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Post by SirJohnnyEnglish Sun 22 Jan 2012, 2:36 pm

Team Sheets and tactics due by COB Thur
Predictions open Fri. Results due Sun/Mon



Ospreys v Dragons





London Wasps v Exeter Chiefs
Light Rain Showers, 7 Degrees, 13mph Winds


London Wasps
Manager – ‘Arry

01. Perry Freshwater 09. Martin Roberts
02. Tatafu Polota-Nau 10. Stephen Jones (k)
03. CJ Van Der Linde
04. Steve Mafi 11. Ugo Monye
05. Richard Birkett 12. James Downey
06. Tom Johnson 13. Matt Banahan
07. Deon Stegmann 14. Takudzwa Ngwenya
08. Simon Taylor 15. Chris Wyles

16. Andy Titterell 17. Charlie Beech 18. James Slipper 19. Stuart Hooper 20. Rocky Elsom 21. James Honeyben 22. Steven Myler 23. Tom Williams

Tactics
High intensity and physical, forward orientated game.

Look to our forwards to carry hard and get us onto the front foot where we can bring our strike runners into the game.

Our big centers will suck in Exeter defenders and create space elsewhere for us to exploit.

Look to dominate the collision area and get over the gain line.

Jones to kick in behind Exeter wingers to keep them pinned back in their own half where we can pressurise them.



Exeter Chiefs
Manager – driver - RIP 606

01. Wyatt Crockett09. Jimmy Cowen
02. Damian Valey10.Colin Slade
03. Davit Zirkashvilli
04. Flip Van Der Merwe11. Luke Fitzgerald
05. James Hudson12. Mike Tindall
06. Ben Skirving13. George Pisi
07. Lewis Moody14. Vasily Artemyev
08. Nick Easter (c)15. Iain Balshaw

16. Neil Clark 17.Brett Sturgess 18.Dave Wilson 19. Simon Shaw 20.Johnnie Beattie 21.Haydn Thomas 22.Ronan O'Gara 23.Horace Aguella

- Keep the ball in the tight and grind wasps down using the boots of Slade , Tindall and Pisi to ping Wasps in there half.

- Use our scrummaging front row to keep the scrum up and driving on when it's Wasps feed.

- Cowen to dictate the tempo and test the Wasps line with snipes , service and high hanging box kicks.

- Cowen and Slade will play what is in front of them and use what they have outside them with Tindall making the headway in the backs and Fitz, Arty and Balshaw running into the wide channels.




Saracens v Worcester Warriors
Light Rain Showers, 7 Degrees, 13mph Winds


Saracens
Manager – Ozzy3213

01. Alex Corbisiero09. Morgan Parra
02. Gary Botha10. Francois Trinh-Duc
03. Adam Jones
04. Dave Attwood11. James Short
05. Rynhardt Elstadt12. Seilala Mapusua
06. Alessandro Zanni13. Owen Farrell
07. Thierry Dusautoir (c)14. Andrew Trimble
08. Alex Gray15. Alex Goode

16. Scott Lawson 17. Max Lahiff 18. Phil Swainston 19. Graham Kitchener 20. Luke Narraway 21. Francois Hougaard 22. Nevin Spence 23. Patric Lambie

Tactics

Our generic gameplan revolves around a high intensity attacking and defensive game.

In attack our primary gameplan is always to control possession and run the ball, utilising big carriers attacking gaps in the line, and looking to offload to support runners to continue getting over the gainline and keep the ball alive. If the offload is not on, we will take the contact and look to recycle quickly at the breakdown. If running the ball is not on we will uitilise the kicking game of one of our backs to take us into the right area of the pitch.

In defence we will look to blitz, with our scrum half sweeping behind the defensive line. Key for us is line speed, getting up to make the tackle before the ball carrier hits the gainline, and confidence and trust in the man next to you in the defensive line, meaning we will not jump out or get pulled to far away from the next defender leaving gaps that can be exploited.

At the breakdown, we will not overcommit players. If the ball is not there to be won, then we will commit 1 or 2 players to legally slow it down whilst maintaining a strong defensive line across the pitch. If the ball looks like it is there to be won, we will look to get more numbers there quickly, with the first 1 or 2 players immediately rucking past the ball to clear the opposition players who are trying to get hands on it, and the next man in will then look to get it out quickly for us to counter attack on turnover ball.

We will look to really attack the scrum, both in attack and defence. We will not be looking to drop the scrum at all, and Thierry Dusautoir in his role as captain will be talking to the referee constantly to ensure that he is aware that we want to scrummage. We will look to be aggressive in this area throughout.



Worcester Warriors
Manager – prop_lyd

01. David Flatman09. Byron Kelleher
02. Michael Mayhew 10. Nicky Robinson
03. BJ Botha
04. Jim Hamilton11. Marcel Garvey
05. Ollie Kohn12. Pat McCabe
06. Kearnen Myall13. Jon Clarke
07. Craig Newby (c)14. Shane Williams
08. Ben Morgan 15. Chris Paterson (k)

16. Richardt Strauss 17. George Porter 18. Chris Budgen 19. Danie Russouw 20. Ben McCalman 21. Dwayne Peel 22. Morne Steyn 23. Sam Vesty

Tactics
*We have picked a big team to look to counter them upfront.
*Robinson will pull the strings from 10 and look to pin them back.
*We have a pack full of jumpers who will put pressure on their lineout.
*Front row to look for scrum advantage.
*Backrow to be all over the place with Morgan making the hard yards.
*Quick ball at all times for McCabe to get on the front foot.
*Shane and Garvey to look for work and Paterson to look to put pressurising kicks out and take points when possible.
*Use bench as and when.
*Play attractive rugby but try to bring them down to our level.
*Defend blitz-banana with Kelleher looking to snipe on loose balls and also to run when gaps are there.




Bath Rugby v Northampton Saints
Light Rain Showers, 7 Degrees 11mph Winds


Bath Rugby
Manager – inthefastlane
01. Cian Healy 09.Fourie Du Preez
02. Joe Ward10. Charlie Hodgson
03. Euan Murray
04. Donnacha O’Callaghan11. George North
05.Tim Swinson12. Maxime Mermoz
06Sean O’Brien13. Anthony Allen
07.Will Skinner 14.Aurelien Rougerie
08. JMF Lobbe15. Maxime Medard
16. Jon Golding 17. Kevin Mealamu 18. Davit Kubrashvilli 19. Louis Deacon 20. James Haskell 21. Richard Wigglesworth 22. Dominick Waldouck 23. Kurtley Beale

Tactics
  • 10 wins in 11 games have left us with great momentum and feeling confident. With one of these wins over the opposition, away from home, we feel we have a huge psychological edge.

