PRC 25/26

[TRF_Olyy]

Everyone's favourite comp is on the horizon and this year promises to be even better than last:

• Only four games per round
• No championship sides, they've withdrawn from the comp due to not being made equal partners and not being part of the TV deal
• Clubs are even more depleted due to it being a Lions year (will players be held back so they're not injured for the Prem proper?)

Fixtures now out

 

[Which Tyler]

Without the Champ clubs - there's less than 0 point for this.

It could have been great*, if PRL had learned that having a bigger pie can be a good thing

*And with a 10-team league, they needed a worthwhile PRC, it just needed some decent organisation

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

I won’t watch any of these now. What a waste

 

[Rinkadink]

Nobody else keen on adding this prestigious title to their trophy rack to equal b*ths "triple"?

 

[The Seeker]

 

[Vaquer]

Seems superflous

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Sale vs Bristol whenever that is (no games televised so do they even exist?)

15.Ollie Davies, 14. Tom O'Flaherty, 13. Rob du Preez ©, 12. Rekeiti Ma'asi-White, 11. Obi Ene, 10. Tom Curtis 9. Nye Thomas; 1. Simon McIntyre, 2. Nathan Jibulu, 3. James Harper, 4. Ernst van Rhyn, 5. Ben Bamber, 6. Jacques Vermeulen, 7. Sam Dugdale, 8. Dan du Preez.

Replacements:
16. Ethan Caine, 17. Tumy Onasanya, 18. Patreece Bell, 19. Hyron Andrews, 20. Jos Gilmore, 21. Dom Hanson, 22. Sam Bedlow, 23. Tristan Woodman.

 

[Geordie]

Newcastle Red Bulls team v Harlequins (Friday, 7.45pm, Kingston Park, live on TNT Sports)

15 Alex Hearle, 14 Oli Spencer, 13 Sammy Arnold, 12 Max Clark, 11 Joel Grayson, 10 Brett Connon, 9 Sam Stuart; 1 Murray McCallum, 2 George McGuigan (captain), 3 Luan de Bruin, 4 Oscar Usher, 5 Jamie Hodgson, 6 Cameron Neild, 7 Tom Gordon, 8 Amanaki Mafi.

Replacements: 16 Ollie Fletcher, 17 Micky Rewcastle, 18 Callum Hancock, 19 Seb de Chaves, 20 Freddie Lockwood, 21 James Elliott, 22 Rhys Beeckmans, 23 Nathan Greenwood.

Not available for selection: Eduardo Bello, Simon Benitez Cruz, Adam Brocklebank, Tim Cardall, Boeta Chamberlain, Tom Christie, Freddie Clarke, Joe Davis, Connor Doherty, Ethan Grayson, Fergus Lee-Warner, Elliott Obatoyinbo, Richard Palframan, Christian Wade.

Harlequins: 15 Nick David, 14 Cassius Cleaves, 13 Bryn Bradley, 12 Sean Kerr, 11 Cameron Anderson, 10 Jamie Benson, 9 Max Green; 1 Jordan Els, 2 Jack Walker, 3 Cameron Doak, 4 Jonny Green, 5 Stephan Lewies (captain), 6 Zach Carr, 7 Tom Lawday, 8 Lucas Schmid.

Replacements: 16 Sam Riley, 17 Jamie Miller, 18 Ollie Streeter, 19 Harry Browne, 20 Joe Launchbury, 21 Elliot Williams, 22 Jake Murray, 23 Hayden Hyde.

Referee: George Selwood.

 

[Scotty]

Gloucester 14 - 15 Chiefs at half time, 3 tries and 3 missed conversions, we really need an upgrade at 10.

 

[Geordie]

It was cold, raining but worth it. Not the best Quins side you'll ever see put out, but we put in a good team performance with some good individual performances aswell.

Mafi was impressive...a bulldozer. And Lockwood kept that up when he replaced him.

Narhan Greenwood could be our next star winger in the making. He's been coming through over the last few seasons, and I was concerned about his weight this season but seeing him tonight, they've clearly had him strength training and he's going to scare some teams this season. He's electric.

Max Clark really was aggressive alongside Arnold.

But my pleasant surprise was young Academy lad Oscar Usher at lock. Hes a big unit at 6'6 and just shy of 19st already but he backed it up with a physical and quality performance. I'll be watching his development.

 

[Which Tyler]

I wasn't planning on watching a single minute of PRC, since screwing over the Champ clubs; but this team announcement...

Bath Rugby Starting XV v Exeter Chiefs:
1 Scott Kirk
2 Jasper Spandler
3 Kieran Verden
4 Harvey Cuckson
5 Ewan Richards ©
6 Ethan Staddon
7 Thomson Cowan
8 Arthur Green

09 Tom Carr-Smith
10 James Linegar
11 Tyler Offiah
12 Will Butt
13 Louie Hennessey
14 Austin Emens
15 Jack Woods

16 Max Pearce, 17 Mikey Summerfield, 18 Alfie Griffin, 19, Will Jeanes, 20 Alex Ridgway, 23 George Timmins
21 Neil le Roux, 22 Charlie Griffin


Friday night's friendly at Worcester has a much more 1stXV look
Bath United Starting XV v Worcester Warriors: 1 Francois van Wyk, 2 Kepueli Tuipulotu, 3 Archie Griffin, 4 Ted Hill, 5 Charlie Ewels, 6 Miles Reid, 7 Guy Pepper, 8 Josh Bayliss, 9 Ben Spencer ©, 10 Max Ojomoh, 11 Will Muir, 12 Cameron Redpath, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 14 Joe Cokanasiga, 15 Henry Arundell

Bath United Replacements (in alphabetical order): Henry Bartlett, Tom de Glanville, Tom Dunn, Dan Frost, Chris Harris, James Maloney, Isaac Mears, Ross Molony, Enoch Opoku-Gyamfi, Quinn Roux, Vilikesa Sela, Connor Treacey, Bernard van der Linde, Claudius Wheeler, Sam Winters

 

[Scotty]

I wasn't planning on watching a single minute of PRC, since screwing over the Champ clubs; but this team announcement...

