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Waiting List
1. pullthestrings
2. Bathite

Maori game wasn't it?

1. Marler
2. Gray
3. Harden
4. Robson
5. Parling
6. Clark
7. Dowson
8. Guest

9. Dickson
10. Burns
11. Benjamin
12. Barritt
13. Trinder
14. Sharples
15. May

Parling over Garvey?!

The partnership wouldn't work but Id have Parling and Robson over Garvey as the uncapped locks. Garvey is more a 4 though and there isn't many better about, I was just selecting on uncapped.

Guys doing tactics first thing tomor mornin - got called into an afternoon meeting and still in it!

Dowson uncapped thankfully. He is 30 and utter garbage. He is the banahan of
The forwards utterly pointless player.


When do predos finish as I can't get on until new years day??

Off for the new year, have a good one guys!!

You too Propus!!!!

Stop picking on poor Dowson Matt lol

Looks more like Ashton is looking to move:


http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/16354540.stm

Ashton is on the move - he's going to sign for Saracens, all but signed up - his best mate is Joel Tomkins and he wants to go there because of the Wigan link.

Am contemplating selling Chris Ashton but I do need a massive deal for him...

Teams for Leicester v Sale at the weekend. I reckon we have half a chance you know. Doesn't look a scary Tigers side.

Leicester Tigers (v Sale Sharks, Welford Road, Sunday 3.30pm)
15 Geordan Murphy (c)
14 Horacio Agulla
13 Matt Smith
12 Billy Twelvetrees
11 Alesana Tuilagi
10 Toby Flood
9 Ben Youngs
1 Martin Castrogiovanni
2 Rob Hawkins
3 Dan Cole
4 Ed Slater
5 Graham Kitchener
6 Steve Mafi
7 Julian Salvi
8 Thomas Waldrom

Replacements
16 George Chuter
17 Boris Stankovich
18 Logoviii Mulipola
19 Ben Woods
20 Tom Croft
21 Micky Young
22 Jeremy Staunton
23 Scott Hamilton

Sale Sharks: 15 Rob Miller, 14 Tom Brady, 13 Johnny Leota, 12 Sam Tuitupou (c), 11 Joaquin Tuculet, 10 Nick Macleod, 9 Dwayne Peel; 1 Alasdair Dickinson, 2 Marc Jones, 3 Tony Buckley, 4 Fraser McKenzie, 5 Andrei Ostrikov, 6 James Gaskell, 7 David Seymour, 8 Andy Powell. Replacements: 16 Andy Titterrell, 17 Vadim Cobilas, 18 Henry Thomas, 19 Kearnan Myall, 20 Mark Easter, 21 Cillian Willis, 22 Andrew Higgins, 23 Will Addison

Be surprised if you win there mate. Likewise us at bath despite their poor form.

Aguila most improved player in prem. very good. Still available also I think

Plays for me i'll have you find!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/england/8900124/South-African-Ernst-Joubert-sights-set-on-England-call-up.html

Another mercenery - but one i wouldn't mind!

Also if you get a chance check out Tom Brady's try v Newcastle. Up there for individual try of the season.

Dan Hipkiss best solo try I reckon....and about 5 of Wades

What happens on this game if the side relegated isn't the one relegated in real life?

If Newcastle get relegated this season and then come up again next season then what happens as we can't have two Newcastle's in the league.

Just give them a different name mate


Easy 3 points for the toon tonight like....

We'll see. No doubt we will muller you to within an inch of death but not be able to score as usual.

Only one game we have deserved to lose this season but we just can't score when it matters.

Having Saurez banned for 8 games won't help. I can see Demba bagging one the boys on fire this year!

I see Demba being signed by a big side soonish tbh

Can't stand Liverpool or Newcastle, wish there was a way they could both lose!

No doubt he will , we've become the Wimbledon of the premier league

When do predo's need to be done by? Haven't even looked at teams/tactics yet

We'll call it 7pm Sunday with it being New Year

I imagine Falcons will be getting beat in about 8mins...

10-0 down after 12mins

Today is a big game for Joe Marler. Up against John Andress and with respect it is a guy who Marler needs to be getting the better of quite convincingly if he has immediate international aspirations. Will be watching very closely.

He'll be helped on the TH by Fairbrother a little more than he is Johnstone. JJ is a monster but can't seem to transfer his bulk into his scrummaging, be awsome when he does though.

8-10.....comeback!

Johnstone's scrumagging has improved this year. I don't remember seeing them get hammered in the scrum this season, except maybe at Worcester untill they took off first choice front row.

Ive seen them get battered numerous times Steve, Tolouse twice being the major standouts

Bloody Foden!!!

They didn't hammer them at the Stoop. Toulouse had an advantage but there is a difference between an advantage and being hammered.

Fairbrother looks garbage so far

Quins getting smashed in the scrum. Toulouse battered them both times imo. Andress taking Marler to the cleaners, Marler great in loose though

Evans been dropped I wonder

And its Fairbrother who is getting the mauling, Marler doing alright in the circumstances

Yea I'm sure they've dropped Easter & Evans lol

I really rate Marler but his scummaging is'nt AP class never mind Int, he's still a boy though he shouldn't be playing Int rugby in the front row at his age.

He needs resting and time to work on power & technique.

He is doing alright today though.

Interesting that 3 of the best club teams of 2011 (Reds, Leinster and Quins) have all operated with a average scrum.

Perhaps shows too much emphasis placed upon a strong scrum.

I think teams adapt a game plan to try and get round having a poor scrum, I don't think that means as an Int side we should pick props that don't scrummage.

There isn't as many scrums in Aus/SH so Reds get a way with a little bit as they're electric everywhere else. A big scrum is a huge weapon in the NH hemishphere, Saints pretty much got to the HC final living off a massive scrum.

Leinster are much stonger than Quins in the scrum.

True but Leinster's scrum is very average when they come up against decent opponents.

Great work from Robson their.

I'm not so sure Steve, leinster hold their own v most. Only really seen them get beat up of Saints last year in that first half. Ross and Healy are strong scrummages.

Massive last 5 for Quins, Cleggs kicking has been woeful.

Robshaw's hands are great....can't believe Clegg nailed that one!!!!

Have a good one fellas.

Tune is at around 3 O'Clock tomorrow as I likely be cursing Leicester Tigers/Referee or praising Sale as the best side since the 74 Lions and giving a highly biased account of Leicester v Sale

Sonny Bill is going back to league according to espn! Sydney Roosters offering him millions to,return. One more season in union.

Good scrum helps win games but wouldn't say it's most important factor as if you have a no8 who handles well, fast passing no9 and good kicking no10 then on own put in you won't struggle. Good thing about rugby is so many different ways you can win a match.

Happy New Year everyone!

The more I see of Jamie Gibson the more impressed I get. Showed he is a very good carrier today.

Bath playing well though. Deserve to be winning.

Buckley and Ostrikov out for Sale. Watch out for Ostrikov in the future. The guy really is a top class player.

didnt think gibson had his best game today

buckland was impressive and garvey made an impact
kennedy dominated lineout well too

donald and classens controlled the game very well

Referee got two scrum penalties wrong so far which is dissappointing.

think you could get even more of a beating than bath gave us today here steve