  • We feel we can really get an advantage at scrum time with Healy and Murray looking to get a strong hit in. If we experience success in the scrum we will look to take that option

  • Our backrow is one filled with carriers who we feel can really get over the gain line and make good yards. In Skinner we have a player who can cause real problems at the breakdown and we will look to slow Saints ball down by getting numbers down.

  • Look to put pressure on Giteau who is not the same player he once was.

  • FDP will be looking to put pressure on Saints with his box kicking abilities. He will look to put the ball in behind the bath wingers. Unless we experience real success we will only use this seldomly. JMF Lobbe will lead the chase.

  • Our back five are deadly with the ball and we will really look to get them involved. North, Rougerie, Allen and Mermoz will all be used to make good yards with their runs. We will look to get Medard into one on one opportunities as we feel he has the beating of most players in the world.

  • Our bench can really add to our team in the second half. We have strong scrummagers, good carriers and players capable of magic.




Northampton Saints
Manager – Dammit_Chris

01.Matt Mullen 09. Mike Phillips
02.Dylan Hartley 10.Matt Giteau (k)
03.Carl Hayman
04. Ali Williams11.Siti Siviatu
05. Patricio Albacete (c) 12.Wesley Fofana
06. Courtney Lawes 13.Manu Tuilagi
07.Akapusa Qera 14.Elliot Daly
08.Sergio Parisse 15. Ben Foden

Subs: 16. Mike Haywood 17. Matt Stevens 18. Thomas Domingo 19. Dan Lydiate 20. Bradley Davies 21. Joe Simpson 22. Danny Cipriani 23. Matt Hopper

Tactics:

* strong forward orientated game with a strong scrum and will look to attack the Bath scrum. We Willnusenthe line out as a platform to attack Bath with Albecete, Lawes, Wiliams and Parisse all options. Will look for quick off the top ball to release our backs.

* very strong defensive team, picked Lawes and Qera in backrow to knock Bath ball runners down before they get a head of steam.

* Strong at breakdown and will target this area in a similar vein to how Leinser/Munster do - hitting them at pace and clearing people out the way. Have Mike Phillips and Manu Tuilagi who can add to this.

* Look to dictate tempo of the game through the pack and be more physical than Bath - control ball, work through phases and then attack at pace with the backs - Giteau and fofana combination will be very good. All back three are on top form and Daly has been nailing some wonder tries of late! Can score from anywhere and will attack Bath at every opportunity.

* target attacks at two points Hodgson's channel with big ball carriers to get us order the gain line and then target Anthiny Allen who isn't a natural 13 and could be prone to defensive lapses with fast attacks.

* keep scoreboard ticking over and have Daly to take shots at goal from 45metres + out




Newcastle Falcons v Sale Sharks
Sunny Intervals, 6 Degrees, 14mph Winds


[quote="Sgt_Pooly"]Newcastle Falcons
Manager – Sgt Pooly

01. Alex Waller09. Sarel Pretorious
02. Andrew Hore10. Toby Flood
03. Craig Mitchell
04. Brad Thorn(c) 11. Miles Benjamin
05. Geoff Parling12. James O’Connor
06. Kelly Brown13. Ben Williams
07. Heinrich Brussow14. Ben Smith
08. Toby Faletau15. Fran Steyn

16. Tom Lindsay 17. Owen Franks 18. Boris Stankovich 19. Ed Slater 20. Guy Mercer 21. Jonny Arr 22. Nick Evans 23. Adam Ashley-Cooper


Tactics

- Fast, intense, attacking rugby
- Use set piece as a platform to unlease backline
- Target breakdown and Pretorious to attack with turnover ball, Brussow/Hore/Brown to slow Sale attacks
- Big carries from Thorn/Brown/Faletau to draw in Sale defence and create gaps for JOC
- JOC to rotate as 1st reciever with Flood and give 2nd playmaking option
- Steyn to come into the line and target Sale 10/12 channel with physical threat



Sale Sharks
Manager – SJE

01. Nathan Catt 09. Ben Spencer
02. Guilleme Guirado 10. Aaron Cruden
03. Neemia Tialata
04. Stephen Sykes 11. Sam Smith
05. Christian Day 12. Olly Barkley
06. Peter O'Mahony 13. Yann David
07. Matt Todd 14. Lelia Masaga
08. Wycliffe Palu 15. Nick Abendanoon

16. Imolek 17. Sharman 18. Kruger 19. Jones 20. Kvesic 21. Bezy 22. Goode 23. Earls

General Game Plan

On attack, we will look to control possession with our strong carrying game. We will look to our big carriers to get over the gain line and where possible offload to support runners breaking the defensive line and keeping our forward momentum going. If running the ball is not on we will look to the boots of Spencer, Cruden and Barkley to put us in the right areas.

On defence, we will use a blitz defence coming up at pace looking to isolate the ball carrier before he gets to the gain line stopping any momentum and allowing us to hit the breakdown hard. Spencer will act as a sweeper to cover any grubbers behind the line while our back three will sit deep ready to run back any loose kicks.

At the breakdown, if the ball looks available we will look to seriously commit numbers to clear the ruck allowing POM and Todd to come in and secure us turnover ball. At all other times we will commit 1 or 2 to the breakdown and look to counter ruck legally slowing down Falcons ball allowing our defensive line more time to set.

At scrum time we will look to hold the bind up and get the ball straight out to Palu at the back of the scrum. With 5 jumping options and a reliable thrower at hook we will look to attack from the lineout. We will look to mix things up bringing the ball down into the maul or playing the ball of the top and spreading it through the backs.




Harlequins v Leicester Tigers
Light Rain Showers, 8 Degrees, 12mph Winds


Harlequins
Manager – Steven_Sharks

01. Ceri Jones09. Karl Dickson
02. Fabio Ongaro10. Freddie Burns (k)
03. Brian Mujati
04. Erik Lund11. Cedric Heymans
05. Charlie Matthews12. George Lowe
06. Carl Fearns13. Johann Sadie
07. Luke Wallace14. Joe Rokocoko
08. Chris Henry (c)15. Peter Hynes

16. Chris Brooker 17. Matias Aguero 18. Ruadirhi Murphy 19. George Skivington 20. Jamie Gibson 21. Jano Vermaak 22. Rory Clegg 23. Gonazalo Canale

Tactics

Use experienced and powerful pack to secure set piece ball and then unleash backs. Young exciting half backs and centres to feed the experienced finishers outwide.

