Week 19 - Aviva Premiership Round 11

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Week 19 - Aviva Premiership Round 11

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Team Sheets and tactics due by Saturday (20:00)
Predictions due till Tuesday (20:00)

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Leicester Tigers v Bath Rugby
Unsettled, with showers, 12 degrees, 13mph

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Leicester Tigers
Manager – Sgt_Pooly

01. Marco Ayerza	09. Danny Care
02. Tom Youngs	10. Toby Flood
03. Martin Castrogiovani
04. Richie Gray	11. Christian Wade
05. Geoff Parling	12. Berrick Barnes
06. Tom Croft	13. Manu Tuilagi
07. Sam Warburton (c)	14. James O’Connor
08. Thomas Waldroum	15. Geordan Murphy

16. Rob Hawkins 17. Julian Wite 18. Boris Stankovich 19. Ed Slater 20. Jacques Cronje 21. Sam Harrison 22. Billy Twelvetrees 23. George Lowe

Tactics

In the damp conditions we’ll be looking to play a high tempo game and limit the offloading with the greasy ball. We’ll be looking for big carries from our pack to free up space around the fringes for out talented backline to work in.

We will look to set a tone in the set piece with our big scrummaging front 5 and will look for the squeeze from the off. Parling will lead the line and we will look to target the opposition's throw with Croft/Gray marshalling the front/middle of the line. We'll use big carries from our pack to draw in the opposition defence with Care marshalling and looking for gaps to exploit around the fringes. Gray will play things simple as he's still bedding into the set piece but with Parling leading the line there's little pressure on him here.

Warburton & Croft will target the breakdown with Care sniping around and playing flat to the line to allow Barnes & Manu space to run into. JOC will come looking for the ball in midfield and link up with Manu causing problems in the opposition midfield. We'll look to refresh pack around
60mins + and keep up the intensity.

- Look to play in right areas of pitch and use Flood/Barnes to keep Bath pinned back & force them to run
- Strong hits and fast line to force knock ons and look to dominate scrum
- Look to get Castro at Beech from off and target throughout
- 3 WC jumpers in Croft/Parling/Gray look to dismantle Bath lineout and starve of good ball
- Control set piece and look to wheel Bath round giving JOC/Manu space to work in

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Bath Rugby
Manager – Bathite

01. C.Beech	09. C.Cook
02. L.Mears	10. S.Vesty
03. O.Franks
04. J.Muller	11. O.Woodburn
05. R.Caldwell	12. F.Steyn (k)
06. C.Fearns	13. C.Laulala
07. F.Louw (c)	14. T.Biggs
08. S.O'Brien	15. I.Dagg

16. A.Perenise 17. R.Batty 18. J.Golding 19. G.Skivington 20. M.Lund 21. M.McMillan 22. S.Donald 23. M.Banahan

TACTICS TBC

General
In poor handling conditions, the kicking game will be crucial and with Vesty, Steyn and Dagg, we have three of the best. We want to make sure that we play rugby in the opposition half and force handling errors, where we can attack the scrum and use the boot of Steyn to keep the scoreboard ticking over. Use the physicality of our pack to our advantage, keeping the ball tight in the middle section of the pitch to retain possession and build a platform to attack from. In our third clear to touch and challenge for the ball at lineout.

Vesty and Steyn to ensure we play sensible rugby in the right areas, kicking long for touch in our 22, using the up and under in the centre of the pitch and delicate grubbers in behind centres to chase and force kickable penalties.

Steyn leads the rush defence, with Louw/Fearns flying up to cramp FH for time and space and ensuring he takes the ball deep behind the gainline and starving their outside backs of ball.

