Premiership Rugby 2018/19 Round 5

[Mumbles119]

 

[Mumbles119]

Wasps team to face Newcastle Falcons at Kingston Park on Friday September 28 (7:45pm kick off)

15 Rob Miller
14 Marcus Watson
13 Juan De Jongh
12 Michael Le Bourgeois
11 Josh Bassett
10 Lima Sopoaga
9 Joe Simpson
1 Zurabi Zhvania
2 Tom Cruse
3 Will Stuart
4 Will Rowlands
5 James Gaskell
6 Ashley Johnson (c)
7 Ben Morris
8 Nizaam Carr

Replacements
16 Tommy Taylor
17 Ben Harris
18 Kieran Brookes
19 Kearnan Myall
20 Nathan Hughes
21 Dan Robson
22 Billy Searle
23 Elliot Daly

- Good to see that Stuart is starting again. Only 22yo will hopefully mean he will only just get better.

Newcastle Falcons team:

15 Simon Hammersley
14 Vereniki Goneva
13 Chris Harris
12 Johnny Williams
11 Sinoti Sinoti
10 Toby Flood
9 Sonatane Takulua
1 Adam Brocklebank
2 George McGuigan
3 Logovi'i Mulipola
4 Calum Green
5 Tevita Cavubati
6 Gary Graham
7 Will Welch (captain)
8 Mark Wilson

Replacements
16 Santiago Socino
17 Sami Mavinga
18 Paul Mullen
19 Will Witty
20 Callum Chick
21 Sam Stuart
22 Joel Hodgson
23 Tom Penny

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Why they have to put us on the telly D:

 

[Scotty]

Wasps no bp
Bristol no bp
Chiefs bp
Gloucester bp
Sarries bp
Tigers no bp

Only gone for one away victory in wasps winning v falcons.

Really want to see Bristol come good and really start to gel and put pressure on more establisted team rather than just wait for charles piatau back and hope he turns it around for them. Which they have already done beating a couple of teams but getting one over on quins would be a big win for them.

 

[Which Tyler]

Why they have to put us on the telly D:

They're obliged to show all 12 teams at least X number of times.
I really can't think of any other reason to bother...

 

[BPM]

Wasps no bp
Bristol no bp
Chiefs bp
Gloucester bp
Sarries bp
Tigers no bp

Only gone for one away victory in wasps winning v falcons.

Really want to see Bristol come good and really start to gel and put pressure on more establisted team rather than just wait for charles piatau back and hope he turns it around for them. Which they have already done beating a couple of teams but getting one over on quins would be a big win for them.

Bristol have already beaten Quins? They've also beaten Bath so that's two fairly major scalps already. They're playing Saints at home on Saturday and I wouldn't put it past them winning again.

My predictions are the same as yours so no point in me repeating them.

 

[Scotty]

Bristol have already beaten Quins? They've also beaten Bath so that's two fairly major scalps already. They're playing Saints at home on Saturday and I wouldn't put it past them winning again.

My predictions are the same as yours so no point in me repeating them.

Your right, my bad but beating quins, bath and saints in there first season would be a great start and they will only get better. Would be surprised if they go back down again this season especially with them losing non in 6n/AIs and having c pitau coming back.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Leicester Tigers (v Sale Sharks, Welford Road, Sunday 3.00pm)
15 Jordan Olowofela
14 Adam Thompstone
13 Gareth Owen
12 Kyle Eastmond
11 Jonny May
10 George Ford
9 Ben White
1 Greg Bateman
2 Tom Youngs
3 Dan Cole
4 Mike Williams
5 Graham Kitchener
6 David Denton
7 Guy Thompson
8 Sione Kalamafoni

Replacements
16 Ross McMillan
17 David Feao
18 Joe Heyes
19 Harry Wells
20 Valentino Mapapalangi
21 Ben Youngs
22 Tom Hardwick
23 Jonah Holmes

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Sharks: 15.Byron McGuigan; 14.Denny Solomona, 13.Sam James, 12.Mark Jennings, 11.Marland Yarde; 10.AJ MacGinty, 9.Will Cliff; 1.Ross Harrison, 2.Rob Webber, 3.WillGriff John, 4.Bryn Evans, 5.Andrei Ostrikov, 6.Jono Ross (capt.), 7.Tom Curry, 8.Josh Strauss

Replacements: 16.Curtis Langdon, 17.Alexandru Tarus, 18.Joe Jones, 19.James Phillips, 20.Josh Beaumont, 21.Ben Curry, 22.Gus Warr,



Aaaaaaaaaaannnd



23.Rohan Janse Van Rensburg


Forth Eorlingas!