Quick tempo key to our game with forwards carrying hard and punching holes and getting us quick ball to send wide.

Forwards to disrupt on opposition ball and make the ball available to opposition slow. Aim to put in big hits around the breakdown where carriers will be static.

Very strong scrummaging front row is backed up by a big second row. Aim to put in big pressure hear. Fearns, Henry and Wallace all very competent at breakdown and will look to hurt opposition hear.



Leicester Tigers
Manager – LukeLovesLuka

01. Andrew Sheridan09. Dimitri Yachvili (k)
02. Stephen Moore10. Brock James
03. Dan Cole
04. Samu Manoa11. Alesana Tuilagi
05. Pascal Pape12. Yannick Jauzion
06. Tom Croft13. Brian O'Driscoll (c)
07. Matt Everard14. Vincent Clerc
08. Ernst Joubert15. Rob Miller
16. Gethin Jenkins 17. Lee Mears 18. Johnny Harris 19. Tom Denton 20. Jordan Crane 21. Chris Cusiter 22. Dave Walder 23. Casey Laulala

Tactics

- Game is built around our powerful setpiece, intelligent midfield and flying back three. We will use the scrum and lineout as weapons.

- Attack the lineout as much as we can using the tactical kicking of Yachvili and James. Croft to be our banker ball, but we will also use Joubert, Manoa and Pape.

- Call for scrums when we can if we are getting the advantage we expect to. Joubert to look to control from the base.

- Look to Joubert, Manoa, Pape, Everard, Sheridan, Moore and Croft to give us real go-forward with their carrying.

- Use Tuilagi/Manoa off the shoulder of the half back's crashing down the 10/12 channel.

- Everard is the man charged with reaching the breakdown first, securing first phase possession for us and pilfering the possession of Quins. We will always look to attack quickly off turnover ball.

- Yachvili and James are given license to play the game as they see it. We do ask that they use our lineout ability to put pressure on Quins, so a kicking game will be employed, but if they see an opportunity to attack out wide - that is their call.

- Our back three are encouraged to do what they do best - counter attacking and running the ball back. All have good boots to rely on if it isn't on or they are isolated, but the counter is what we ask them to look for.

- Early on Yachvili to kick all penalites within range, but we won't necessarily go for the 3 points as the game progresses. O'Driscoll to make the call dependant on the success of the lineout.




Scarlets v London Irish
Heavy Rain Showers, 8 Degrees, 16mph Winds


Scarlets
Manager – Nigel Davies

01. Phil John09. Gareth Davies
02. Kirby Myhill10. Aled Thomas
03. Simon Gardiner
04. Sione Timani11. Dale Ford
05. Damian Welch12. Adam Warren
06. Mathew Gilbert13. Sean Lamont
07. Jonathan Edwards14. Liam Williams
08. Kieran Murphy15. Dan Evans

16 Emyr Phillips 17 Rhodri Jones 18 Rhys M. Thomas 19 Dominic Day 20 Richie Pugh 21 Rhodri Williams 22 Daniel Newton 23 Lee Rees

Tactics



London Irish
Manager – stnick88

01. Jean Baptiste Poux09. Julien Dupuy
02. Rory Best 10. Matthew Morgan
03. WP Nel
04. Dean Mumm 11. Marland Yarde
05. Mouritz Botha 12. Mathieu Bastereaud
06. David Sisi 13. Gonzalo Tiesi
07. Steffon Armitage 14. Bjorn Basson
08. Xavier Rush 15. Anthony Watson

16. Darren Fearn 17. James Buckland 18. Soane Tonga'uhia 19. Nick Kennedy 20. Kieren Roche 21. Ruan Pienaar 22. Matthew Tait 23. Juan Martin Hernandez

We have picked a powerful team full of experienced internationals and hungry youth players to steam roll the Scarlets. They are missing a bag ful of first teamers including the spine of their team in Rees, Morgan, Shingler, Priestland, Jones.

We will look for domination upfront to allow our backs to run in the tries. We will look to turn over ball as much as possible and get over the gain line frequently to put Scarlets on the back foot.

Morgan will play what is infront of him and look for sniping runs and to get Basson, Yarde and Watson in space.

Morgan to kick all pens for goal and go for touch if out of range. Pienaar and Hernandez on in 2nd half to control proceedings and see the game out




Gloucester Rugby v Cardiff Blues
Light Rain Showers, 8 Degrees, 13mph Winds


Gloucester
Manager – anonmattyt

01. Coonie Ousthuizen
09. Lewis
02. Adriaan Strauss 10. Donald
03. Julian White
04. James Hanks 11. Vainokolo
05. Palmer
12. Hape
06. Fasivalu
13. Tuitopu
07. Hazell
14. May
08. Johnson
15. Muliana

16 Payne 17 George 18 Harden 19 Robson 20 Bonnaire 21 Genia 22 Mills 23 JSD

Glaws tactics

As usual high tempo forwards win the battle and create platform to attack for the backs. huge scrummaging effort and great clean set pieces. Look to use centres runnig hard up the middle to create space for backrow.

Bench to take game away to BP




Cardiff Blues
Manager – Justin Burnell

01. Nathan Trevett09. Rhys Downes
02. Ryan Tyrrell10. Rhys Patchell
03. Ryan Harford
04. Cory Hill 11. Harry Robinson
05. James Down12. Cory Allen
06. Josh Navidi13. Adam Thomas
07. Rhys Shellard14. Richard Mustoe
08. Luke Hamilton 15. Dan Fish

16 Marc Breeze 17 Jamie Corsi 18 Tom Davies 19 Matthew Screech 20 Ellis Jenkins 21 Lewis Jones 22 Lewis Williams 23 Owen Williams

Tactics








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Post by Guest Sun 22 Jan 2012, 4:12 pm

1. Coonie ousthuizen
2 Adriaan Strauss
3. Julian White
4 James Hanks
5 Tom Palmer
6 Fasivalu
7 Hazell
8 AJ
9 Lewis
10 Donald
11 Vainokolo
12 Hape
13 Tuitopu
14 May
15 Muliana
16 Payne
17 George
18 Harden
19 Robson
20 Bonnaire
21 Genia
22 Mills
23 JSD

Glaws tactics

As usual high tempo forwards win the battle and create platform to attack for the backs. huge scrummaging effort and great clean set pieces. Look to use centres runnig hard up the middle to create space for backrow.