Forwards
* Picked a very physical pack to make sure that we defend strongly and smash over the gainline. O'Brien to lead pack from base of scrum making hard yards and setting up the ruck for Louw and Fearns to clear out. SOB to mark Waldrom in defence.
* At the lineout, Muller's return is timely and he will look to dominate the lineout, as he has done previously.
* Louw is a breakdown specialist and will look to stay on his feet at the ruck and slow opposition ball down. Fearns and Lund to guard to the fringes of the ruck
* Use ball carriers of Franks, Louw, Caldwell, O'Brien, Lund, Fearns to make hard yards up the pitch and draw defenders into the ruck area, looking to create space around the fringes for Laulala to exploit
* Steyn to crash it up in the 10/12 channel to test defence of Barnes and Flood. Big hits early on both of these two to intimidate and set the tone

Backs
* Dagg given free rein in attack, looking to come into the line either side of Laulala. Laulala to look for the half gap with power and offload (only if on), with the pace of Biggs and Woodburn on their shoulder to make the break
* Vesty to take the ball flat on the gainline, drawing defenders and buying time and space for Steyn in the 2nd playmaker role. Steyn not afraid to bosh it up if nothing on and set up the ruck.
* Vary the point of attack with 10/12 interchanging, look to keep it unpredictable on the gainline + difficult to defend against. Use the inside pass with forward runners of Franks, Caldwell, SOB to keep the inside shoulder honest and force the 10 to make tackles.
* Get Laulala on the ball early on and encourage a very pacy back three to run off his shoulder. Only offload if it is on, otherwise, crash it up and use SOB, Fearns, Caldwell to clear out and Louw to secure.
* In the second half, bring on Banahan for a huge physical threat. Encourage him to run into the centre channel early on and test a tired defence.

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London Irish v Gloucester Rugby
Showers, 15 degrees, 12mph

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London Irish

Manager – Pullthestrings

01. Max Lahiff	09. Darren Allinson
02. James Buckland	10. Daniel Bowden
03. Euan Murray
04. Steve Mafi	11. Tom Homer (k)
05. Nick Kennedy	12. Jamie Noon
06. Jamie Gibson	13. Regan King
07. David Pocock (c)	14. Topsy Ojo
08. Tom Guest	15. Delon Armitage

16. William Servat, 17. Paulica Ion, 18. Gethin Jenkins, 19. Tom Palmer, 20. Imanol Harinordoquy, 21. Joe Simpson, 22. Shane Geraghty, 23. Paul Diggin

Tactics
We've picked a side for the conditions today, looking to gain advantage in the set piece to create a solid foundation to work from. It will be a simple game plan, executed well. In the showery conditions, we'll keep it simple, using our piston system and look to use our running power to get over the gain line. We'll use the boot sensibly play position. If it's on, we'll trust in our handling ability and have a go.

- Use the set piece as a weapon to dictate the game. We have big players on the bench to ensure we keep the dominane for the full game.

- Look to really gain confidence and stability at scrum time. Quick ball to Bowden if we're stable, Harinordoquy to pick and go if it's messy

- In the lineout, we'll dominate. Opt for full lineouts in their half to tie in their pack and try to initiate a rolling maul to give the backs more time.

- Target the breakdown for possible turnovers, with Pocock staying strong on his feet. When they arise, lets use them to our advantage. If the back three are sparse, look to kick for territory. If there are mis-matches, lets have a go.

- Be disciplined at the breakdown, with a guard and bodyguard at every breakdown to stop those easy yards around the fringes. No excuses here.

- Allinson gets the nod at scrum half and will look to play territory. Between him and Bowden we'll make sure we play rugby in their half.

- Use the piston system Irish have developed so well. Big runners off Bowden to give us real go forward, inside and outside runs.

- For slow ball, look to get outside their guards and bodyguards to suck in more and more forwards at each breakdown. This will give more time to the backs.

- Key emphasis on defence with a great balance in midfield between Noon and King. Rush up fast and close down their space, forcing errors and playing into our set piece advantage

- Homer to go for points at every opportunity.We can have a pop from anywhere in their half. Make them scared to give away penalties in their half, thus giving us more time at the breakdown.

- We have a fantasic bench at the ready. Players like Jenkns, Palmer, Harinordoquy, Simpson and Geraghty to come on and make an impact.

