U18 academy league

[Which Tyler]

Kicks off this weekend

Premiership Rugby U18 Academy League: Round 1 Preview | Fixtures & Team News – NextGenXV

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Friday 3rd​ January
Yorkshire Academy v Leicester Tigers – 7pm

Saturday 4th​ January
Bristol Bears v Saracens – 3pm
Exeter Chiefs v Bath – 2pm
Harlequins v Gloucester – 1pm

Sunday 5th​ January
Sale Sharks v Northampton Saints – 1pm

Some big names to be noticed
There's a young Johnson starting at lock for Tigers, a young Mears and a young Hooper for Bath; and surely others I haven't noticed.
In terms of names for the future, I can only really talk about Bath players; keep an eye out for McKnight at lock, Linegar at FH, and Treacey at IC. Aidan Pugh on the bench also has some noise around him, though I don't remember seeing him in action myself yet. There's also Sam Winters and Oscar Thomas - neither of whom are playing this week (same disclaimer for Thomas as for Pugh, but Winters is mustard!)

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Raffi Quirke's brother playing 15 for Sale

 

[Welsh Exile]

There's a young Welsh fly half for Quins called Math Jones who's gone to some school called Gordon's or some ****. Hoping he's legit.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Math Jones

There's a joke there somewhere about Jiffy shouting "NUMBERS"

 

[Welsh Exile]

There's a joke there somewhere about Jiffy shouting "NUMBERS"

Seeing as I came across this guy on WOL I naturally assumed it was one of the many, standard, spelling mistakes and his name was Matt but they actually got his name right.

 

[Welsh Exile]

Apparently he did well in a narrow win against Gloucester.

 

[Which Tyler]

Premiership Rugby U18 Academy League: Round 2 Preview | Newcastle Falcons enter the fray – NextGenXV

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Saturday 11th​ January
Bath v Bristol Bears – 12.15pm
Exeter Chiefs v Harlequins – 12.30pm
Gloucester v Saracens – 4pm
Leicester Tigers v Newcastle Falcons – 6pm
Northampton Saints v Yorkshire Academy – 12pm


Bath:
1 Frankie Foster (King Edward's School)
2 Fred Cartwright (Beechen Cliff School)
3 Codi Purnell (Millfield School)
4 Matthew Bowler (Millfield School)
5 Rory McKnight (CC) (Wellington College)
6 Fred Kempton (Beechen Cliff School)
7 Ed Elliot (Marlborough College)
8 Alex Ridgway (Beechen Cliff School | Burry Port RFC)

09 Isaac Mears (Beechen Cliff School)
10 James Linegar (Kingswood School)
11 Harry Walker (Beechen Cliff School | Bath RFC)
12 Declan Treacey (CC) (Beechen Cliff School)
13 Jack Harrison (Beechen Cliff School)
14 Julian Nunn (Beechen Cliff School)
15 Henry Derwent (King Edward's School | Bath RFC)

16 Bruno Skinner (Beechen Cliff School)
17 Adrian Mes (Downside School | Ealing Trailfinders RFC)
18 Leo Oldham (Beechen Cliff School| Lytchett Minster Rugby Club)
19 Henry Ball (Beechen Cliff School | Oldfield Old Boys RFC)
20 Henry Sui (Beechen Cliff School | Salisbury Rugby Club)
21 Aidan Pugh (The Piggott School | Rams RFC)
22 Max Hooper (Beechen Cliff School | Oldfield Old Boys RFC)
23 Will Corbett (Wellington College, Henley RFC)

 

[Which Tyler]

From a fan who was there

49-14 FT.
In my very amateur view, Bath forward domination has delivered a good platform for a variety of tries. Good possession, accurate and organised. Bris have looked spirited in the backs and gone close a few times but inaccurate in comparison.
Place kicking all good from both teams. Bris subs made a difference up front in the set piece but not enough to change the game.

 

[Which Tyler]

Saturday 18th January
Bristol Bears v Gloucester – 3pm
Newcastle Falcons v Northampton Saints – 3pm
Saracens v Exeter Chiefs – 1pm

Sunday 19th January
Harlequins v Bath – 3.30pm
Yorkshire Academy v Sale Sharks – 2.45pm


Bath:
1 Adrian Mes (Downside School | Ealing Trailfinders RFC)
2 Fred Cartwright (Beechen Cliff School | Bradford on Avon RFC)
3 Codi Purnell (Millfield School | Gilfach Goch RFC)
4 Teddy Skinner (Bishop Wand Church of England | Portsmouth RFC)
5 Rory McKnight (CC) (Wellington College)
6 Fred Kempton (Beechen Cliff School | Melksham Rugby Club)
7 Ed Elliot (Marlborough College | Swanage & Wareham RFC)
8 Alex Ridgway (Beechen Cliff School | Burry Port RFC)

09 Isaac Mears (Beechen Cliff School | Bath RFC)
10 James Linegar (Kingswood School)
11 Harry Walker (Beechen Cliff School)
12 Declan Treacey (CC) (Beechen Cliff School | New Miilton RFC)
13 Jack Harrison (Beechen Cliff School)
14 Julian Nunn (Beechen Cliff School | Royal Wotton Bassett RFC)
15 Henry Derwent (King Edward's School | Bath RFC)

16 Oscar Thomas (Wellington College)
17 Frankie Foster (King Edward's School | Bradford on Avon RFC)
18 Charlie Dawe (Beechen Cliff School | Corsham RFC)
19 Henry Ball (Beechen Cliff School | Oldfield Old Boys RFC)
20 Henry Sui (Beechen Cliff School)
21 Aidan Pugh (The Piggott School | Rams RFC)
22 Max Hooper (Beechen Cliff School | Oldfield Old Boys RFC)
23 Will Corbett (Wellington College | Henley RFC)

Bolded are changes from last week
The game will shown live on Harlequins' YouTube.

 

[Which Tyler]

 

[Which Tyler]

Forgot about this on Sunday/
First 90 seconds are all Bath, collect their own kick-off, stretch quins side to side, but one offload too many when playing with a penalty advantage.
Then a nasty looking injury to (I think) George Chandler (Quins 3) - stretcher on, and delay is 20 minutes and counting - hope he's okay, looks like he hurt himself in the tackle.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Interesting Leicester have Martin Johnson's son starting on the flank and Sam Vesty's lad is playing for us not Northampton

 

[Which Tyler]

Interesting Leicester have Martin Johnson's son starting on the flank and Sam Vesty's lad is playing for us not Northampton

Have you got something for this weekend?
I'm not even seeing a fixture list, let alone team announcements.


ETA: Found one - no matches this week, presumably you're just catching up then

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Have you got something for this weekend?
I'm not even seeing a fixture list, let alone team announcements.


ETA: Found one - no matches this week, presumably you're just catching up then

I guess it's a friendly for us


V Saracens