Aviva Premiership Final: Leicester Tigers vs Saracens

[Teh Mite]

Premiership Final: Leicester Tigers vs Saracens (ver 2)

Twickenham Stadium, London
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[snoopy snoopy dog dog]

Leicester by 10.

 

[Duckdee]

I'm going to guess 13 Smith, 14 Agullla, 23 Twelvetrees.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

No place for Hipkiss?
I know he hasn't played a lot this season, but remember what he did last final?

 

[Duckdee]

I dunno, I think he's more likely to start than 12T, if anything happens to either of the other two.

 

[profitius]

Leicester are 4/6 in paddypowers. I thought they'd be lower.

 

[Duckdee]

Rawr.

Leicester Tigers (v Saracens, Aviva Premiership Final, Twickenham, Saturday 3.00pm)
15 Scott Hamilton
14 Horacio Agulla
13 Matt Smith
12 Anthony Allen
11 Alesana Tuilagi
10 Toby Flood
9 Ben Youngs
1 Marcos Ayerza
2 George Chuter
3 Martin Castrogiovanni
4 Steve Mafi
5 George Skivington
6 Tom Croft
7 Craig Newby (c)
8 Jordan Crane

Replacements
16 Rob Hawkins
17 Boris Stankovich
18 Dan Cole
19 Ed Slater
20 Thomas Waldrom
21 James Grindal
22 Jeremy Staunton
23 Billy Twelvetrees

Saracens
15 Alex Goode
14 David Strettle
13 Chris Wyles
12 Brad Barritt
11 James Short
10 Owen Farrell
9 Neil de Kock
1 Matt Stevens
2 Schalk Brits
3 Carlos Nieto
4 Steve Borthwick (c)
5 Mouritz Botha
6 Kelly Brown
7 Jacques Burger
8 Ernst Joubert

Replacements
16 Jamie George
17 Rhys Gill
18 Petrus du Plessis
19 Hugh Vyvyan
20 Andy Saull
21 Richard Wigglesworth
22 Nils Mordt
23 Noah Cato

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Wigglesworth lost the coin toss then

Staunton has no right being in an AP final squad - though I'm very happy to see Twelvetrees involved (I would've had 22. Twelvetrees, 23. Hipkiss though)

Here's hoping it's a great game

 

[munstermuffin]

Hey Staunton deserves that spot
For some reason I think Sarries could sneak this by a score

 

[Duckdee]

Wigglesworth lost the coin toss then

Staunton has no right being in an AP final squad - though I'm very happy to see Twelvetrees involved (I would've had 22. Twelvetrees, 23. Hipkiss though)

Here's hoping it's a great game

Bar Newcastle, he's had a solid season, and I'd trust him more than Billy to nail a last-minute touchline penalty. However, if that penalty was central and 55m out...

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Suppose, at his best Staunton is solid, but at his worst he can mess everything up (from what I've seen)

 

[Duckdee]

Suppose, at his best Staunton is solid, but at his worst he can mess everything up (from what I've seen)

And I'd agree with that, but he's the next best goal kicker in the squad.

 

[coonor]

Why is Waldrom always on the bench now?

 

[munstermuffin]

Why is Waldrom always on the bench now?

Was wondering that myself especially when he was recognized as best 8 in league.

And not long ago we were hearing he could be the english 8 at RWC

 

[TRF_Olyy]

It is odd - Him and Crane are both great players, but if I were choosing the Leicester team I'd pick Waldrom to start - Waldrom is stronger off of the bench though

 

[snoopy snoopy dog dog]

Waldrom is just another example of the Barnes/Morris hype machine going into overdrive.

 

[gingergenius]

Head tells me Leicester - if they play to their best they're a better side, they've got more experience etc. etc.

However, heart tells me Saracens. Call our style boring if you like, but it's very effective at stopping better teams from playing the way they want. Saracens vs Leicester & Northampton this premiership season = P4 W4. Add that to a helluva long winning run, plus the knowledge that under the old rules the title would already be ours, and the fact we came so close last time... I really think we can do it.

If Leicester play to their potential then we can't match them, they'll win by 6 or more points. But I'm gonna say Saracens by 2.

 

[TRF_Cymro]

Boys Olyy is tweeting this game @ http://twitter.com/therugbyforum

Worthy read as well.

 

[Teh Mite]

Commentato says Manu is in Samoa (probably still locked in his bedroom sulking) while his team-mates are playing a Premiership final.

I guess that's the measure of the 'man'.

 

[superprop]

Suppose, at his best Staunton is solid, but at his worst he can mess everything up (from what I've seen)

Amazingly he used to be "the new whizz kid of Irish rugby."