Aviva Premiership Games - Weekend of 25/03/2011

[Getofmeland]

Friday 25/03/2011
Sale 15-12 Leeds Carnegie

Saturday 26/03/2011
Bath v Leicester, 16:30
Harlequins v Gloucester, 14:15
London Irish v Exeter, 15:00

Sunday 27/03/2011
Northampton v Wasps, 13:45
Saracens v Newcastle, 15:00

Discussion for this weekends games

 

[Getofmeland]

Commentary on Twitter for the Quins Vs Gloucester Game at the moment!

 

[Getofmeland]

HT at The Stoop - Quins 24 - Gloucester 3

Quins are dominating this at the moment... One Try away from the Bonus Point!

 

[Getofmeland]

FT Score at the Stoop - Quins 53 - Gloucester 15

A total of 9 Tries scored in the first of todays fixtures, Ugo Monye secured a Hat Trick as well.

The HT Score at the Madjeski is London Irish 18 - Exeter Chiefs 8

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Nine tries?!
Bleedin' hell,
Would've backed Gloucester to win a tight match...

 

[B10]

Impressive performance from Monye for Quins. I thought he may have got the bench spot against Ireland

Bath 6-37 Leicester Impressive performance Allen, Croft x2, Flood with tries, 22 points for Flood

 

[Mrs. Peter Quinn]

Wasps are going to get absolutely smashed tomorrow. Northampton really need to start winning games again and with their best players back it seems likely. Shaw back is good and Webber back is awesome. But Jacobs on the wing is just madness. And Taulafo is not a great prop. Fairly indifferent about Kefu too.

 

[Duckdee]

Abendanon deserves a medal, and Butch James needs professional help.

Bath were the better team in the first half, but became allergic to 3 points. Stubborn Tigers defence, and clinical finishing (epitomised by Allen's try) set up Leicester to finish the job in the second. Youngs and Flood were combining well and looked confident.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Abendanon deserves a medal, and Butch James needs professional help.

Sums up the match, really!

Also, Banahan has lost every ounce of confidence he had before - another case of England ruining players.
He was a good club player for Bath before the Ireland match, and now....
I remember one occasion where he recieved the ball, and slowed down before the tackle and went to ground really easily - Three weeks ago he would've smashed through the tackle and probably gotten the try

 

[Teh Mite]

God only knows why they thought he could play centre.

Oh yeah, he's about the same height and weight as SBW...

 

[Duckdee]

I think Allen felled him at one point.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Curse of the shoe-horning-a-player-into-centre strikes again!

 

[Mrs. Peter Quinn]

Really enjoying wasps Northampton so far. So much Talent playing in this game. Wasps have looked much bettter than I expected, the scrum has held up and we've looked good in the backs. To me Flutey is definitely showing he has what it takes to play 12 for England, really good angles. Really annoyed though that Kefu missed that try. I just don't understand his selection at 13 unless nobody else was fit. He is SO slow and any other 13 would have scored that.

Edit: If Lewsey is still good enough and fit enough to be in the 22 at all, then why put so many players out of position and leave him on the bench? Hope he comes on at 13 at some point, with flutey that could be a great combo

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Good game so far - lots of little errors for Wasps is costing them,
Saints clinical and looking a new side with their England contingent back

Dave Walder has been running some great lines, finding gaps


Is Lewsey on the bench? I though it was 22. Wallace 23. VGB?

 

[Mrs. Peter Quinn]

Good game so far - lots of little errors for Wasps is costing them,
Saints clinical and looking a new side with their England contingent back

Dave Walder has been running some great lines, finding gaps


Is Lewsey on the bench? I though it was 22. Wallace 23. VGB?

Apparently Waldouck pulled out a few minutes before kickoff so Wallace who wasn't in the match-day squad moved in to take his place. Although we're getting smashed, there is hope from some of our play. This could be a massive score still.

 

[Mrs. Peter Quinn]

Dear me, desperately bad in this second half. Throwing speculative passes everywhere and there's been no control at the breakdown. Cannon is not premiership standard. But its' been good to see the Saints backs looking threatening once again. Great hands, especially from Foden