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Gloucester

Manager – prop_lyd

01. Nick Wood	09. Rory Lawson
02. Darren Dawiduk	10. Freddie Burns (k)
03. Adam Jones
04. Alex Brown	11. JSD
05. Sam Whitelock	12. EFS
06. Alistair Strokosch	13. Henry Trinder
07. Akapusi Qera	14. Charlie Sharples
08. JVN (c)	15. Pat Lambie

16. Matais Cortese 17. Rupert Harden 18. Yann Thomas 19. Tom Savage 20. Andy Hazell 21. Dave Lewis 22. Mike Tindall 23. Iain Balshaw

Tactics
Two big wins for us and we are now targetting the 6th spot to get into the Heiniken Cup! We expect a tough forwards battle and will come at them. We haveplayers hitting good form especially the JVN, Jones and Savage. With Burns we have a player at 10 who can make the inspirational breaks. We expect to win this match and none of our players are safe so need to impress.

Forwards
*Get the inital hit and look for the second shove on the scrums, the front row will look to turn them inside out and their main target will be to clear out the rucks for quick ball
*Dominate the lineouts with 4 jumpers starting and 2 more to come on, the 2nd rows will look to be physical and Whitelock'll look to link with the back row, Brown will come on to take apart a tired lineout.
*Backrow to carry strong throughout the game and to run off the back line giving them further options.
*Look for turnovers and use Qera's hard hitting and Strokosch's to do this and slow their ball, JVN will provide the link to the back line and we will look at a 8-9-15 move off the base of the scrum.
*Use the bench with impact subs in all positions with Hazell coming on on the hour to hit tired defence at the breakdown.

Backs
*Quick ball to Burns who will look to pin them back initally before releasing EFS and Trinder off of quick 2nd phase ball or slow 4th phase ball to run at disorganised defences.
*Centres to run straight and hard and to look to offload to back 3 or back row support, Trinder will look to target tired forwards with angles.
*Back 3 to go hunting for the ball and use their angled running to slice through the defence, high balls will be used to get space and give Clark the opportunity to run, Morgan will pick and choose his runs and, when with the ball in own half will sometimes look at up and unders.
*Hard blitz banana defence with a backrower on Burns’ shoulder to look to get the first hit and turnover, Lawson/Lewis will act as a sweeper.
*Use the bench: Lewis: fresh, sniping legs, Tindall: experience and hard running at tired defences, Balshaw: a calm head in excellent form.

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London Wasps v Newcastle Falcons
Heavy showers, 14 degreess, 12mph

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London Wasps
Manager – Stnick88

01. Tim Payne	09. Karl Dickson
02. Chris Brooker	10. Jimmy Gopperth
03. Nicolas Mas
04. Ross Filipo	11. Tom Varndell
05. Richard Birkett	12. Jordan Turner-Hall
06. Pedrie Wannenburg	13. Jonathan Joseph
07. Julien Salvi	14. Leigh Halfpenny
08. Sergio Parisse	15. Mike Brown

16. Zak Taulafo 17. Ben Broster 18. Andy Titterell 19. James Cannon 20. Michael Lipman 21. Charlie Davies 22. Nicky Robinson 23. Joe Ansbro

Tactics

- We will play a territorial game, and use Gopperths boot to get us playing in the right areas of the pitch.
- All penalties will be kicked for goal by Gopperth, long rangers by Halfpenny.
- We will look to make a lot of carries with Parisse, Wannenburg, Salvi, Brooker, JTH all making inroads.
- Salvi will look to combat Brussow at the breakdown and make his presence felt.
- We will not aimlessly kick away, and if space is spotted, use the pace of JJ, Halfpenny, Brown and Varndell.
- We will look to test the Falcons back 3 with Gopperth kicking in behind and putting up high balls. We will look to pressurise Abendanon and try and expose any defensive frailties.

