Premiership Rugby 21/22 - Rd 7

[will311293]

Whenever anyone says this it means they're getting injured and fast

Why.... @TRF_Olyy , Why did you have to say this.... It's true but why remind me haha

 

[will311293]

Ha he may have looked good before but he has Bath's defence to face!





That will make him look even better...

Reckon he won't be risked this weekend. Probably look to introduce him slowly.

 

[Which Tyler]

Reckon he won't be risked this weekend. Probably look to introduce him slowly.

Surely, playing against Bath at the moment IS introducing slowly

 

[will311293]

Surely, playing against Bath at the moment IS introducing slowly

This is true... We will see on Friday what it looks like.

 

[Geordie]

Newcastle Falcons team to face Southern Knights (Melrose RFC, Friday 7.30pm) on our bye weekend...

Lots of the kids getting a run out...

15 Alex Tait (captain),
14 Ollie Lindsay-Hague,
13 George Wacokecoke,
12 Max Wright,
11 Iwan Stephens,
10 Will Haydon-Wood,
9 Cameron Nordli-Kelemeti;

1 Logovi'i Mulipola,
2 Robbie Smith,
3 Mark Tampin,
4 Will Montgomery,
20 George Merrick,
6 Josh Basham,
7 Connor Collett,
8 Gary Graham.

Replacements: Charlie Smith, 16 Mark Dormer, 17 Kyle Cooper, 18 Phil Brantingham, 19 Freddie Lockwood, 5 Matthew Dalton, 21 James Blackett, 22 Louie Johnson, 23 Zach Kerr, 14 Chidera Obonna.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Graham had a sizeable fall hasn't he?

 

[Geordie]

Ah honestly i dont know whats going on there.

Is he injured? Has he had a bust up with Dean....god knows.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Graham had a sizeable fall hasn't he?

*England Training Squad Member Gary Graham

Use his full ***le

 

[will311293]

Ah honestly i dont know whats going on there.

Is he injured? Has he had a bust up with Dean....god knows.

@Geordiefalcon, is his contract up this year? Maybe there's a decent offer on the table that he's not taken and therefore heading off to France etc and Deano ain't impressed and dropped him.

 

[Geordie]

His contract runs out in 2023 WIll. So he should be ok. Hes not been visible in many games this season, and its just been confirmed that hes not injured on the Falcons forum...so who knows. Maybe hes just not performing as well as the others in training....

 

[BPM]

Anyone know what the story is with Joe Simmonds? He's barely played and looked a way off the pace when he has. Harvey Skinner actually looking the better of the two right now.

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

Anyone know what the story is with Joe Simmonds? He's barely played and looked a way off the pace when he has. Harvey Skinner actually looking the better of the two right now.

It is puzzling. Maybe his repeatedly being snubbed by Eddie while his brother (as well as Smith, his main rival as a young England 10) went off with the Lions all got a bit much for him and he's struggling to find motivation.

 

[Geordie]

I see Obano of bath has done his ACL.

 

[Which Tyler]

Regardless, I think we can classify this match as "Cripple Fight"

I stand by this comment.
With Tempest back at the Rec... you could say the same for the man with the whistle

Bath Rugby: 15 Tom de Glanville, 14 Semesa Rokoduguni, 13 Max Clark, 12 Max Ojomoh, 11 Will Muir, 10 Orlando Bailey, 9 Ollie Fox; 1 Lewis Boyce, 2 Jacques du Toit, 3 D'Arcy Rae, 4 Josh McNally ©, 5 Mike Williams, 6 Richard de Carpentier, 7 Miles Reid, 8 Josh Bayliss
Replacements: 16 Tom Dunn, 17 Juan Schoeman, 18 Johannes Jonker, 19 Ewan Richards, 20 Nahum Mergian, 21 Max Green, 22 Danny Cipriani, 23 Jonathan Joseph

Wasps :15 Marcus Watson, 14 Zach Kibirige, 13 Michael Le Bourgeois, 12 Jimmy Gopperth, 11 Josh Bassett, 10 Jacob Umaga, 9 Dan Robson; 1 Robin Hislop, 2 Gabriel Oghre, 3 Jeff Toomaga-Allen, 4 Vaea Fifita, 5 Elliott Stooke, 6 Brad Shields ©, 7 Thomas Young, 8 Tom Willis
REPLACEMENTS
16 Michael van Vuuren, 17 Zac Nearchou, 18 Elliot Millar-Mills, 19 Tim Cardall, 20 Nizaam Carr, 21 Will Porter, 22 Alex McHenry, 23 Ali Crossdale

I'm not even feeling inspired enough to reformat the teams to be more legible

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Wasps starting side and Baths backline couldn't be classed as cripples (on paper)

Falls apart a bit beyond that - but nothing ridiculous

 

[EdBirch]

Warriors | 15 Jamie Shillcock, 14 Noah Heward, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 12 Francois Venter, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Fin Smith, 9 Will Chudley, 1 Rory Sutherland, 2 Scott Baldwin, 3 Christian Judge, 4 Matt Garvey, 5 Graham Kitchener, 6 Kyle Hatherell, 7 Ted Hill (C), 8 Sione Vailanu.

Replacements | 16 Niall Annett, 17 Ethan Waller, 18 Jay Tyack, 19 Andrew Kitchener, 20 Sam Lewis, 21 Gareth Simpson, 22 Billy Searle, 23 Ashley Beck.

Unavailable owing to injury | Beck Cutting, Jack Owlett, Justin Clegg, Willi Heinz, Owen Williams, Melani Nanai.

Sale Sharks | 15 Luke James, 14 Denny Solomona, 13 Sam James, 12 Rohan Janse van Rensburg, 11 Marland Yarde, 10 Robert du Preez, 9 Gus Warr, 1 Bevan Rodd, 2 Tommy Taylor, 3 Coenie Oosthuizen, 4 Jean-Pierre du Preez, 5 Lood de Jager (C), 6 Cobus Wiese, 7 Ben Curry, 8 Daniel du Preez.

Replacements | 16 Curtis Langdon, 17 Simon McIntyre 18 Nick Schonert, 19 Jono Ross, 20 Cameron Neild, 21 Nye Thomas, 22 AJ MacGinty, 23 Arron Reed.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

AJ back <3

That backline is an AJ and a Faf/Raf away from being my first choice
Surprised Schoenert isn't starting - Coenie is a liability tbh

Do like the side, though - hopefully put in a full 80 performance, rather than 20-40

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

AJ back <3

That backline is an AJ and a Faf/Raf away from being my first choice
Surprised Schoenert isn't starting - Coenie is a liability tbh

Do like the side, though - hopefully put in a full 80 performance, rather than 20-40

RJVR over manu?

 

[TRF_Olyy]

RJVR over manu?

Manu's been crap for us, tbh

His ceiling is higher than Rohans, their tackle technique is equally dodgy, but Rohan is in better form, and is significantly faster

 

[EdBirch]

Also i'm sure i heard that Manu doesn't play on artificial pitches though that might be BS