Bench to take game away to BP


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Post by Driver Sun 22 Jan 2012, 5:01 pm

Armytryev 4 tries in 2 games since joining Exeter - Signing of the season i would say!

Anyway here's the team

Exeter Chiefs
Manager – driver - RIP 606

01. Wyatt Crockett09. Jimmy Cowen
02. Damian Valey10.Colin Slade
03. Davit Zirkashvilli
04. Flip Van Der Merwe11. Luke Fitzgerald
05. James Hudson12. Mike Tindall
06. Ben Skirving13. George Pisi
07. Lewis Moody14. Vasily Artemyev
08. Nick Easter (c)15. Iain Balshaw

16. Neil Clark 17.Brett Sturgess 18.Dave Wilson 19. Simon Shaw 20.Johnnie Beattie 21.Haydn Thomas 22.Ronan O'Gara 23.Horace Aguella

- Keep the ball in the tight and grind wasps down using the boots of Slade , Tindall and Pisi to ping Wasps in there half.

- Use our scrummaging front row to keep the scrum up and driving on when it's Wasps feed.

- Cowen to dictate the tempo and test the Wasps line with snipes , service and high hanging box kicks.

- Cowen and Slade will play what is in front of them and use what they have outside them with Tindall making the headway in the backs and Fitz, Arty and Balshaw running into the wide channels.



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Post by Steven_Sharks Sun 22 Jan 2012, 6:27 pm

Do we still have different EQ rules in the Anglo Welsh cup?

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Post by Driver Sun 22 Jan 2012, 6:27 pm

Nope its just 10 with 5 starters
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Post by SirJohnnyEnglish Sun 22 Jan 2012, 6:37 pm

Welsh opposition and conditions up thumbsup

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Post by Steven_Sharks Sun 22 Jan 2012, 6:44 pm

Harlequins
Manager – Steven_Sharks

01. Ceri Jones09. Karl Dickson
02. Fabio Ongaro10. Freddie Burns (k)
03. Brian Mujati
04. Erik Lund11. Cedric Heymans
05. Charlie Matthews12. George Lowe
06. Carl Fearns13. Johann Sadie
07. Luke Wallace14. Joe Rokocoko
08. Chris Henry (c)15. Peter Hynes

16. Chris Brooker 17. Matias Aguero 18. Ruadirhi Murphy 19. George Skivington 20. Jamie Gibson 21. Jano Vermaak 22. Rory Clegg 23. Gonazalo Canale

Tactics

Use experienced and powerful pack to secure set piece ball and then unleash backs. Young exciting half backs and centres to feed the experienced finishers outwide.

Quick tempo key to our game with forwards carrying hard and punching holes and getting us quick ball to send wide.

Forwards to disrupt on opposition ball and make the ball available to opposition slow. Aim to put in big hits around the breakdown where carriers will be static.

Very strong scrummaging front row is backed up by a big second row. Aim to put in big pressure hear. Fearns, Henry and Wallace all very competent at breakdown and will look to hurt opposition hear.




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Post by SirJohnnyEnglish Sun 22 Jan 2012, 6:53 pm

Sale Sharks
Manager – SJE

01. Nathan Catt 09. Ben Spencer
02. Guilleme Guirado 10. Aaron Cruden
03. Neemia Tialata
04. Stephen Sykes 11. Sam Smith
05. Christian Day 12. Olly Barkley
06. Peter O'Mahony 13. Yann David
07. Matt Todd 14. Lelia Masaga
08. Wycliffe Palu 15. Nick Abendanoon

16. Imolek 17. Sharman 18. Kruger 19. Jones 20. Kvesic 21. Bezy 22. Goode 23. Earls

General Game Plan

On attack, we will look to control possession with our strong carrying game. We will look to our big carriers to get over the gain line and where possible offload to support runners breaking the defensive line and keeping our forward momentum going. If running the ball is not on we will look to the boots of Spencer, Cruden and Barkley to put us in the right areas.

On defence, we will use a blitz defence coming up at pace looking to isolate the ball carrier before he gets to the gain line stopping any momentum and allowing us to hit the breakdown hard. Spencer will act as a sweeper to cover any grubbers behind the line while our back three will sit deep ready to run back any loose kicks.

At the breakdown, if the ball looks available we will look to seriously commit numbers to clear the ruck allowing POM and Todd to come in and secure us turnover ball. At all other times we will commit 1 or 2 to the breakdown and look to counter ruck legally slowing down Falcons ball allowing our defensive line more time to set.

At scrum time we will look to hold the bind up and get the ball straight out to Palu at the back of the scrum. With 5 jumping options and a reliable thrower at hook we will look to attack from the lineout. We will look to mix things up bringing the ball down into the maul or playing the ball of the top and spreading it through the backs.




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Post by 'Arry Spurs Sun 22 Jan 2012, 7:40 pm

London Wasps
Manager – ‘Arry

01. Perry Freshwater 09. Martin Roberts
02. Tatafu Polota-Nau 10. Stephen Jones (k)
03. CJ Van Der Linde
04. Steve Mafi 11. Ugo Monye
05. Richard Birkett 12. James Downey
06. Tom Johnson 13. Matt Banahan
07. Deon Stegmann 14. Takudzwa Ngwenya
08. Simon Taylor 15. Chris Wyles

16. Andy Titterell 17. Charlie Beech 18. James Slipper 19. Stuart Hooper 20. Rocky Elsom 21. James Honeyben 22. Steven Myler 23. Tom Williams

Tactics
High intensity and physical, forward orientated game.

Look to our forwards to carry hard and get us onto the front foot where we can bring our strike runners into the game.

Our big centers will suck in Exeter defenders and create space elsewhere for us to exploit.

Look to dominate the collision area and get over the gain line.

Jones to kick in behind Exeter wingers to keep them pinned back in their own half where we can pressurise them.


