, De Jager, Ross (capt.) Curry, D Du Preez

Replacements: Taylor, Harrison, Jones, Weise, Nield, Quirke, Doherty, McGuigan

London Irish: Stokes; Cinti, Rona, Hepetema, Hassell-Collins; Jackson, Phipps (capt.); Goodrick-Clarke, Creevy, Van der Merwe; Munga, Simmons, Cracknell, Pearson; Tuisue

Replacements: Cornish, Gigena, Hoskins, Cooke, Gonzalez, O'Sullivan, B van Rensburg, Rowe

Worriers - Quins

Worcester: Heward; Humphreys, O Morris, Atkinson, Hearle; Smith, Simpson; McCallum, Annett, Judge, Garvey, G Kitchener, Batley, Hill (capt), Vailanu.

Replacements: Miller, Waller, Tyack, A Kitchener, Clegg, Chudley, Searle, Howe.

Harlequins: Green; Beard, Jones, Esterhuizen, Murley; Edwards, Care; Kerrod, Walker, Collier, Symons, Tizard, Lewies (capt), Lawday, White.

Replacements: Riley, Els, Louw, Hammond, Jurevicius, Gjaltema, Allan, Lynagh.

STARTING XV
15 Bryce Hegarty [10]
14 Chris Ashton [2]
13 Guy Porter [34]
12 Dan Kelly [37]
11 Nemani Nadolo [27]
10 Freddie Burns [90]
9 Jack van Poortvliet (vc) [38]
1 James Whitcombe [15]
2 Julián Montoya (vc) [19]
3 Joe Heyes [89]
4 Harry Wells [144]
5 Eli Snyman [12]
6 George Martin [32]
7 Hanro Liebenberg (c) [47]
8 Jasper Wiese [32]

REPLACEMENTS
16 Nic Dolly [16]
17 Francois van Wyk [10]
18 Nephi Leatigaga [58]
19 Calum Green [79]
20 Tommy Reffell [66]
21 Richard Wigglesworth [28]
22 Matt Scott [40]
23 Harry Potter [30]

Gloucester Rugby
15. Kyle Moyle

14. Santiago Carreras

13. Tom Seabrook *

12. Mark Atkinson

11. Ollie Thorley *

10. Adam Hastings

9. Charlie Chapman *



1. Jamal Ford-Robinson

2. Jack Singleton

3. Fraser Balmain

4. Freddie Clarke *

5. Matias Alemanno

6. Jordy Reid

7. Lewis Ludlow (c) *

8. Ruan Ackermann



16. Santiago Socino

17. Harry Elrington

18. Jamal Ford-Robinson

19. Alex Craig *

20. Jack Clement *

21. Ben Meehan

22. George Barton *

23. Louis Rees-Zammit *

Bath v Newcastle

Ref: Adam Leal (14th Premiership game).
TJs: Neil Chivers & Jamie Leahy
TMO: Dean Richards.
Saturday, Kingston Park, 3pm

Newcastle:
15 Mike Brown
14 Tom Penny (c)
13 George Wacokecoke
12 Matias Orlando
11 Adam Radwan
10 Will Haydon-Wood
09 Cameron Nordli-Kelemeti

1 Trevor Davison
2 George McGuigan
3 Mark Tampin
4 Greg Peterson
5 Sean Robinson
6 Josh Basham
7 Connor Collett (c)
8 Gary Graham

16 Jamie Blamire, 17 Adam Brocklebank, 18 Richard Palframan, 19 Rob Farrar, 20 Will Montgomery
21 Louis Schreuder, 22 Brett Connon, 23 Pete Lucock


Bath:
15 Tom de Glanville
14 Tom Butt
13 Max Clark
12 Max Ojomoh
11 Will Muir
10 Danny Cipriani
09 Ben Spencer

1 Valeriy Morozov
2 Jacques du Toit
3 D’Arcy Rae
4 Mike Williams
5 Ewan Richards
6 Josh Bayliss
7 Miles Reid
8 Nathan Hughes

16 Tom Doughty, 17 Lewis Boyce, 18 Ma’afu Fia, 19 Will Spencer, 20 Sam Underhill
21 Joe Simpson, 22 Jonathan Joseph, 23 Joe Cokanasiga

What are people watching tonight....England U20s or the Quins v Wuss game?

Bath seem to have a raft of players coming out of injury at last.
The front five is still very makeshift but back row, half backs and midfield look a lot stronger now and with a pretty useful bench of those all seeking match fitness. Good to see Sam back in the 23 after some worrying concussions and big Joe is on the comeback trail at last and looking pretty mean with it in training by all accounts.

Still far too many in major rehab and Redpath now needs more surgery too.

GeordieFalcon wrote:What are people watching tonight....England U20s or the Quins v Wuss game?

Will probably watch Sale-LI. London Irish seem to be coming together and I like their personnel.

GeordieFalcon wrote:What are people watching tonight....England U20s or the Quins v Wuss game?

Think I'll have both on. Under 20s on the big TV but Quins Vs Wuss on the smaller screen just in case it gets interesting. Given the Tiger Cubs in the under 20s leaning more to that one.

Yeah ill probably have both on Sam.