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Newcastle Falcons

Manager – Fluxy

01. Alex Corbisiero	09. Ruan Pienaar (K)
02. David Paice	10. Tom Heathcote
03. David Wilson
04. James Hudson (C)	11. Adam Thompstone
05. Louis Deacon	12. Tom May
06. Jerome Kaino	13. Dominic Waldlouck
07. Hienrich Brussow	14. Luke Fielden
08. Alex Gray	15. Nick Abendanon

16. Tom Mercey 17. Grant Shiells 18. Chris Whitehead 19. Simon Shaw 20. Jonathan Poff 21. Joel Hodgson 22. Seb Stegmann 23. Suka Hufanga

Tactics
Our game plan is based upon a high intensity attacking game, and a solid defence with competition at the breakdown against the opposition, hunting for turnovers. In the wet conditions we will play a simple territorial game using the clever kicks from the boots of Pienaar and Hodgson to pin the opposition in their half. Pienaar will dictate the tempo and the direction of the game behind a powerful pack, trying to get us playing in the right areas of the pitch and to make it difficult for the opposition to get out of their half. In early phases we will get big carriers like Kaino and Deacon, off the Pienaar and Heathcote to punch holes down the ten channel to put whoever is at ten off tackling. With the tricky conditions, Pienaar and Heathcote will put boot to ball when within the ten metre mark of our half, anything past that towards their line, we will utilise grubbers and chips behind the defensive line to keep them turning around. In their half, and with quick ball we will release our quick and sharp backs to wreak havoc in an unorganised defence. With our carriers making holes, defenders will have to cover each creating mismatches and oppurtunities for the backs to capitalis upon. Pienaar will kick penalties unless Hudson judges we have an advantage at the lineout. Our coaching team has identified some potential weak links in the Wasps lineup due to long periods of consecutive games; Payne has started 13/19 games, Dickson + Wannenburg have played the last 10 games without a break. We will look to target these areas, to gain an advantage to get the win.

Forwards;


• Lineout - We have a large number of quality lineout jumpers and a very cleverly run lineout with Hudson at the helm. This should be a main focus of possession either from the disruption of opposition ball or just claiming our own, in the wet conditions.
  
  
• Scrums – We possess a powerful front five. And with Deacon behind Wilson we shouldn’t go backwards on any shove. This will create space and time for our 8-9-10. Wasps feed we will look to wheel the scrum so that their 8 and 9 become isolated, and with Dickson tiring this will effect his play.
  
  
• Breakdown - We have selected a very physical and powerful team, and will always work for each other and put their bodies online for one another. Brussow and Kaino will be first to all breakdowns and slow the opposition ball down legally, or turn it over.
  
  
• Defensive line - No more than two players, at rucks on their ball, unless the turnover is on. If they have won the ball we look to get into line and then blitz at the same speed. The scrum-half will sweep, with the fullback also further back - creating three lines of defence.
  
  
• Ball Carrying – In our eight, we don’t lack any ball carrying ability, and in the slippery conditions this can be telling as defenders can slip off tackles.
  
  Backs;
  
  
• Game plan - With the wet conditions, we will play a simple game. Kicking to the corners to pin back the Wasps backs and keep their forwards moving to tire them out. There will be raft of handling mistakes and we will look to capitalise on them.
  
  
• Back three - Thompstone and Fielden will come off the wings to come in the line and to cross the gainline on crash balls. Any kicked ball will be run back to get us back in their half, the back-three have been used to recieving ball under pressure, however if under pressure look to find touch.
  
  
• Penalties - Pienaar will look to take all penalties within his range. His accuracy and power will punish all penalties from Saracens.
  
  Key Points;
  
• Wasps have realisitcally nothing to play for this season. Whereas we have everything to play for, our mindset is on getting a win at all costs. Their minds will be on a beach somewhere.
  
  
• We are a hard to break down, and Wasps will need to be at their best to defeat a team with a cause to fight for.
  

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Northampton Saints v Worcester Warriors
Showers, 14 degrees, 13mph

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Northampton Saints

Manager – SirJohnnyEnglish

01. Soane Tonga'uiha	09. Lee Dickson
02. Richardt Strauss	10. Stephen Myler
03. Paul Doran Jones
04. Courtney Lawes	11. Noah Cato
05. Christian Day	12. James Downey
06. Stephen Ferris	13. George Pisi
07. Tom Wood	14. Scott Armstrong
08. Roger Wilson	15. Ben Foden

16. Alex Waller 17. Mike Haywood 18. Brian Mujati 19. Mark Sorenson 20. Kieran Read 21. Martin Roberts 22. Johnny Sexton 23. Vasily Artemiev

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General Game Plan:

In these conditions the most important thing is to play the game in the right areas. Dickson and Myler will look to use an intelligent kicking game to put us in Worcester territory. When there we will look to attack in groups so as to win the collisions, using our strong carriers to attack gaps and half gaps in the Warriors line, getting us over the gain line and keeping our forward momentum going. We will look to use the offload to support runners only when it is really on so as to retain possession in these conditions.