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Post by CJB Sun 22 Jan 2012, 11:15 pm

Bath Rugby
Manager – inthefastlane
01. Cian Healy 09.Fourie Du Preez
02. Joe Ward10. Charlie Hodgson
03. Euan Murray
04. Donnacha O’Callaghan11. George North
05.Tim Swinson12. Maxime Mermoz
06Sean O’Brien13. Anthony Allen
07.Will Skinner 14.Aurelien Rougerie
08. JMF Lobbe15. Maxime Medard
16. Jon Golding 17. Kevin Mealamu 18. Davit Kubrashvilli 19. Louis Deacon 20. James Haskell 21. Richard Wigglesworth 22. Dominick Waldouck 23. Kurtley Beale

Tactics
  • 10 wins in 11 games have left us with great momentum and feeling confident. With one of these wins over the opposition, away from home, we feel we have a huge psychological edge.

  • We feel we can really get an advantage at scrum time with Healy and Murray looking to get a strong hit in. If we experience success in the scrum we will look to take that option

  • Our backrow is one filled with carriers who we feel can really get over the gain line and make good yards. In Skinner we have a player who can cause real problems at the breakdown and we will look to slow Saints ball down by getting numbers down.

  • Look to put pressure on Giteau who is not the same player he once was.

  • FDP will be looking to put pressure on Saints with his box kicking abilities. He will look to put the ball in behind the bath wingers. Unless we experience real success we will only use this seldomly. JMF Lobbe will lead the chase.

  • Our back five are deadly with the ball and we will really look to get them involved. North, Rougerie, Allen and Mermoz will all be used to make good yards with their runs. We will look to get Medard into one on one opportunities as we feel he has the beating of most players in the world.

  • Our bench can really add to our team in the second half. We have strong scrummagers, good carriers and players capable of magic.


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Post by stnick88 Sun 22 Jan 2012, 11:44 pm

shouldnt i be playing cardiff, and gloucester playing scarlets?

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Post by dammit_chris Mon 23 Jan 2012, 8:33 am

Guys as international players are away with their international teams etc, does this mean that they are now unavailable for selection?

Also last year or the year before last was there a rule where you had to have 'x' number of players under 23 or something in this cup or am i confused with another competition we ran?

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Post by Driver Mon 23 Jan 2012, 8:53 am

Available until Monday next week
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Post by dammit_chris Mon 23 Jan 2012, 8:56 am

ok cool - will probably be using this competition as a way to bring through some youngsters.

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Post by SirJohnnyEnglish Mon 23 Jan 2012, 9:21 am

Nick,

ESPN have it down as Glaws-Cardiff and Irish-Scarlets and I made this fixture page when the games were first schedued thumbsup

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Post by stnick88 Mon 23 Jan 2012, 10:06 am

yeh but i have so far played newcastle and quins who are in cardiffs group. scarlets are in my group with leicester and sale and i havent played those two so why would I now play scarlets? thought u played teams who are in a different group.

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Post by SirJohnnyEnglish Mon 23 Jan 2012, 10:10 am

Havent a clue how they work the Anglo Welsh out mate I've just taken the fixtures as they were given

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Post by LukeLovesLuka Mon 23 Jan 2012, 10:10 am

Leicester Tigers have named their side to play Quins this week.

Tigers manager LukeLovesLuka continues to rotate his squad, as he names a completely different XV for the second week running.

Tigers are a side in some seriuos form, having won 10 of their last 11 games, and the side named to play Quins at the Stoop suggests they are intent on keeping that run going.

Leicester Tigers
Manager – LukeLovesLuka

01. Andrew Sheridan09. Dimitri Yachvili (k)
02. Stephen Moore10. Brock James
03. Dan Cole
04. Samu Manoa11. Alesana Tuilagi
05. Pascal Pape12. Yannick Jauzion
06. Tom Croft13. Brian O'Driscoll (c)
07. Matt Everard14. Vincent Clerc
08. Ernst Joubert15. Rob Miller
16. Gethin Jenkins 17. Lee Mears 18. Johnny Harris 19. Tom Denton 20. Jordan Crane 21. Chris Cusiter 22. Dave Walder 23. Casey Laulala

Tactics

- Game is built around our powerful setpiece, intelligent midfield and flying back three. We will use the scrum and lineout as weapons.

- Attack the lineout as much as we can using the tactical kicking of Yachvili and James. Croft to be our banker ball, but we will also use Joubert, Manoa and Pape.

- Call for scrums when we can if we are getting the advantage we expect to. Joubert to look to control from the base.

- Look to Joubert, Manoa, Pape, Everard, Sheridan, Moore and Croft to give us real go-forward with their carrying.

- Use Tuilagi/Manoa off the shoulder of the half back's crashing down the 10/12 channel.

- Everard is the man charged with reaching the breakdown first, securing first phase possession for us and pilfering the possession of Quins. We will always look to attack quickly off turnover ball.

- Yachvili and James are given license to play the game as they see it. We do ask that they use our lineout ability to put pressure on Quins, so a kicking game will be employed, but if they see an opportunity to attack out wide - that is their call.

- Our back three are encouraged to do what they do best - counter attacking and running the ball back. All have good boots to rely on if it isn't on or they are isolated, but the counter is what we ask them to look for.

- Early on Yachvili to kick all penalites within range, but we won't necessarily go for the 3 points as the game progresses. O'Driscoll to make the call dependant on the success of the lineout.

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Post by Ozzy3213 Mon 23 Jan 2012, 10:46 am

Irish are definitely playing the Scarlets this week.
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Post by stnick88 Mon 23 Jan 2012, 10:58 am

I know that, all I'm saying is that so far I have played Quins and Newcastle who are in the same group as Cardiff Blues. So I assumed I would be playing them this week. Scarlets are in my pool and so far I have played no teams in my pool.

Gloucester have played Sale and Leicester so far who are in my pool not theirs, and are now playing Scarlets who are in their group.

I thought I played all the teams from that pool and not any from my own pool.

I may be wrong.


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Post by Ozzy3213 Mon 23 Jan 2012, 11:03 am

It's the pool tables on here that are wrong. Scarlets should be in pool 3 and the Blues in pool 2. OK
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Post by stnick88 Mon 23 Jan 2012, 11:08 am

ah, that would make sense, cheers for that pete.

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Mon 23 Jan 2012, 12:25 pm

Get team in soon

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Post by Ozzy3213 Mon 23 Jan 2012, 1:35 pm

Saracens make 13 changes to the matchday 23 that beat Treviso last week.

