Premiership Rugby 22/23 - Rd 1

[TRF_Olyy]

Be calling the games off at half time at this rate...

No team lists being released does look that way

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Bristol vs Bath postponed until Saturday 5:30,
Sale vs Northampton postponed - PRL haven't told Sale when they're allowed to hold the postponed fixture yet, though

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Tigers v Exeter teams are up

 

[Welsh Exile]

Would've thought these games would've been cancelled like the football. Wonder why they took a different decision.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Bristol vs Bath no longer on BT, not on PRTV
Sale vs Northampton removed from PRTV

Presume they're waiting to see if they can send camera/commentary crew to the games before giving a definitive yes


Edit: Bristol vs Bath confirmed as not being on PRTV or BT


Absolute farce


Double edit:
Sale's confirmed not on PRTV either,
Dog **** company tbh

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Which flag shagging pr*cks voted to move, then?
I bet Tony Rowe loves the Monarchy

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

Bristol vs Bath is showing up on peacock but who knows if that will last.

The Guardian's article on which sporting events were affected included the US Open, the Vuelta España, and the Italian Grand Prix. If anyone reading that thought other countries were going to rearrange their lives cause of this all hope is lost for them.

Teams play games two days after teammates die ffs.

This notion that high level sport is some type of recreational activity and not a serious business intertwined in the world's economy is straight from JRM's spank bank. You're not allowed to have fun, someone more important than you died.

 

[Geordie]

Odd team...very puzzled.

Wonder if Blamire is being moved back to the back row permanently...?

Be good to see Phil Brantingham get his first run out...

15 Alex Tait, 14 Adam Radwan, 13 Ben Stevenson, 12 Pete Lucock, 11 Nathan Earle, 10 Brett Connon, 9 Josh Barton;

1 Phil Brantingham, 2 George McGuigan, 3 Trevor Davison, 4 Greg Peterson, 5 Sebastian de Chaves, 6 Sean Robinson, 7 Jamie Blamire, 8 Will Welch (captain).

Replacements: 16 Charlie Maddison, 17 Logovi'i Mulipola, 18 Mark Tampin, 19 George Merrick, 20 Tom Marshall, 21 Cameron Nordli-Kelemeti, 22 Tian Schoeman, 23 George Wacokecoke.

Not available for selection: Adam Brocklebank, Callum Chick, Jeremy Civil, Connor Collett, Luke Coulston, Matthew Dalton, Matt Deehan, Mark Dormer, Carl Fearns, Gary Graham, Louie Johnson, Freddie Lockwood, Matias Moroni, Chidera Obonna, Matias Orlando, Tom Penny, Guy Pepper, Vereimi Qorowale, Charlie Smith, Sam Stuart, Philip van der Walt, Michael Young

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Got to be purely injuries no way you would move a international hooker to 7

 

[TRF_Olyy]

**London Irish team to face Worcester Warriors at the Gtech Community Stadium on Saturday (3pm KO):**

15 James Stokes, 14 Will Joseph, 13 Curtis Rona, 12 Benhard van Rensburg, 11 Ollie Hassell-Collins, 10 Paddy Jackson, 9 Ben White, 1 Facundo Gigena, 2 Matt Cornish, 3 Lovejoy Chawatama, 4 Rob Simmons, 5 Adam Coleman (c), 6 Ben Donnell, 7 Tom Pearson, 8 Josh Basham.

**Replacements:** 16 Agustin Creevy, 17 Danilo Fischetti, 18 Ciaran Parker, 19 Api Ratuniyarawa, 20 Jack Cooke, 21 Caolan Englefield, 22 Luca Morisi, 23 Henry Arundell.



**Worcester Warriors team to play London Irish:**

15 Jamie Shillcock, 14 Perry Humphreys, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 12 Francois Venter, 11 Alex Hearle, 10 Billy Searle, 9 Gareth Simpson, 1 Valeriy Morozov, 2 Hame Faiva, 3 Murray McCallum, 4 Joe Batley, 5 Andrew Kitchener, 6 Fergus Lee-Warner, 7 Cameron Neild (C), 8 Matt Kvesic.

**Replacements:** 16 Curtis Langdon, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 Jay Tyack, 19 Graham Kitchener, 20 Tom Dodd, 21 Will Chudley, 22 Owen Williams, 23 Noah Heward.


Buzzing for Cam Neild

 

[RedruthRFC]

Would've thought these games would've been cancelled like the football. Wonder why they took a different decision.

At a guess, policing would be the difference. Finding enough spare coppers to get a football game played anywhere near London would be tricky tomorrow. Not a problem for a rugby game.

 

[Geordie]

Got to be purely injuries no way you would move a international hooker to 7

Most likely, I just wonder where Blamire will end up (club wise) . Its clear that McGuigan has been and still is very much first choice and we have two VERY good young kids coming through aswell at hooker. ...and it makes me wonder what Blamire is thinking...is he happy to stay as back up...will he move to first choice ahead of McGuigan, especially when he's pushing for his england spot...

 

[Welsh Exile]

At a guess, policing would be the difference. Finding enough spare coppers to get a football game played anywhere near London would be tricky tomorrow. Not a problem for a rugby game.

I believe they've cancelled the grassroots stuff which, obviously, requires no police presence.

You're probably right though, maybe that's the main reason but they don't want to say that publicly so just say it's due to respect instead.

 

[Reiser99]

Tbh I think there is also an optics gamble. Are the public more likely to be upset with cancelled games or with playing when the queen has died. I can see that football have gone with thinking people would be less upset with cancelled games.

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

Sharks v Saints has shown up at September 11 (talk about disrespectful smh) at 10 EDT on peacock.

 

[Welsh Exile]

Tigers v Exeter teams are up

Tshiunza v Reffell will be a good watch from a Welsh perspective.

 

[BPM]

Tshiunza might prove me wrong, but I don't think he looks like a flanker. I'd expect Reffell to boss the breakdown against that Exeter back row TBH.

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

Tshiunza might prove me wrong, but I don't think he looks like a flanker. I'd expect Reffell to boss the breakdown against that Exeter back row TBH.

Disagree strongly with this. Tshiunza's main selling point is his raw athleticism. I think that he's been severely overhyped, and think that Dafydd Jenkins is the more impressive of Chiefs' Wales U20 lock/back rowers, but to me Tshiunza is without doubt a flanker.

 

[Welsh Exile]

I'll take the middle ground and say he looks like a lock/6 hybrid.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Missing: Montoya, Dolly, Heyes, Chessum, Wiese, JVP, Pollard, Kelly, Porter, Steward but still pretty decent squad.