On defence, we will use a blitz defence coming up at pace looking to isolate the Worcester ball carriers before they can get to the gain line stopping any momentum and allowing us to hit the breakdown harder. Lee Dickson will act as a sweeper to cover any grubbers or chips behind the line while our back three will sit deep ready to cover any kicks down the touch lines.

With the blitz in operation we will look to be at the breakdown first hitting it fast and hard. The first two players on the scene will look to ruck past the ball and clear out the Worcester players providing quick counter attacking ball to be used against a disorganised defense. If the ball does not look available we will not commit to the ruck and look to strengthen the defensive line instead.

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Key Points:

•Home Advantage

With a baying home crowd at the hostile Gardens looking to intimidate both Worcester and the ref, the Warriors will need to be at their very best to win!

•Scrum

We will contest every engagement! On our own feed we will look to get the wheel on and create extra room for our 8-9-10 axis to work in. On Worcester ball we will disrupt the put in looking for penalties or to create rushed poor ball for the Worcester halfbacks.

We feel we have the power to cause Worcester real problems here and will look to the scrum all game particularly in these conditions.

•Lineout

In these conditions we want to keep things simple and use Wood, Lawes and Read as the main jumpers. We will look to bring the ball down into the maul and use the physicality of our pack to make good ground.

•Target the Worcester wings

Dickson and Myler will look to employ low kicks in behind the Worcester wingers and away from the fullback looking for touch where we will always contest looking for the steal or to force rushed clearences from Worcester.

We will test both wingers out, as neither are particularly renowned for their skills under the ball. Myler will look to send some high hanging balls to the corners with runners chasing looking to claim the ball or force the knock on.

•Fringe Defence

We will look to stay tight around the fringes and deny Genia snipping opportunities and force him to continually go to his first receiver. We want to keep Worcester on the backfoot and disrupt all attacking momentum.

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WorcesterWarriors

Manager – InTheFastLane

01. Matt Mullan	09. Will Genia
02. Ed Shervington	10. Dan Carter
03. Tevita Taumoepeau
04. Gerhard Mostert	11. Ugo Monye
05. Graham Kitchener	12. Ma’a Nonu
06. James Haskell	13. Anthony Allen
07. Jake Abbott	14. Marcel Garvey
08. Ben Morgan	15. Luke Rooney

16. George Bee 17. Oliver Tomascyzk 18. James Currie 19. James Percival 20. Sam Betty 21. Jonny Arr 22. Joe Carlisle 23. Matt Hopper

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Sale Sharks v Harlequins
Overcast, 14 degrees, 13 mph

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Sale Sharks

Manager – LondonIrishOllie

01.Andrew Sheridan	09.Scott Mathie
02.Gary Botha	10.Jonny Wilkinson
03.Davit Kubriashvilli
04.Dean Schofield	11.Charlie Amesbury
05.James Gaskell	12.Sam Tuitupou
06.Schalk Burger	13.Jaque Fourie
07.Dave Seymour	14.Tom Brady
08.Richie Vernon	15.Rob Miller

Subs – 16.Marc Jones 17.Vadim Cobilas 18.Logovoi Mulipola 19.Kearnan Myall 20.Andy Powell 21.Ciaran Wills 22.Nick McLeod 23.Jonny Leota

Tactics
Heading into the last game of the season we know staying up is in our hands. A win will do it.
We are looking to use our solid set piece as a base and wilko’s kicking game to get us in the right areas. Our backrow will ensure possession and Sey mour will look to get turnovers.

Lineout – Gaskell, Schofield, Vernon and Burger are all good lineout jumpers so we have plenty of options.

Scrum – Kubriashvilli will look to target Golding and we will look to use the scrum as a weapon.

