Aviva Premiership 15/16 - Round 1

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Not sure we've still got some solid signings who are available (Mckibben,Symons,McClusker and Cruise) and Lewington outwide. I wasn't that annoyed Booth left Hattley was the big loss anyway we've got Sisi back so hope he does well. Underestimate us at your peril

I'm not underestimating you but you are missing your top signings at least for this week.

What squad do you think Irish will put out?

 

[Every Time Ref]

Awkward moment where a Quins fans gives breach of rules banter....

Easy, blud ...

 

[Irish boy]

I'm not underestimating you but you are missing your top signings at least for this week.

What squad do you think Irish will put out?

This could be the side:
1: Court
2:Cruise
3alframan
4:Symons
5:Sheriff/Skivs
6: Guest/Sisi
7:Gilsenan
8:Narraway/McClusker
9: Steele/Mackibbin
10:Geraghty/ Noakes
11:Lewington
12:Waldouck
13:Mulchrone
14:Ojo/Fowlie
15: Fenby

Not a bad starting 15 but your right Trev and Cowan will be misses as will Halani. But hopefully Mackibbin is the kicker we've been looking for.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Think ours will be
1) Mulipola
2) Bateman
3) Balmain
4) Fitzgerald
5) Kitchener/De Chaves
6) Croft
7) McCaffrey
8) Pearce
9) Harrison
10) Burns
11) Thompstone
12) Bai
13) Betham
14) Goneva
15) Tait

Bench I think might be
16) Ghilrandini, 17) Brugnara, 18) Pas
19) Williams, 20) Fonua
21) Tresidder/White, 22) Bell, 23) Loamanu/Catchpole maybe even Odogwu.

That's depending on England lads don't know what is happening Cole would be the most likely to feature if poss.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

We're missing first and 2nd choice loosehead and first choice tighthead atm - due back "by the Saracens game" but that was said a few weeks ago, with no update since.
I think we'll see:

1. Harrison (/Lewis-Roberts/Parker)
2. Taylor
3. Mujati
4. Evans
5. Mills
6. Braid
7. Seymour
8. Beaumont
9. Cusiter
10. Cipriani
11. Arscott
12. Tuitupou
13. Jennings
14. Addison
15. Haley

Briggs, Lewis-Roberts(/Parker), Cobilas(/????), Ostrikov, Lund, Stringer, Macleod, Brady

 

[yaboyjj]

Think ours will be
1) Mulipola
2) Bateman
3) Balmain
4) Fitzgerald
5) Kitchener/De Chaves
6) Croft
7) McCaffrey
8) Pearce
9) Harrison
10) Burns
11) Thompstone
12) Bai
13) Betham
14) Goneva
15) Tait

Bench I think might be
16) Ghilrandini, 17) Brugnara, 18) Pas
19) Williams, 20) Fonua
21) Tresidder/White, 22) Bell, 23) Loamanu/Catchpole maybe even Odogwu.

That's depending on England lads don't know what is happening Cole would be the most likely to feature if poss.

Surely Tait at 13, Betham to wing and Thomstone to fb would be preferable?
I think Nothampton could get a jump start on everyone at the start of the season.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Surely Tait at 13, Betham to wing and Thomstone to fb would be preferable?
I think Nothampton could get a jump start on everyone at the start of the season.

That's been the case the last 3 preseason games on the trot.

He has done well scored 13 tries in those 3 games all 3 games finished with 30 points +. 8 from the backs.

On paper been our most successful preseason in a long time in terms of points scored.

He isn't a 13 in the long run but its been alright. Adds sped to go with Bai's more directive nature.

 

[Geordie]

Boy could we do with getting a flyer out of the blocks and winning on Friday.

 

[Geordie]

Teams up for Gloucester....

1 Rob Vickers,
2. Scott Lawson,
3. Taione Vea,
4. Mouritz Botha,
5. Calum Green,
6. Richard Mayhew,
7. Will Welch (c),
8. Todd Clever.

9. Ruki Tipuna
10. Mike Delany
11. Sinoti Sinoti
12. Adam Powell
13. Chris Harris
14. Tom Catterick
15 Simon Hammersley

Replacements: 16. George McGuigan, 17. Eric Fry, 18. Scott Wilson, 19. Josh Furno, 20. Ally Hogg, 21. Micky Young, 22. Craig Willis, 23. Tom Penny.

 

[j'nuh]

And Glos, an interesting team, lots of players missing with injury/call-ups:

Rob Cook; Charlie Sharples, Bill Meakes, Mark Atkinson, Henry Purdy; Billy Twelvetrees (capt), Willi Heinz; Paddy McAllister, Richard Hibbard, John Afoa; Tom Savage, Elliott Stooke; Jacob Rowan, Matt Kvesic, Lewis Ludlow
Replacements: Tom Lindsay, Yann Thomas, Paul Doran-Jones, Sione Kalamafoni, Ben Morgan, Callum Braley, Jonny May, Steve McColl

Might struggle in the lineout. Hope Hibbard/Savage/Stooke have done their homework.

 

[Geordie]

And Glos, an interesting team, lots of players missing with injury/call-ups:

6 Jacob Rowan, 7 Matt Kvesic, .

Well that should ensure some genuine turnover ball! We going to have to be strong in those areas.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Surprised to see May and Morgan on the bench!

With twelve-***s-for-hands at 10, though, Gloucester could get marmalised.

