Bath - Gloucester (18/02/2012, 14:30)

[TRF_Olyy]

Recreation Ground (18/02/2012, 14:30)

Live on Sky Sports
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[m0rris]

Bath team:
Vesty
Woodburn
Banahan Barkley
Biggs
Heathcote
Claassens

Catt
Mears
Perenise
Hooper
Caldwell
Skirving
Louw
Taylor

Batty
Beech
Bell
Mercer
Ovens
Cook
Carraro
Cuthbert

Gloucester Team:

Jonny May;
Charlie Sharples,
Mike Tindall (capt),
Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu,
James Simpson-Daniel;
Freddie Burns,
Rory Lawson;

Nick Wood,
Scott Lawson,
Rupert Harden;
Jim Hamilton,
Alex Brown;
Tom Savage,
Akapusi Qera,
Matt Cox

Darren Dawidiuk, Dan Murphy, Shaun Knight, Will James, Peter Buxton, Dave Lewis, Ryan Mills, Tom Voyce

Me thinks I'll be a very unhappy man at the end of this one.

 

[Getofmeland]

Could play into Bath's hand with the weather... Its a good wet one...

Glad I am at home in the dry!

 

[Getofmeland]

3 Mins in and we have 2 players in the Bin...

Welcome to the West Country Derby...

 

[Getofmeland]

Fantastic Try by Bath,

Great little kick by Mears setting up Biggs for the Try...

 

[gingergenius]

decent game, right team won it.

By the looks of things, Bath are going nowhere - not enough class through the team, and with Moody & Donald out, the cupboard looks quite bare.

Gloucester should be doing so much better than they are, on paper they have a very classy side. Wood was outstanding today, if he can play like that in the loose and still scrummage well, I am mystified why he isn't in the England squad when Marler is.

 

[j'nuh]

Gloucester should be doing so much better than they are, on paper they have a very classy side.

Hmm? I think we're punching at about our weight (4 points off 3rd place with a lot of the season left to play - 3rd should be the aim). We've got class in places, but the side is still very raw and we've still got some significant holes on the pitch, a lot of which is to do with injuries. (Missing Narraway, Trinder, Morgan, Strokosch.)

Wood was outstanding today, if he can play like that in the loose and still scrummage well, I am mystified why he isn't in the England squad when Marler is.

Agreed, but tbh, I don't think I've seen Wood play quite as well as he did today and sometimes he can be prone to giving away penalties or landing himself in the bin.

 

[m0rris]

Phew... I was beginning to worry that Bath were going to qualify for the Heine this season. So far our only obstacles to Challenge cup entry are a load of easily loseable games and the teeny-tweeny cup... we should be safe then!

It was quite a good match to watch in terms of being a hard fought nasty game but, really, Bath are pants ATM and our management really need to have their contracts reviewed.... Banahan at 13? Really, when we've got Carraro rotting on the bench. And pulling out of the Gethin Jenkins deal (apparently), really... 'cos our looseheads we're AMAZING today