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Sharks: 15.Byron McGuigan; 14.Denny Solomona, 13.Sam James, 12.Mark Jennings, 11.Marland Yarde; 10.AJ MacGinty, 9.Will Cliff; 1.Ross Harrison, 2.Rob Webber, 3.WillGriff John, 4.Bryn Evans, 5.Andrei Ostrikov, 6.Jono Ross (capt.), 7.Tom Curry, 8.Josh Strauss

Replacements: 16.Curtis Langdon, 17.Alexandru Tarus, 18.Joe Jones, 19.James Phillips, 20.Josh Beaumont, 21.Ben Curry, 22.Gus Warr,



Aaaaaaaaaaannnd



23.Rohan Janse Van Rensburg


Forth Eorlingas!

Two of the best defences in the league could be a right slog fest.....

TBH that is a very strong Sale team on paper.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Two of the best defences in the league could be a right slog fest.....

TBH that is a very strong Sale team on paper.

Definitely the strongest we've put out so far.
Ostrikov is a boost to the pack, but still have reservations over 2/3/17/18
Webber massively out of form, bench props poor and got battered in the A league, conceding 2 penalty tries, on Monday.
Im a fan of WGJ, he has a ridiculous engine/work rate, but top level scrummaging ain't his strong point.

Langdon looks promising but he's another hooker who has spent more time in the backrow recently.

Hope we've not rushed Rohan back too soon from his latest injury, fully fit/on form he's world class


We should see some tries no matter what happens,
I reckon tigers win but if we can get 1 or 2 BPs then it's a good return.

 

[Every Time Ref]

Bath team for Sarries:

15. Darren Atkins
14. Semesa Rokoduguni
13. Max Clark
12. Max Wright
11. Tom Homer
10. Rhys Priestland
9. Chris Cook
1. Jacques van Rooyen
2. Jack Walker
3. Anthony Perenise
4. Charlie Ewels (c)
5. Elliott Stooke
6. Josh Bayliss
7. Francois Louw
8. Paul Grant

Throwing in the towel with an eye on Exeter next week, basically. Could be painful

 

[Oliver Madden]

Newcastle 4-1 Wasps
Bristol 4-1 Northampton
Exeter 5-1 Worcester
Saracens 5-0 Bath
Leicester 4-1 Sale
Gloucester 5-0 Harlequins

all home wins this week for me although Sale could shock Leicester.

 

[Which Tyler]

Throwing in the towel with an eye on Exeter next week, basically. Could be painful

Understandable, but sad to see - it's the start of a ridiculous 2nd 4 week period.
A Sarries
H Exeter
H Toulouse
A Wasps

The thing that pleases me is that it still ooks a pretty decent squad, even with a sum total of 2 first choice starters.

In terms of the table, I think the best we can hope for is that Sarries run up a score, and get loose in defence as a result, allowing us a TBP of our own - we shouldn't be getting close to a LBP after all.
I'd still back that team to push the mid-table sides close though.

 

[Dai Perk]

Wait, is Cokanasiga out this week? What happened?

 

[Dai Perk]

And Zach Mercer is out, as well? Has the plague come to Bath???

 

[NDC89]

I reckon it is squad rotation. Blackadder probably thinks that there is no chance of beating Saracen's away and so is sending out a mostly second string squad.

 

[Dai Perk]

I'm glad I checked in time to re-do my fantasy roster! Oy!

 

[Every Time Ref]

Understandable, but sad to see - it's the start of a ridiculous 2nd 4 week period.
A Sarries
H Exeter
H Toulouse
A Wasps

The thing that pleases me is that it still ooks a pretty decent squad, even with a sum total of 2 first choice starters.

In terms of the table, I think the best we can hope for is that Sarries run up a score, and get loose in defence as a result, allowing us a TBP of our own - we shouldn't be getting close to a LBP after all.
I'd still back that team to push the mid-table sides close though.

Yep I'm totally behind the decision, I just might not go out of my way to watch the game!

If we beat Exeter next Friday it will be entirely vindicated. If not, it's still the right call in the circumstances IMO

 

[Which Tyler]

Out of interest, I make that Saracens' 1.33th choice; Bath's 2.4th choice...