Friendlies Match Thread

[Ozzy3213]

First topic message reminder :

If you want to organise a friendly against another team for this week let me know and I will put it on this thread. Teams to be in by Friday night and predos open all weekend. If you can predict please do but no worries if you can't. There is no cash for predicting in these games, they are purely for fun. Player restrictions are between you and your opponent to decide. Let me know if you want a match adding to the thread.

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Saracens Academy XV vs. Northampton Saints Academy XV
at Hong Kong Stadium


Saracens (Academy)
Manager – Ozzy3213

01. Steven Kitshoff	09. James Lightfoot-Brown
02. Christopher Tolofua	10. Owen Farrell
03. Frans Malherbe
04. Addison Lockley	11. Milford Keresoma
05. Ruan Botha	12. Patric Lambie
06. Siya Kolisi	13. Jaco Taute
07. Luke Wallace	14. Nathan Earl
08. Alex Gray	15. Jack Nowell

16. Scott Spurling 17. Nick Auterac 18. Phil Swainston 19. Tom Jubb 20. Maro Itoje 21. Matt Hankin 22. Tom Homer 23. Thomas Chapman

Northampton Saints
Manager – Dammit Chris

01. Sebastien Taofifenua	09. Bryn Hall
02 Mike Haywood.	10.George Ford (c)(k)
03.Henry Thomas
04.Joe Launchbury	11. Christian Wade
05. James Craig	12. Ashley Beck
06.Jackson Wray	13. Tomassi Benvenuti
07.Liam Gill	14. Elliot Daly
08. Sam Cane	15. Jack Wallace

16. Motu Matu'u 17. Danny Herriot 18.Mako Vunipola 19. Tom Hicks 20. Ben Nutley 21.Alex Day 22.Tyler Bleyendall 23. Jamie Elliot

Tactics

Fast attacking game controlled by Ford and hoping that the referee doesnt realise that a few over aged players have been sneaked in because I couldnt remember the names of some of the academy players!

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Exeter Chiefs vs. Harlequins
at Estadio Azteca


Exeter Chiefs
Manager – Driver

01.Brett Sturgess	09.Lloyd Williams
02.Chris Whitehead	10.Butch James
03.Craig Mitchell
04.Dean Schofield	11.Tim Visser
05.James Hudson	12.James Downey
06.Rhys Ruddock	13.Darren Cave
07.Phil Dowsen	14.Harry Robinson
08.Rapheal Lakafia	15. Ben Smith

16.Hika Elliot 17.Efion Lewis-Roberts 18.Ben Tameifuna 19.Tim Swinson 20.Luke Narraway 21.Haydn Thomas 22.Tom Catterick 23.Matt Smith


Harlequins
Manager – Steven_Sharks

On a lovely day for running rugby Harlequins have named what they consider to be one of the most exciting teams which could be found on the planet. With the urge to run the ball all day long they are looking to play an entertaining brand of rugby and score some tries.

01. Joe Marler	09. Lee Dickson
02. Schalk Brits	10. Quade Cooper
03. John Afoa
04. Jerome Thion	11. Andre Taylor
05. James Gaskell	12. Florian Fritz
06. Tom Wood	13. Jonathan Joseph
07. Sam Warburton	14. Taku Ngwenya
08. Dave Denton	15. Rob Kearney

16. Rob Hawkins 17. Wyatt Crockett 18. Ben Franks 19. George Kruis 20. Michael Hooper 21. Karl Dickson 22. Chris Feautai Sautia 23. George Lowe

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London Irish vs. Leicester Tigers
at Millenium Stadium


London Irish
Manager – stnick88

01. Matt Stevens	09. Julien Dupuy
02. Tom Lindsay	10. Elton Jantjies
03. WP Nel
04. Matt Garvey	11. Marland Yarde
05. Johann Muller	12. Luke McAllister
06. Marcell Coetzee	13. Mathieu Bastereaud
07. Hendrie Fourie	14. Sailosi Tagicakibau
08. Keegan Daniel	15. Delon Armitage

16. Grant Shiells 17. James Buckland 18. Martin Castrogiovanni 19. Nick Kennedy 20. David Sisi 21. Neil De Kock 22. Shane Geraghty 23. Max Evans


Leicester Tigers
Manager – LukeLovesLuka

01. Andrew Sheridan	09. Sarel Pretorius
02. Tom Youngs	10. Kurtley Beale
03. Brian Mujati
04. Nathan Hines (c)	11. Ugo Monye
05. Alistair Hargreaves	12. Billy Twelvetrees (k)
06. Francois Louw	13. Rene Ranger
07. James Scaysbrook	14. Dom Shipperley
08. Sean O'Brien	15. Clement Poitrenaud