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Manager – Ozzy3213

01. Alex Corbisiero09. Morgan Parra
02. Gary Botha10. Francois Trinh-Duc
03. Adam Jones
04. Dave Attwood11. James Short
05. Rynhardt Elstadt12. Seilala Mapusua
06. Alessandro Zanni13. Owen Farrell
07. Thierry Dusautoir (c)14. Andrew Trimble
08. Alex Gray15. Alex Goode

16. Scott Lawson 17. Max Lahiff 18. Phil Swainston 19. Graham Kitchener 20. Luke Narraway 21. Francois Hougaard 22. Nevin Spence 23. Patric Lambie

Tactics

Our generic gameplan revolves around a high intensity attacking and defensive game.

In attack our primary gameplan is always to control possession and run the ball, utilising big carriers attacking gaps in the line, and looking to offload to support runners to continue getting over the gainline and keep the ball alive. If the offload is not on, we will take the contact and look to recycle quickly at the breakdown. If running the ball is not on we will uitilise the kicking game of one of our backs to take us into the right area of the pitch.

In defence we will look to blitz, with our scrum half sweeping behind the defensive line. Key for us is line speed, getting up to make the tackle before the ball carrier hits the gainline, and confidence and trust in the man next to you in the defensive line, meaning we will not jump out or get pulled to far away from the next defender leaving gaps that can be exploited.

At the breakdown, we will not overcommit players. If the ball is not there to be won, then we will commit 1 or 2 players to legally slow it down whilst maintaining a strong defensive line across the pitch. If the ball looks like it is there to be won, we will look to get more numbers there quickly, with the first 1 or 2 players immediately rucking past the ball to clear the opposition players who are trying to get hands on it, and the next man in will then look to get it out quickly for us to counter attack on turnover ball.

We will look to really attack the scrum, both in attack and defence. We will not be looking to drop the scrum at all, and Thierry Dusautoir in his role as captain will be talking to the referee constantly to ensure that he is aware that we want to scrummage. We will look to be aggressive in this area throughout.
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Post by Sgt_Pooly Mon 23 Jan 2012, 1:50 pm

Newcastle Falcons
Manager – Sgt Pooly

01. Alex Waller09. Sarel Pretorious
02. Andrew Hore10. Toby Flood
03. Craig Mitchell
04. Brad Thorn(c) 11. Miles Benjamin
05. Geoff Parling12. James O’Connor
06. Kelly Brown13. Ben Williams
07. Heinrich Brussow14. Ben Smith
08. Toby Faletau15. Fran Steyn

16. Tom Lindsay 17. Owen Franks 18. Boris Stankovich 19. Ed Slater 20. Guy Mercer 21. Jonny Arr 22. Nick Evans 23. Adam Ashley-Cooper


Tactics

- Fast, intense, attacking rugby
- Use set piece as a platform to unlease backline
- Target breakdown and Pretorious to attack with turnover ball, Brussow/Hore/Brown to slow Sale attacks
- Big carries from Thorn/Brown/Faletau to draw in Sale defence and create gaps for JOC
- JOC to rotate as 1st reciever with Flood and give 2nd playmaking option
- Steyn to come into the line and target Sale 10/12 channel with physical threat

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Post by dammit_chris Mon 23 Jan 2012, 2:02 pm

Northampton Saints Team
Manager Dammit Chris

01.Matt Mullen 09. Mike Phillips
02.Dylan Hartley 10.Matt Giteau (k)
03.Carl Hayman
04. Ali Williams11.Siti Siviatu
05. Patricio Albacete (c) 12.Wesley Fofana
06. Courtney Lawes 13.Manu Tuilagi
07.Akapusa Qera 14.Elliot Daly
08.Sergio Parisse 15. Ben Foden

Subs: 16. Mike Haywood 17. Matt Stevens 18. Thomas Domingo 19. Dan Lydiate 20. Bradley Davies 21. Joe Simpson 22. Danny Cipriani 23. Matt Hopper

Tactics:

* strong forward orientated game with a strong scrum and will look to attack the Bath scrum. We Willnusenthe line out as a platform to attack Bath with Albecete, Lawes, Wiliams and Parisse all options. Will look for quick off the top ball to release our backs.

* very strong defensive team, picked Lawes and Qera in backrow to knock Bath ball runners down before they get a head of steam.

* Strong at breakdown and will target this area in a similar vein to how Leinser/Munster do - hitting them at pace and clearing people out the way. Have Mike Phillips and Manu Tuilagi who can add to this.

* Look to dictate tempo of the game through the pack and be more physical than Bath - control ball, work through phases and then attack at pace with the backs - Giteau and fofana combination will be very good. All back three are on top form and Daly has been nailing some wonder tries of late! Can score from anywhere and will attack Bath at every opportunity.

* target attacks at two points Hodgson's channel with big ball carriers to get us order the gain line and then target Anthiny Allen who isn't a natural 13 and could be prone to defensive lapses with fast attacks.

* keep scoreboard ticking over and have Daly to take shots at goal from 45metres + out


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Post by stnick88 Mon 23 Jan 2012, 2:43 pm

London Irish
Manager – stnick88

01. Jean Baptiste Poux09. Julien Dupuy
02. Rory Best 10. Matthew Morgan
03. WP Nel
04. Dean Mumm 11. Marland Yarde
05. Mouritz Botha 12. Mathieu Bastereaud
06. David Sisi 13. Gonzalo Tiesi
07. Steffon Armitage 14. Bjorn Basson
08. Xavier Rush 15. Anthony Watson

16. Darren Fearn 17. James Buckland 18. Soane Tonga'uhia 19. Nick Kennedy 20. Kieren Roche 21. Ruan Pienaar 22. Matthew Tait 23. Juan Martin Hernandez

We have picked a powerful team full of experienced internationals and hungry youth players to steam roll the Scarlets. They are missing a bag ful of first teamers including the spine of their team in Rees, Morgan, Shingler, Priestland, Jones.

We will look for domination upfront to allow our backs to run in the tries. We will look to turn over ball as much as possible and get over the gain line frequently to put Scarlets on the back foot.

Morgan will play what is infront of him and look for sniping runs and to get Basson, Yarde and Watson in space.

