Aviva Premiership: Northampton Saints vs Gloucester Rugby (04/09/2011 15:30)

[Getofmeland]

Franklin Gardens, Northampton
04/09/2011 - 15:30
Referee: Andrew Small

Live on Sky Sports HD

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<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Northampton Saints[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Gloucester Rugby[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Greig Tonks[/TD]
[TD]15[/TD]
[TD]Olly Morgan[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Paul Diggin[/TD]
[TD]14[/TD]
[TD]Charlie Sharples[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Tom May[/TD]
[TD]13[/TD]
[TD]Jonny May[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]James Downey[/TD]
[TD]12[/TD]
[TD]Lesley Vainikolo[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Noah Cato[/TD]
[TD]11[/TD]
[TD]James Simpson-Daniel[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Stephen Myler[/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD]Tim Taylor[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Martin Roberts[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
[TD]Dave Lewis[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Phil Dowson (C)[/TD]
[TD]8[/TD]
[TD]Brett Deacon[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Ben Nutley[/TD]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD]Andy Hazell[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Calum Clarke[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD]Peter Buxton (C)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mark Sorenson[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]Alex Brown[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Samu Manoa[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]Will James[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Brian Mujati[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]Dario Chistolini[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Brett Sharman[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]Darren Dawidiuk[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Paul Doran Jones[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]Nick Wood[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mike Haywood[/TD]
[TD]16[/TD]
[TD]Nathan Charles[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Alex Waller[/TD]
[TD]17[/TD]
[TD]Dan Murphy[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Tom Mercey[/TD]
[TD]18[/TD]
[TD]Rupert Harden[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Christian Day[/TD]
[TD]19[/TD]
[TD]Tom Savage[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]James Craig[/TD]
[TD]20[/TD]
[TD]Matt Cox[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Stuart Commins[/TD]
[TD]21[/TD]
[TD]Nick Runciman[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Ryan Lamb[/TD]
[TD]22[/TD]
[TD]Freddie Burns[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Scott Armstrong[/TD]
[TD]23[/TD]
[TD]Tom Voyce[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TRF_Olyy]

vB Aviva Premiership: Northampton Saints vs Gloucester Rugby (04/09/2011 15:30)

vBookie for this match now added!

 

[TRF_Olyy]

That's a strong Gloucester team

Surprised to see Vainikolo at 12 though, I didn't really follow Gloucester a massive amount last season though so he may have played there a ton

Gloucester have got a cracking set of backs on them in Morgan, Sharples, JSD and Burns

 

[Peat]

Their back line is **** worthy.

Their pack... less so.

 

[JW.]

Vanikolo at inside centre hmm... Should be a one of the better games though. Expecting Saints to win this, they still have a solid side. Alot of new players that will be trying to force there way in when the Internationals come back will have to play well in these 6weeks.

I hope that the Internationals get a couple of weeks of though after the RWC. England have always just brought them straight back into action and there form always dips because they are exhausted.

 

[psychic duck]

Surprised to see Vainikolo at 12 though, I didn't really follow Gloucester a massive amount last season though so he may have played there a ton

I have thought for the past year that Vainikolo should be tried at 8, he's too slow to be a winger and looking back to his Rugby League days he was good at short explosive runs, I think he would be better suited to 8

When Rugby League wing comes over to Union, coaches always think they should play wing in Union, but it is wrong, wing in League is different to wing in Union

I'm convinced Vainikolo off the back of the scrum and crash ball from rucks would be far more effective than on the wing

 

[Muse_Cubed]

Vainokolo still exists. Wow. Had no idea.

Interesting Saints team, no Clarke/Dickson/Wilson around. Also, two second rows on the bench? I can only guess that Shamu's going to play the full game and get shifted to the back row at some point. Have no idea how they're going to perform.

 

[matt.price]

Is there any coverage of this?

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Like on Sky Sports tomorrow, says in the first post

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Diggin's easily the fattest guy on the pitch, including all the forwards - how'd he make it through all the BF% tests in preseason with a gut like that?!

 

[Mrs. Peter Quinn]

will james you absolute moron

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Despite Greig Tonks best efforts Saints managed a win

Gloucester looked pretty good though

 

[Muse_Cubed]

Don't want to go through that too often.

I can't wait to see Manoa and Lawes together in the Saints 2nd row. That's serious beast mode right there.

 

[Mrs. Peter Quinn]

Don't want to go through that too often.

I can't wait to see Manoa and Lawes together in the Saints 2nd row. That's serious beast mode right there.

Manoa showed great skill and phjysicality. But he made an almost unforgiveable error when he broke away with the ball and didn't make the pass go to hand because he was waving the ball around in one hand like a crazy lunatic. It would have been a certain try and he had all the time he needed

 

[Mrs. Peter Quinn]

Also why can't we have dowson in our world cup squad? He's got everything easter has and more; more destructive running, picks great lines, and no older than easter

 

[Teh Mite]

What a great game that was, late heart attacks n'all.

 

[Saint]

Evening all first time poster here!

Will James, pints on me son - Fantastic end to the game, extremely lucky to come away with the victory after that frantic 5 minutes, Gloucester great character.

 

[JW.]

Also why can't we have dowson in our world cup squad? He's got everything easter has and more; more destructive running, picks great lines, and no older than easter

I agree Dowson was epic again, great win for saints . Tom May seemed to slot in fine and Myler had a good game.

 

[Mrs. Peter Quinn]

Evening all first time poster here!

Will James, pints on me son - Fantastic end to the game, extremely lucky to come away with the victory after that frantic 5 minutes, Gloucester great character.

Theres giving a last minute penalty away because you've over-committed yourself at the breakdown, and there's giving a last minute penalty away because you've taken a punch/swipe at an opposition back-row or whoever it was...completely unbelievable

 

[Peat]

Also why can't we have dowson in our world cup squad? He's got everything easter has and more; more destructive running, picks great lines, and no older than easter

Dowson's a fine player, and should have probably been more in contention, but as he didn't start regularly last season at 8, he was never going to be in the running for the position and shouldn't be compared to Easter.