16. Jared Saunders 17. Sebastian Bruno 18. Dan Cole 19. Simon Shaw 20. Jordan Crane 21. Micky Young 22. Rory Clegg 23. Josh Matavesi

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Saracens vs. London Wasps
at Loftus Versfeld


Saracens
Manager – Ozzy3213

01. Alex Corbisiero	09. Francois Hougaard
02. John Smit	10. Francois Trinh-Duc
03. Adam Jones
04. Lionel Nallet	11. Bryan Habana
05. Steve Borthwick	12. Ma'a Nonu
06. Thierry Dusautoir (c)	13. Jonathan Davies
07. Ross Rennie	14. Digby Ioane
08. Duane Vermeulen	15. Luke Fitzgerald

16. Bismarck du Plessis 17. Matt Mullan 18. Jannie du Plessis 19. Rynhardt Elstadt 20. Ben McCalman 21. Morgan Parra 22. Ian Humphreys 23. Mark Cueto


London Wasps
Manager – ‘Arry

01. Benn Robinson (c)	09. Luke Burgess
02. Tatafu Polota-Nau	10. Dan Bowden (k)
03. Carlos Nieto
04. Mouritz Botha	11. Topsy Ojo
05. Dan Tuohy	12. Jamie Roberts
06. Steve Mafi	13. George Pisi
07. Beau Robinson	14. Matt Banahan
08. Nick Easter	15. Mike Brown

16. Sean Cronin 17. James Slipper 18. CJ Van Der Linde 19. Samu Manoa 20. Rocky Elsom 21. Nick Phipps 22. Stephen Jones 23. Joe Ansboro

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[Sgt_Pooly]

"I know you have issues with Dickson Pooly but he is considerably better than Lloyd Williams for my money."

No issues with Dickson at all Steve, think he's a really good scrum half. Im a fan of Williams too that's why I said there's little between them.

[Driver]

Lloyd Williams is a class act at 9 , best service out of all the Welsh 9s.

[Steven_Sharks]

service isn't better than Phillips for me.

[Driver]

He's service is deffo ahead of two step Phillips. Wales would be better if they played Williams at 9.

[Steven_Sharks]

Don't agree with that at all.

[dammit_chris]

Irish 31 - 29 Tigers
Would like to see a bit more grunt in the Tigers backline, bit too much flair for me and you need to get over the gainline and rough it up a bit e.g. a player like Basteroud.

Sarries 25 - 22 Wasps
Even battle up front, though Sarries edge front 3. Would say even all over the rest of the pack though, really like Mafi. Great balance to Sarries backline there.

Exeter 25 - 28 Quins
Really good attacking teams, think Quins are a bit more mobile in the pack/around the park - will be a close game, but Quins have a few more WC players on display - will be all important next season!

[prop_lyd]

Which games are there to predict on? Bit confused!!

[Steven_Sharks]

Saracens academy v saints academy

Exeter v Quins

Irish v Leicester

saracens v Wasps

[prop_lyd]

Sarries 20-24 Quins
Both Looseheads will dominate here, can see Sarries locking out in the locks come scrum time but Saints will win the backrow battle. Two good 10's but can see better ball coming to Ford. Sarries will get some edge in the centres but Saints have the better finishers here.

Exeter 18-20 Quins
Front row to Quins with Exeter edging the 2nd row. 2 big backrows but Warbs will be on top in this game. Like the Exeter half backs and can see Williams giving quicker ball. Big clash in the centres and wings with Exeter's power just not enough, Robinson vs Ngwenya in a foot race would be interesting! Can see the breakdown winning it for Quins.

Irish 30-28 Leicester
Pack to Tigers with Irish getting something from their back row but Tigers dominating at the set piece. I like Beale at 10 but think McAlister will be a better playmaker with quick ball. This match will be down to the wings finishing fast paced moves and feel Irish will score the points here but Tigers will keep it close up front.

Sarries 25-22 Wasps
Pack to Sarries with just a bit more quality however, I really like the balance of Wasps' 4-8. Same in the backs with Sarries having too much here and a better balance.

Anyone fancy a friendly next week?

[Driver]

I will Prop , should be interesting to see how much our teams have come on since last season.

[prop_lyd]

Want to say normal league rules? No tactics?

[Driver]

Yeah sure.

[Ozzy3213]

RESULTS (Done using the scoring system that will be used next season).

Saracens Academy 25 Northampton Saints Academy 28
Exeter Chiefs 24 Harlequins 28
London Irish 26 Leicester Tigers 24
Saracens 30 London Wasps 23

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