 

[ratsapprentice]

Harlequins Team

15. Ollie Lindsay-Hague
14. Marland Yarde
13. George Lowe
12. Harry Sloan
11. Charlie Walker
10. Nick Evans (C)
9. Karl Dickson

1. Mark Lambert
2. Dave Ward
3. Adam Jones
4. James Horwill
5. Sam Twomey
6. Jack Clifford
7. Luke Wallace
8. Mat Luamanu

16. Joe Gray
17. Joe Marler
18. Kyle Sinckler
19. Charlie Matthews
20. Nick Easter
21. ***o Tebaldi
22. Ben Botica
23. Mike Brown

Northampton Saints Team

15 Ben Foden
14 Ken Pisi
13 Tom Stephenson
12 Luther Burrell
11 Jamie Elliott
10 Stephen Myler
9 Lee Dickson (capt)

1 Alex Waller
2 Dylan Hartley
3 Kieran Brookes
4 Michael Paterson
5 Christian Day
6 Jamie Gibson
7 Jon Fisher
8 Sam Dickinson

16 Mike Haywood
17 Ethan Waller
18 Paul Hill
19 Teimana Harrison
20 Ben Nutley
21 Kahn Fotuali'i
22 JJ Hanrahan
23 George Pisi

Worcester Warriors Team

15 Chris Pennell
14 Cooper Vuna
13 Wynand Olivier
12 Ryan Mills
11 Tom Biggs
10 Tom Heathcote
9 Jonny Arr

1 Val Rapava Ruskin
2 Niall Annett
3 Nick Schonert
4 Donncha O'Callaghan
5 Darren Barry
6 Phil Dowson
7 Sam Lewis
8 GJ van Velze (C)

Replacements
16 Dan George
17 Na'ama Leleimalefaga
18 Joe Rees
19 Darren O'Shea
20 Marco Mama
21 Charlie Mulchrone
22 Alex Grove
23 Perry Humphreys

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Surprised brown is on bench

 

[TRF_Olyy]

You don't realise how much player movement has gone on until you see the sides all written down.
Really didn't expect the England lot to be available this round.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Leicester Tigers (v London Irish, away, Sunday 3.15pm)
15 Mathew Tait (c)
14 Adam Thompstone
13 Peter Betham
12 Seremaia Bai
11 Matt Smith
10 Tommy Bell
9 Sam Harrison
1 Logovi'i Mulipola
2 Greg Bateman
3 Fraser Balmain
4 Mike Williams
5 Mike Fitzgerald
6 Tom Croft
7 Lachlan McCaffrey
8 Laurence Pearce

Replacements
16 Harry Thacker
17 Riccardo Brugnara
18 Tiziano Pasquali
19 Sebastian de Chaves
20 Opeti Fonua
21 Ben White
22 Owen Williams
23 George Catchpole

 

[French Tiger]

Freddie Burns has been ruled out of action for up to eight weeks after sustaining a broken jaw against Sale Sharks in the Kings of the North tournament.

However, the good news for us is that Owen Williams is fit again.

Come on Tigers !

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Sale:

15. Mike Haley, 14. Tom Arscott, 13. Sam James, 12. Sam Tuitupou, 11. Will Addison, 10. Danny Cipriani, 9. Chris Cusiter, 1. Ross Harrison, 2. Tommy Taylor, 3. Brian Mujati, 4. Josh Beaumont, 5. Bryn Evans, 6. Dan Braid (captain), 7. David Seymour, 8. Mark Easter

Replacements: 16. Neil Briggs, 17. James Flynn, 18. Vadim Cobilas, 19. Jonathan Mills, 20. Magnus Lund, 21. Peter Stringer, 22. Nick Macleod, 23. Mark Jennings


Surprised, and a little disappointed, to see Beaumont at 8. Straight shoot vs Itoje though
Would've also guessed that Fihaki would be ahead of Easter after a great pre-season, but I'm a fan of Easter so no biggie.
Good to see Harrison and Vadim back from injury, too. Lewis-Roberts is still a few weeks off, though, apparently.

Very excited to see how that backline goes - Sam James is VERY highly rated around the north west, so hopefully he takes his chance.

Sa(la)rries side:

15 Alex Goode (184)
14 Chris Ashton (77)
13 Tim Streather (24)
12 Duncan Taylor (69)
11 Mike Ellery (7)
10 Charlie Hodgson (107)
9 Neil de Kock (236)
1 Rhys Gill (143)
2 Jamie George (130)
3 Petrus Du Plessis (101)
4 Maro Itoje © (29)
5 Jim Hamilton (24)
6 Michael Rhodes (0) *on debut
7 Kelly Brown (112)
8 Jackson Wray (114)
Replacements:
16 Dave Porecki (0) *on debut
17 Mako Vunipola (78)
18 ***i Lamositele (2)
19 George Kruis (103)
20 Will Fraser (59)
21 Ben Spencer (16)
22 Nick Tompkins (19)
23 Ben Ransom (48)

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

How is saints wuss on tv and not Quins wasps?

 

[Every Time Ref]

Bath:

15 Tom Homer
14 Semesa Rokoduguni
13 Matt Banahan
12 Kyle Eastmond
11 Anthony Watson
10 George Ford
9 Chris Cook
1 Nick Auterac
2 Ross Batty
3 Henry Thomas
4 Stuart Hooper (c)
5 Dave Attwood
6 Matt Garvey
7 Alafoti Faosiliva
8 Leroy Houston

Replacements

16 Rob Webber
17 Max Lahiff
18 David Wilson
19 Sam Burgess
20 Guy Mercer
21 Niko Matawalu
22 Max Clark
23 Jeff Williams

So Ford and Watson start, JJ doesn't (which means Bananaman at 13, Christ...) and Burgess on the bench in a forward's shirt. Really excited about seeing Matawalu off the bench combining with Ford.

Very confused about Wiilson though ... overlooked entirely by England, now not even starting for Bath? What's going on there?

Also, anyone know if Devoto's injured, or simply not selected?

How is saints wuss on tv and not Quins wasps?

Dunno, odd choice that. Also, is there no Sunday game on BT?