Racing Métro 92 v Saracens

[Teh Mite]

Racing Métro 92 v Saracens

Stade Yves Du Manoir Montpellier, France
Fri Dec 17 2010
at 21:00 (local)

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[munstermuffin]

Only 1 result in this game.

 

[Amobokoboko]

Metro for the win. Sorry for the Sarries

 

[Teh Mite]

Racing-Metro have made two changes to their line-up for Friday's hugely-anticipated rematch with Saracens at Stade Olympique Yves du Manoir.

Into the line-up comes Nicolas Durand and Julien Brugnaut at scrum-half and loosehead prop respectively as the Parisians look for the double against their wounded English opponents.

Saracens meanwhile, have named Michael Tagicakibau at number thirteen after he missed last week's defeat due to a hamstring problem.

In the pack, Hayden Smith and Hugh Vyvyan come into the side on rotation while Kelly Brown and Justin Melck are also added to the back-row.

On the bench, Ernst Joubert, Carlos Nieto and Deon Carstens are among those named while last week's scorer Noah Cato will wear 23.

The teams:

Racing-Metro: 15 Juan Martin Hernandez, 14 Sireli Bobo, 13 Henry Chavancy, 12 François Steyn, 11 Mirco Bergamasco, 10 Jonathan Wisniewski, 9 Nicolas Durand, 8 Sebastien Chabal, 7 Jacques Cronje, 6 John Leo'o, 5 Jone Qovu Nailiko, 4 Santiago Dellape, 3 Juan Pablo Orlandi, 2 Carlo Festuccia, 1 Julien Brugnaut.
Replacements: 16 Benjamin Noirot, 17 Andrea Lo Cicero, 18 Benjamin Sa, 19 Karim Ghezal, 20 Jerome Fillol, 21 Dan Scarbrough, 22 Remi Vaquiin, 23 Bernard Le Roux.

Saracens: 15 Chris Wyles, 14 David Strettle, 13 Michael Tagicakibau, 12 Brad Barritt, 11 James Short, 10 Owen Farrell, 9 Neil de Kock, 8 Kelly Brown, 7 Jacques Burger, 6 Justin Melck, 5 Hugh Vyvyan, 4 Hayden Smith, 3 Petrus du Plessis, 2 Schalk Brits, 1 Rhys Gill.
Replacements: 16 Jamie George, 17 Deon Carstens, 18 Carlos Nieto, 19 George Kruis, 20 Ernst Joubert, 21 Richard Wigglesworth, 22 Nils Mordt, 23 Noah Cato.

Date: Friday, December 17
Kick-off: 21:00 (20:00 GMT)
Venue: Stade Olympique Yves du Manoir
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Paul Haycock (Ireland), Mark Hermin (Ireland)
Television match officials: Peter Ferguson (Ireland)

http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,3822_6580675,00.html

 

[Dougydeluxe]

Saracens look like a stronger team this week than last. It will come down to if they want some payback. They really don't have much to play for, but at least beating the French at their home would help heal the wound.

 

[Amobokoboko]

Big game tomorrow, looking forward to it.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Nice snowy pitch,
Should have a different coloured ball for these situations, must be a nightmare to see

 

[Teh Mite]

3 cheers

 

[Teh Mite]

Also:

Paris apparently is in Italy:

 

[snoopy snoopy dog dog]

For one night only I'm becoming a Sarries fan. Great start by them; they're taking the game to Racing Metro.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

For one night only I'm becoming a Sarries fan. Great start by them; they're taking the game to Racing Metro.

Same actually, never thought I would :lol:
Good job Chabals not playing, I couldn't cheer against him (unless he was playing Sale or England )

Good effort by Strettle for his disallowed try, too skill (or a great deal of luck ) to keep his heels out of touch, shame the ball went in touch though

 

[snoopy snoopy dog dog]

0-16 to SA_racens at half time and they're full value for it. Clearly Brendan Venter was true to his words last week, thought very deeply about what went wrong and fixed it.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Metro are a shadow of the side they could/should be though
Don't know whether the weather is getting to them, but so many mistakes, and just generally playing poorly
All credit to Saracens for exploiting them though


Edit: Team talk at half times had some effect on Metro, 14 - 16 now

 

[lucky number 7]

Metro under alot of pressure here Its only a matter of time methinks

 

[munstermuffin]

Saracens deserve massive credit for this performance. Excellent performance but Leinster or Clermont can really take control of the pool with a win

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Aye, good win for Sarries, but either team would be undone by Leinster/Clermont (all on current form)

 

[Teh Mite]

I'm well impressed with Panface junior so far, but really? MOTM?

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Henson must be gutted he's performing well, looks destined for a bench spot when he gets to Sarries

 

[Teh Mite]

:lol:

 

[coonor]

Saracens played the weather well and Racing Metro were awful (did they under estimate Saracens). Also Saracens were very well disclipined and that stopped Racing Metro from building scores.