Maul – We will look to use the maul well and regularly as a method of tying in defenders. We will undoubtedly get some penalties which will be kicked at goal if it is in range.

Scoreboard – We will look to keep the scoreboard ticking over by really maximising our scoring potential by taking points every time we are in the 22.

Fourie will target Payne who has no form to speak of.

At home, in what is a must win game we expect to get the win that will see premiership rugby played at Salford next season.

Mulipola, Powell, Leota and Jones are all great impact subs and because of this in the last 20 mins we expect to pull away

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Harlequins

Manager – Driver

01.Jon Golding	09.Luke Burgess
02.Joe Grey	10.Nick Evans (K)
03.Dan Cole
04. Ollie Kohn	11. Tom Williams
05. George Robson	12. Riki Flutey
06. Chris Robshaw (C)	13. Jared Payne
07. Will Skinner	14. Elliot Daley
08. Nick Easter	15. Adam Ashley Cooper

16.Tom Lindsey 17.Mark Lambert 18.Chris Budgen 19.Charlie Matthews 20.Matt Kvesic 21.Nic Berry 22.Danny Cipriani 23.Hugo Southwell

TACTICS


Harlequins travel to Sale knowing a win is necessary and have given starts to Jon Golding , Dan Cole and Riki Flutey who are all set to play there final games for the club.

- Use the set piece as a attacking weapon and allow us to control the game.

- A big front row on display and well look for dominance at scrum time. Burgess will feed Evans with any quick ball and Nick Easter will clean up any poor ball.

- Use Robson as banker ball and either play it off the top in the middle of the park to get our backs moving and stuffing it up the jumper in there 22 to create space for our backs.

- Target the breakdown with Skinner and Robshaw keeping on there feet over the ball. Initially we will look to go wide and punish a disjointed backline but if the space is behind Evans will ping the ball behind them.

- Be disciplined in the contact using a fan based defence and flooding the field and pushing the Sale players into wide channels allowing for the turnover

- plenty of runners off Evans to give us options on the inside and outside.

- First phase defense from the set piece will be a blitz to limit the line gain from Sale.

- Burgess to sweep behind and cover.

- Evans and Daley to kick the points which will push us ahead and keep the scoreboard ticking over.

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Saracens v Exeter Chiefs
Light showers, 14 degrees, 12mph

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Saracens

Manager – Beshocked

01. Rhys Gill	09. Morgan Parra (K)
02. Schalk Brits	10. Brock James
03. Carlos Nieto
04. Steve Borthwick	11. James Short
05. George Kruis	12. Owen Farrell
06. Kelly Brown	13. Conrad Smith
07. Jacques Burger	14. Chris Wyles
08. Ernst Joubert ©	15. Alex Goode

16. John Smit, 17. Matt Stevens, 18. Mako Vunipola, 19. Mouritz Botha, 20. Jackson Wray, 21. Neil De Kock, 22. Charlie Hodgson 23.Adam Powell


Tactics: TBC

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Exeter Chiefs

Head Coach – Ozzy3213

01. Brett Sturgess	09. Haydn Thomas
02. Bismarck du Plessis	10. Ignacio Mieres
03. Hoani Tui
04. Tommy Hayes (c)	11. Josh Tatupu
05. James Hanks	12. Jason Shoemark
06. Tom Johnson	13. Richard Kahui
07. James Scaysbrook	14. Paul Sackey
08. Richie Baxter	15. Luke Arscott

16. Neil Clark 17. Brett Sturgess 18. Hoani Tui 19. Ally Muldowney 20. Steffon Armitage 21. Kevin Barrett 22. Gareth Steenson 23. Sireli Naqalevuki

Tactics

Our gameplan involves doing everything with a high intensity and asserting ourselves on our opponents, both in attack and defence. We will work as units and play a structured game (as the Chiefs and Saracens do in real life). We will put a lot of emphasis on the set piece, and look to use both as a real platform to play from, whilst not allowing our opponents to do the same. We will also look to use our big ball carriers to attack the gainline whilst having support runners on their shoulders to either take the offload or hit the ruck quickly as appropriate.


Specifics

• Attacking
  
  
• Target the 10 channel – Look to target Brock James and test his defensive abilities with big runners down his channel.
  
