Tigers vs Barf

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Tigers vs this weekend at Welford Road. Bath will be stinging from their LV Cup Semi Final loss where their strongest available team was beaten by Tigers A League regulars (plus a couple). That should add some spice to an old rivalry which will also be important for both teams as Bath will be hoping to sneak into next years HEC whilst Tigers will want to cement their home semi place and maybe even catch Quins.

So what teams do we want?

My preferred Tigers team:

1.Mulipola
2.T Youngs
3.Castro
4.Skivington
5.Parling
6.Mafi
7.Salvi
8.Waldrom
9.B Youngs
10.Ford - can't afford for Flood to pick up an injury
11.A Tuilagi
12.Allen
13.M Tuilagi
14.Agulla
15.Murphy

Bench: Ayerza, Chuter, Cole, Kitchener, Newby, Harrison, Twelvetrees, Hamilton.

bath on tigers line, Bath held up. Lucky for the tigers.

Tigers havent really switched on yet, very scrappy

tigers have turned the ball out, Harrison clears to cheers from the crowd

sarries 3 - exeter 10
saints 7 - 7 wor

Flood clears and gains about 20 meters, just inside Bath's half

Biggs breaks the tackle, Fearns picks up then tackled and fail to release. Penalty to Tigers.

Looks like Flood has picked up a knock, he then slices then kick.

Flood kicks up high in the air, only goes around 5m. Wind making things difficult. Bath collect and start to attack.

Ref having a poor game so far (according the the commentators).

New 0 - 0 was

Leicester win the scrum, Murphey break's but drop's it!

sale 0 - 7 quins

still 3 - 0 to the tigers here at welford road. Bath player down at the moment.

Bath collapse the scrum again but they get away with it.

Bath knock on again, Tigers scrum.

Tigers putting some phases together just inside Bath's half

Mafi throws a dummy but only gains about 2 meters. Leicester going sideways at the minute. Manu break's free, Tigers looking better here.

the crowd are getting involved, A Tuilagi kicks and chase's, Barkley does well and clears.

Manu break's a couple of tackles but forces into touch. Manu looking good!

11 minutes left of this half.

Commentators pretty much saying Bath are pants now a days

A. Tuilagi gains around 20 minutes, recycled. Waldron gains another 5 meters

Home crowd starting to make some noise

Bath's loosehead turning his shoulder in at every scrum but not being penalised.

free kick to the Tigers taken by Waldrum

waldrom stopped 2m short, recycled and flood charges but a great tackle by barkley. Held up, 5m scrum

sarries 9 - exe 10
sale 3 - 7 quins

problems at the scrum again but bath rescue it

Tigers forwards not making many meters here but Tigers get a penalty bang in front of the posts.

Tigers opt for the scrum

36 on for Flood as he limps off

Bath turn tigers over at the scrum

A.Tuilagi goes on a run, gains around 40 meters.

Chuter knocks on.

Bath now knock on, lots of errors in this game.

penalty to the tigers from the scrum at the half way line. 36 going for the kick.

36 misses, half time tigers are up by 3 to 0

Second half kicks off!

High kickfrom Harrison, Tigers penalised for not rolling away.

Waldrom knocks on, Scrum to bath.

Bath going sideways at the minute then makes about 10 meters but then held up. Scrum to Tigers.

Tigers win the scrum, Manu breaks free again. Ref deems the pass to be forward.

Bath rescue the scrum, bath clear there lines. Murphey counters.

Manu hands off two players and nearly gets a pass out but drops it. Back the advantage tigers.

Lineout taken by the Tigers, Mafi takes it. Tiger's making slow progress into baths half.

Classens offside, advantage Tigers. Think the commentator has just been strangled or spat.

36 gets the penalty, 6 - 0 to the tigers

Ref gets the scrum all wrong again, Bath going backwards and collapse it yet he gives them the penalty.

Barkley gets the kick at goal. 6 - 3 to the tigers with 28 minutes to go.

A. Tuilagi takes the quick throw in!! nearly a bath try! Manu cleans up and kicks it high!

ref missed 2 bath forward passes again.

side note, these are the opinion of the commentators.

TRY!! Allen scores

lovely run by 36 to create it.

13 - 3 to the tigers.