Bath Rugby Starting XV v Exeter Chiefs:
1 Scott Kirk
2 Jasper Spandler
3 Kieran Verden
4 Harvey Cuckson
5 Ewan Richards ©
6 Ethan Staddon
7 Thomson Cowan
8 Arthur Green

09 Tom Carr-Smith
10 James Linegar
11 Tyler Offiah
12 Will Butt
13 Louie Hennessey
14 Austin Emens
15 Jack Woods

16 Max Pearce, 17 Mikey Summerfield, 18 Alfie Griffin, 19, Will Jeanes, 20 Alex Ridgway, 23 George Timmins
21 Neil le Roux, 22 Charlie Griffin


Friday night's friendly at Worcester has a much more 1stXV look
Bath United Starting XV v Worcester Warriors: 1 Francois van Wyk, 2 Kepueli Tuipulotu, 3 Archie Griffin, 4 Ted Hill, 5 Charlie Ewels, 6 Miles Reid, 7 Guy Pepper, 8 Josh Bayliss, 9 Ben Spencer ©, 10 Max Ojomoh, 11 Will Muir, 12 Cameron Redpath, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 14 Joe Cokanasiga, 15 Henry Arundell

Bath United Replacements (in alphabetical order): Henry Bartlett, Tom de Glanville, Tom Dunn, Dan Frost, Chris Harris, James Maloney, Isaac Mears, Ross Molony, Enoch Opoku-Gyamfi, Quinn Roux, Vilikesa Sela, Connor Treacey, Bernard van der Linde, Claudius Wheeler, Sam Winters

I kno2 PRC may not be the priority for Bath but putting a weak team in PRC and a strong vs Wuss seems odd to me, either way Chiefs team to face Bath.

Exeter Chiefs:
15 Josh Hodge
14 Paul Brown-Bampoe
13 Ben Hammersley
12 Henry Slade
11 Dan John
10 Harvey Skinner
9 Stephen Varney

1 Kwenzo Blose
2 Jack Yeandle (c)
3 Bachuki Tchumbadze
4 Rusi Tuima
5 Lewis Pearson
6 Ethan Roots
7 Christ Tshiunza
8 Ross Vintcent

Replacements:
16 Joseph Dweba
17 Will Goodrick-Clarke
18 Josh Iosefa-Scott
19 Andrea Zambonin
20 Kane James
21 Charlie Chapman
22 Ben Coen
23 Nick Lilley

 

[Which Tyler]

It's the PRC - it's supposed to be developmental.
Just because Exeter don't use it that way, doesn't mean that it's weird if everyone else does

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

STARTING XV for tigers in their game v Quins
15 George Pearson [5]
14 Gabriel Hamer-Webb [1]
13 Will Wand [12]
12 Joseph Woodward [34]
11 Ryan Crowley **
10 Charlie Titcombe [1]
9 Ollie Allan [3]
1 Tarek Haffar *
2 Charlie Clare (c) [124]
3 Ale Loman [2] **
4 Harry Wells [217]
5 Osian Thomas *
6 Harry Palmer [1]
7 Joshua Manz [9]
8 Joaquin Moro [1]

REPLACEMENTS
16 Finn Theobald-Thomas [18]
17 Nicky Smith [24]
18 Cameron Miell [2]
19 Monty Loggenberg *
20 George Marsh *
21 Tom Whiteley [41]
22 Billy Searle *
23 Tom Threlfall [3]

 

[Scotty]

It's the PRC - it's supposed to be developmental.
Just because Exeter don't use it that way, doesn't mean that it's weird if everyone else does

Ok fair point, i was more saying as its a higher value game overall they'd rather win that than the friendly. Given switching the teams still means same experience for players overall.

In all honesty I'm still for PRC having selection rules to stop teams putting out full strength. But given the rules we need to get gametime together, we have been poor and even our best need development.

In terms of development i hope Ben Coen and Nick Lilley get some good gametime.

 

[Which Tyler]

nyone got a stream that can hold for more than 5 seconds?

 

[Scotty]

nyone got a stream that can hold for more than 5 seconds?

Did you get one? Does sit well that we are currently losing as you put out a full second team.

 

[Which Tyler]

Nope.
Switched to Ashton Gate.

More like 3rd XV

 

[Scotty]

Nope.
Switched to Ashton Gate.

More like 3rd XV

I watched the Women as I have TNT on discovery plus with my phone contract yet I can't get it to work.

 

[The Seeker]

I watched the Women as I have TNT on discovery plus with my phone contract yet I can't get it to work.

Hang in there, you'll figure it out.