LV Cup Final: Glaws v Falcons

Apparently another competition reaches its conclusion this weekend, however, what the other one is other than the LV Cup. Gloucester has been the losing finalists for the last 2 years and are looking to make it 3rd time lucky. We have been given the choker tag for our previous final performances, where typically we fail to turn up. This time, however, Glaws are in a rich vein of form with a club record of 10 wins on the bounce. Over the last few months we have developed different game plans, so we can chuck the ball around, but we can also go back to our routes of stuffing it up our jumper. Based on form and teams picked Glaws have to be favourites, however...

It is probably only Falcons fans who aren’t surprised by their final appearance and since the loss to Exeter have started playing very doggedly coupled with Gopperth being in excellent form. Newcastle have already beaten Glaws this season (12-6 at KP) where Gopperth bossed the match and the Glaws pack was out-muscled. They are the underdogs and almost have nothing to lose, which makes them a team to be feared.

My prediction for the game is of course a win for Glaws by 10 points!


GLOUCESTER
15 Olly Morgan
14 Charlie Sharples
13 Tim Molenaar
12 Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu
11 Tom Voyce
10 Nicky Robinson
9 Jordi Pasqualin
1 Nick Wood
2 Olivier Azam
3 Rupert Harden
4 Jim Hamilton
5 Alex Brown
6 Akapusi Qera
7 Andy Hazell
8 Luke Narraway (capt)

Replacements:
16 Darren Dawidiuk
17 Yann Thomas
18 Shaun Knight
19 Will James
20 Matt Cox
21 Tim Taylor
22 Freddie Burns
23 Henry Trinder

NEWCASTLE
15 Alex Tait
14 Luke Fielden
13 Tane Tu'ipulotu
12 James Fitzpatrick
11 Luke Eves
10 Jimmy Gopperth
9 Micky Young
1 Jon Golding
2 Matt Thompson
3 Kieran Brookes
4 James Hudson (capt)
5 Andrew Van der Heijden
6 Tim Swinson
7 Brent Wilson
8 Ally Hogg

Replacements:
16 Rob Vickers
17 Grant Shiells
18 James Hall
19 Filipo Levi
20 Mark Wilson
21 Hall Charlton
22 Gcobani Bobo
23 Tom Catterick

Hi HKC! Sorry off topic, but what's it like on here?

I'll be honest, it's a bit quiet! Which I am sure has nothing to do with the quality of my articles!

I am expecting it to become more active when 606 closes though, but I just find it that little bit more frustrating to navigate as you have to go into different menus to find all the threads. Never mind though, I'm sure I'll get use to it!