  
• Carry close to the ruck – Get big carriers carrying close to the rucks forcing Sarries to make lots of tackles which will tire them quickly, then shift it wide quickly once we have tied defenders in.
  
  
  
• Defensive
  
  
• Blitz Defence - We will look to blitz and stop the Sarries carriers before they hit the gainline. Thomas will sweep in behind the line.
  
  
• Breakdown - We will look to get our back row there quickly and contest for the ball if it's on to be won, but we will not overcommit, instead maintaining a solid defensive line to repel the Sarries ball carriers.
  
  
  
• Key Points
  
  
• Gameplan – Simple gameplan with the right players to be able to effect it perfectly.
  
  
• Momentum – We come in off a good semi final win, whereas Saracens come in off a defeat which may have an effect on them
  
  
• Mental/Physical approach – Saracens season is over. They cannot make the play offs and cannot be relegated. Their players may mentally be on a beach somewhere. Our players are playing for a cup final shirt.
  
  

I know who to bribe now

RESULTS

Leicester Tigers 30 Bath Rugby 17
London Irish 19 Gloucester Rugby 30*
London Wasps 20 Newcastle Falcons 19**
Sale Sharks 30 Harlequins 20
Northampton Saints 30 Worcester Warriors 17
Saracens 23 Exeter Chiefs 21

Top of the table finishes

Leicester Tigers
Northampton Saints
Gloucester Rugby
Bath Rugby

Leaving a semi final draw of

Leicester Tigers vs. Bath Rugby
Northampton Saints vs. Gloucester Rugby


Commiserations to Newcastle Falcons who are potentially relegated with 15 points depending on the Championship rugby play offs which only Bristol can achieve promotion through.

Cheers Driver...

Don't be sad Flux, you put up a real fight of it. Be good to get rid of some of that dead wood at Falcons tbh. Start watching Champ rugby and who you fancy keeping! More exciting getting relegated I think lol

Unlucky Fluxy mate. Made a right go of it. Fair play to Prop for usurping a playoff spo on the last day as well! How do the Heino spots look?

1st.Leicester Tigers - 48pts
2nd.Northampton Saints - 46pts
3rd.Gloucester Rugby - 29pts
4th.Bath Rugby - 28pts
5th.London Wasps - 27pts
6th.London Irish - 25pts

7th. Saracens - 24pts
8th. Exeter Chiefs - 21pts
9th. Sale Sharks - 20pts
10. Harlequins - 18pts
11. Worcester - 16pts
12. Newcastle Falcons (R) - 15s

Yeah Flux, look how it helped me in the other game with Worcester! Shocked I managed to get into 3rd place! Best result ever on these games bring it on SirJ

I'm not too worried, I'm keen to do some wheeling and dealing now.

I've had to control that aspect for the past few weeks!

Final league table lads:
https://www.606v2.com/t20671-aviva-premiership-league-table

Any chance of a recount, I have my game as a 22-22 draw?

I didn't save the Page but will have a look tomorrow morning boss.

Any update on my score?

Doing it now fella

Still works out at

Saracens 23 Exeter Chiefs 21

I have both teams on 169 points with 3 predictions each.

What do you have?

Saracens on 171 with 4 Predictions
Exeter on 167 with with 2 Predictions

Think you've given Sarries the win on ITFL's prediction as he has done what he tends to do quite often and written his home and away teams the wrong way round.

InTheFastLane wrote:Exeter 23-21 Sarries
Prefer Sarries at scrum time but only just and think Exeter will do far more damage in the loose so prefer their forward. Prefer the Sarries 9-10 and think their centre combination is exquisite, still don't get why Beshocked is giving up Farrell but I think they are better here. Don't fancy giving them the win without a gameplan.

So i do Pete my bad. Kid these days predicting the wrong way round.

No worries bud, I've been caught out by it previously when doing the scores as well.

Bonus

Full - Bathite, Pooly, beshocked, Prop, Flux, ITFL, SJE

Half - Driver, Pull

& Oll

So what's the final Exeter score as I'll need to update the table..

23-23 bud

22-22