Saints - tit heads

Northampton: Furbank; Skosan, Proctor, Dingwall (capt), Collins; Grayson, Mitchell; Iyogun, Haywood, Painter, Ribbans, Ratuniyarawa, Coles, Matavesi, Wilkins.

Replacements: Fish, Waller, Hill, Moon, Nansen, Tonks, James, Francis.

Exeter: Hodge; Woodburn, Whitten, Hendrickson, O'Flaherty; J Simmonds (capt), S Maunder; Hepburn, Innard, Schickerling, Kirsten, Jenkins, Ewers, Capstick, Grondona.

Replacements: Yeandle, Kenny, Street, Pearson, Norey, J Maunder, H Skinner, Cordero.

Recwatcher16 wrote:Bath seem to have a raft of players coming out of injury at last.
The front five is still very makeshift but back row, half backs and midfield look a lot stronger now and with a pretty useful bench of those all seeking match fitness. Good to see Sam back in the 23 after some worrying concussions and big Joe is on the comeback trail at last and looking pretty mean with it in training by all accounts.

Still far too many in major rehab and Redpath now needs more surgery too.

Underhill and Cokanasiga both on the subs bench. Must be too little time for them to break back into the England team this 6N but good signs anyway

lostinwales wrote:Saints - tit heads

Northampton: Furbank; Skosan, Proctor, Dingwall (capt), Collins; Grayson, Mitchell; Iyogun, Haywood, Painter, Ribbans, Ratuniyarawa, Coles, Matavesi, Wilkins.

Replacements: Fish, Waller, Hill, Moon, Nansen, Tonks, James, Francis.

Exeter: Hodge; Woodburn, Whitten, Hendrickson, O'Flaherty; J Simmonds (capt), S Maunder; Hepburn, Innard, Schickerling, Kirsten, Jenkins, Ewers, Capstick, Grondona.

Replacements: Yeandle, Kenny, Street, Pearson, Norey, J Maunder, H Skinner, Cordero.

Saints are almost out of live bodies. Matavesi, normally a hooker, playing openside.

doctor_grey wrote:

lostinwales wrote:Saints - tit heads

Northampton: Furbank; Skosan, Proctor, Dingwall (capt), Collins; Grayson, Mitchell; Iyogun, Haywood, Painter, Ribbans, Ratuniyarawa, Coles, Matavesi, Wilkins.

Replacements: Fish, Waller, Hill, Moon, Nansen, Tonks, James, Francis.

Exeter: Hodge; Woodburn, Whitten, Hendrickson, O'Flaherty; J Simmonds (capt), S Maunder; Hepburn, Innard, Schickerling, Kirsten, Jenkins, Ewers, Capstick, Grondona.

Replacements: Yeandle, Kenny, Street, Pearson, Norey, J Maunder, H Skinner, Cordero.

Saints are almost out of live bodies.  Matavesi, normally a hooker, playing openside.  

It doesn't help that Saints love to sign a lock/6 hybrid despite being pretty proficient at developing their own. You've got that Wallaby chappy joining next season as another as well.

To be fair Chiefs are a fairly ideal team to have more big lads playing against anyway.

doctor_grey wrote:

GeordieFalcon wrote:What are people watching tonight....England U20s or the Quins v Wuss game?

Will probably watch Sale-LI.  London Irish seem to be coming together and I like their personnel.    

I'm not confident for this one as our record against Sale is not great and I think we'll miss Coleman as despite his red card being dismissed he's probably going through concussion protocols after being laid out by an upper-cut from Lewington's shoulder in the tackle that saw him incorrectly sent off ...

I don't think quins will be enjoying this game v Wuss. Worcester are very physical....Ted Hill very prominent.

7- 0 Worcester

Heaf wrote:

doctor_grey wrote:

GeordieFalcon wrote:What are people watching tonight....England U20s or the Quins v Wuss game?

Will probably watch Sale-LI.  London Irish seem to be coming together and I like their personnel.    

I'm not confident for this one as our record against Sale is not great and I think we'll miss Coleman as despite his red card being dismissed he's probably going through concussion protocols after being laid out by an upper-cut from Lewington's shoulder in the tackle that saw him incorrectly sent off ...

OK so that went better than expected - yet another draw but 3 points away to Sale isn't to be sniffed at - having said that we really should have won that especially given a kickable pen at the end. As a side note, Ross continues to get away with murder ...

Heaf wrote:

Heaf wrote:

doctor_grey wrote:

GeordieFalcon wrote:What are people watching tonight....England U20s or the Quins v Wuss game?

Will probably watch Sale-LI.  London Irish seem to be coming together and I like their personnel.    

I'm not confident for this one as our record against Sale is not great and I think we'll miss Coleman as despite his red card being dismissed he's probably going through concussion protocols after being laid out by an upper-cut from Lewington's shoulder in the tackle that saw him incorrectly sent off ...

OK so that went better than expected - yet another draw but 3 points away to Sale isn't to be sniffed at - having said that we really should have won that especially given a kickable pen at the end.  As a side note, Ross continues to get away with murder ...

And playing for 20 minutes down a man.

Didn't see the game but apparently falcons were shocking.

Time for Dean to go

I had Falcons to win on Superbru

There's some diehard Dean fans now saying irs time for a change