Morgan to kick all pens for goal and go for touch if out of range. Pienaar and Hernandez on in 2nd half to control proceedings and see the game out


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Post by prop_lyd Wed 25 Jan 2012, 9:59 pm


01. David Flatman09. Byron Kelleher
02. Michael Mayhew 10. Nicky Robinson
03. BJ Botha
04. Jim Hamilton11. Marcel Garvey
05. Ollie Kohn12. Pat McCabe
06. Kearnen Myall13. Jon Clarke
07. Craig Newby (c)14. Shane Williams
08. Ben Morgan 15. Chris Paterson (k)

16. Richardt Strauss 17. George Porter 18. Chris Budgen 19. Danie Russouw 20. Ben McCalman 21. Dwayne Peel 22. Morne Steyn 23. Sam Vesty

Tactics
*We have picked a big team to look to counter them upfront.
*Robinson will pull the strings from 10 and look to pin them back.
*We have a pack full of jumpers who will put pressure on their lineout.
*Front row to look for scrum advantage.
*Backrow to be all over the place with Morgan making the hard yards.
*Quick ball at all times for McCabe to get on the front foot.
*Shane and Garvey to look for work and Paterson to look to put pressurising kicks out and take points when possible.
*Use bench as and when.
*Play attractive rugby but try to bring them down to our level.
*Defend blitz-banana with Kelleher looking to snipe on loose balls and also to run when gaps are there.

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Post by dammit_chris Thu 26 Jan 2012, 7:24 am

Will do some basic tactics first thing tomorrow morning guys - got meetings starting now and then a swanky awards do in the City so don't expect to be on at all today.

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Post by prop_lyd Thu 26 Jan 2012, 11:15 pm

Think I may struggle to predict until sat eve/sunday sorry guys
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Post by SirJohnnyEnglish Fri 27 Jan 2012, 11:30 am

Predictions open

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Post by Steven_Sharks Fri 27 Jan 2012, 12:53 pm

London Wasps 15 - 17 Exeter Chiefs

Packs about even. Scrum will be a good contest with some powerful and experienced scrummagers. More creation in the Exeter backs and I don't think the Wasps crash ball will be particularly successful against to solid Exeter centres. Ngwenya the danger man for Wasps and a very astute signing.

Saracens 24 - 20 Worcester

Marginal scrum advantage to Saracens with Jones getting joy out of Flatman. I think Myall will take some ball off Saracens at the lineout and the 2nd row's will have a titanic clash with experience v youth. Dusatoir to have a some joy in the back row. Backs are fairly even across the board.

Bath 26 - 27 Northampton

Scrum to Saints just about and they have the better lineout as well. Lawes isn't a 6 and will count against Saints with a strong Bath back row. Packs just about go to Saints overall. Not much give in the backs at all with some world class players on show. This is a very tough game to call.

Newcastle 21 - 19 Sale

Scrum goes to Sale I think with looseheads even but Tialata stronger than Mitchell. Locks are also even as they are tough to separate. Back rows are even with the Sale back row is perfectly balanced. Half backs just to Newcastle but not much between them. Good game.

Scarlets 6 - 26 London Irish

Bit of a thrashing here. Scarlets missing a lot of good rugby players and it costs them. Good Irish side with some good young players involved.

Gloucester 32 - 3 Cardiff Blues

Same story. Blues severely weakened and its cost them big time.

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Post by Guest Fri 27 Jan 2012, 1:00 pm

i dont think i could lost my game if i put the backs in the forwards and vice versa. worst cardiff side i have ever seen

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Post by Steven_Sharks Fri 27 Jan 2012, 1:06 pm

I don't recognise most players and I know more about the Blues than I do most other Pro12 sides.

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Post by Driver Fri 27 Jan 2012, 1:37 pm

Saracens 30 Worcester 23
Bath 20 Northamton 14
Newcastle 23 Sale Sharks 20
Quins 15 Leicester 16
Scarlets 20 London Irish 22
Gloucester 70 Cardiff Blues 6
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Post by SirJohnnyEnglish Fri 27 Jan 2012, 1:58 pm

London Wasps 15-20 Exeter Chiefs


Good even scrum battle but theres a bit more to the Chiefs side in the back 5 of the pack and they should get on top in the forwards and with some good form and a bit nore spark in the backs should win this one.



Saracens 23-18 Worcester Warriors


Sarries with an edge throughout the pack should see more of the ball here. Backlines are tight with Worcester stronger in midfield but Sarries in the back 3. Sarries halfbacks will do more with the ball they get though and should take this one.



Bath Rugby 28-21 Northampton Saints


Fairly even pack battle here. Bath with the stronger halfbacks and a very dangerous back 3. Saints midfield will see a lot of ball but Bath at home with th stronger halfbacks should see this one through.



Harlequins 14-16 Leicester Tigers


Very strong Tigers outfit on show should get an edge at scrum time and at the breakdown. Youth v Experience somewhat in the backs but Tigers should take this one with the pack on show and Yach pulling the strings



Scarlets 9-26 London Irish


Way too much on show from Irish here in key positions and they should see a comfortable day in Wales



Gloucester Rugby 34-12 Cardiff Blues



Same as Irish game.



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Post by Sgt_Pooly Fri 27 Jan 2012, 2:55 pm

Wasps 22-24 Exeter

Good game this one and some good match ups. Think Exeter have a little more physicallity in the pack and will give their halfbacks some good clean ball. Tight one but Exeter sneak through.

Saracens 25-21 Worcester

I think Sarries just have the edge in the pack and that will give them good front ball to attack with. Some form issues in both sides but Sarries are strong at home and come away with the win.

Bath 26-23 Northampton

Really tight game, scrum battle edges to Bath with Hayman's lack of form and lacking a bit of grunt in the engine room. Very strong lineout options for Saints though and they'll have joy here. I love Saints midfield but Bath's run them close and have the better halfbacks/back 3/bench on show to sneak it.

Harlequins 15-22 Leicester Tigers

Tigers front 5 are a class above and have some serious power to push Quins around. Close backrows and some real quality on show. Tigers backs a level up, not sure of Lowe at 12 and up against Yannick will struggle. Luke taking this a lot more seriously than Steve I think and they'll contol this.

Scarlets 12-28 Irish

Little early for Morgan to be thrown in but he'll get an armchair ride throughout.

Gloucester 55-6 Blues

i can't see anything but a total floor wiping here.

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Post by stnick88 Fri 27 Jan 2012, 3:05 pm

Wasps v Exeter
- Close game, tight upfront. think the chiefs half backs is a good combo and could edge it for them. pisi and balshaw on good form in the back line.
20-22

Saracens v Worcester
- Sarries have mixed it up well, with youth and experience and class. Think they can get the upper hand upfront and allow Mapusua and Farrell front foot ball to thrive off.
25-21

Bath v Saints
- Both teams going in strong here. Class throughout. Cannot separate sorry.
28-28

Falcons v Sale
- Another top game here in the LV, tough to separate but at home think Falcons pack sneak it with a great backrow. Bit more class in falcons back line wins them the game.
25-22

Quins v Tigers
- Tigers have put out the stronger outfit and have more spark in their side. Quins youngsters will be looking to impress though and at home it will be tight.
15-17

Gloucester 69-3 Cardiff
- yep.


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Post by dammit_chris Fri 27 Jan 2012, 6:26 pm

Wasps 19 - 15 Exeter
Two teams setting their stalls up very similar, think Stephen Jones could well be the deciding factor here as both sets of packs very similar, would give the slight edge in dynamism to Wasps - but not sure how either team will get through the oppositions defence, espc the midfield. So its down to the boot and game management - exp of Jones edges it.

Saracens 27 - 23 Worcester
Very good sides put out by both, think Sarries edge it in terms of more threat in the backline. Cant quite see where that spark of magic will come from for Worcester to get tries, but very good pack will cause Sarries some problems.

Falcons 27 - 24 Sale
Tough to call, but the match day squad overall edges to Pooly and he's got some great subs to bring on and change the game. O'Connor is a special talent and playing him at 12 is going to cause a lot of teams a lot of problems, though not sure the balance is quite there yet in that back line, so will be close as SJE's team probably gel together more but lack the class of some of Pooly's players.

Quins 29 - 31 Tigers
Interesting one this - don't think Tigers will be that impressive at the breakdown, which gets this game close because I think if they had some better dark arts people they could have got a bigger win here, but a youthful and eager Quins team will up their game and I think actually get the upper hand at the breakdown because of the combinations. There is just a bit too much power in the pack and some very strong runners out wide for Tigers who are obviously taking this cup v seriously.

Gloucester 58 - 5 Cardiff
See any comments from Mat's team in Europe for explanation.

Scarlets 9 - 28 Irish
Too much power and Scarlets will get run ragged in second half.

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Post by LukeLovesLuka Fri 27 Jan 2012, 7:19 pm

London Wasps 20 - 18 Exeter Chiefs

Massive battle up front. Slight edge to Wasps. Packs in general quite even, particularly back five. CHiefs take the HB's, but are hindered by Tindall. Nice back line from Wasps, Chiefs great form back three. Home advantage and slight set piece upperhand sees Wasps take this.


Saracens 25 - 19 Worcester

Scrum advantage to Sarries with Jones getting on top of Flatman. Back rows very tight, maybe just edge to Worcester with a nice unit. HB's to Sarries with the combo, but beyond there fairly even. At home Sarries have enough.


Bath 26 - 27 Northampton

Tight in the scrum, edge to Saints maybe but only just. Better second row as well, and real athletic back row. But Bath have some huge carriers. One apiece in the HB's, with Saints taking the centres and Bath the back three. I think Saints have picked a strong enough side to nick the win here.


Newcastle 25 - 20 Sale

Slight edge to Sale in the scrum. Locks are about even, but Newcastle's back row is very dangerous and gets the upperhand for me. HB's are really difficult to call, maybe edge to Newcastle. But behind that Newcastle the stronger for me. Comfortable in the end.


Scarlets 9 - 39 London Irish


Gloucester 47 - 6 Cardiff Blues



Last two terribly one-sided.

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Post by CJB Fri 27 Jan 2012, 8:19 pm

Wasps 20–24 Exeter
Absolutely monster battle in the scrum. Think Exeter have a little bit extra in the back row and the backs. Both have good benches but feel that Exeter have more players who can close out the game.

Saracens 28-26 Warriors
Saracens have picked a beastly set of forwards and world class half backs which gives them the edge. Think Warriors stay in it with their grinding and their bench pulls it back near the end.

Newcastle 25–19 Sale
Think a key factor in this game will be Brussow. Think he will win a lot of ball for Newcastle who can use their backs to really dominate.

Quins 16-23 Tigers
Think Luke is taking this quite seriously and can really see them picking up quite a straight-forward win.

Scarlets 8-32 Irish
Irish coast this.

Gloucester 49-6 Cardiff
Gloucester coast this.

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Post by 'Arry Spurs Sat 28 Jan 2012, 10:43 am

Saracens 24 - 21 Worcester Warriors
Newcastle 19 - 18 Sale Sharks
Quins 28 - 29 Leicester Tigers
Bath 24 - 25 Northampton Saints
Scarlets 10 - 20 Tigers
Gloucester 49 - 9 Cardiff

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Post by Guest Sat 28 Jan 2012, 11:11 am


Saracens 24 - 21 Worcester Warriors warriors will compete yet struggle to score tries
Newcastle 19 - 16 Sale Sharks sale edge scrum falcons bench seal the game
Quins 28 - 29 Leicester Tigers tigers experience edges it. Yachvilli controls.
Bath 24 - 25 Northampton Saints saints edge it in last minute. Good options
For both teams Saints clean out bath lineout
Scarlets 10 - 50 Irish one way traffic
Wasps 21-21 Exeter hard to call Exeter have some players like pisi who will cause problems

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Post by SirJohnnyEnglish Sat 28 Jan 2012, 1:32 pm

Ospreys v Dragons





London Wasps 21-25 Exeter Chiefs


Tries: Monye, Mafi
Conversations: Jones
Penalties: Jones (3)


Tries: Easter, Fitzgerald (2)
Conversations: Slade (2)
Penalties: Slade (2)

Saracens 36-21 Worcester Warriors


Tries: Gray, Trimble, Goode, Spencer
Conversations: Parra (2)
Penalties: Parra (4)


Tries: Williams, Morgan, McCabe
Conversations: Robinson (3)
Penalties:

Bath Rugby 28-28 Northampton Saints


Tries: North
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Post by SirJohnnyEnglish Sat 28 Jan 2012, 1:33 pm

No bonus for Pete and Prop. Half bonus for Driver and Arry. Full bonus everyone else thumbsup

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Post by prop_lyd Sat 28 Jan 2012, 11:35 pm

Yeah sorry guys....think I put I'd struggle to predict till now?! Just had a hectic weekend....ended up working after rugby today!!
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