Aviva Premiership Round 20

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Table:

Pos	Team	__Pld__	__Won__	_Drawn_	_Lost_	__For__	_Against_	__TF__	__TA__	__TBP__	__LBP__	__Pts__
1	Saracens	19	17	0	2	535	284	56	30	8	0	76
2	Northampton Saints	19	14	1	4	475	297	55	25	5	3	66
3	Leicester Tigers	19	13	2	4	449	357	47	32	5	2	63
4	Bath Rugby	19	13	1	5	428	330	42	33	3	2	59
5	Harlequins	19	12	0	7	364	300	36	28	3	3	54
6	Sale Sharks	19	11	0	8	335	323	33	29	2	5	51
7	Exeter Chiefs	19	8	0	11	362	382	33	38	2	6	40
8	London Wasps	19	7	0	12	356	391	35	37	2	9	39
9	Gloucester Rugby	19	7	0	12	345	443	34	48	2	7	37
10	London Irish	19	6	0	13	323	402	30	37	1	6	31
11	Newcastle Falcons	19	3	0	16	212	454	15	51	1	6	19
12	Worcester Warriors	19	1	0	18	257	478	22	50	1	7	12

Fixtures:


Fri 18th Apr 14
19:45 Harlequins  v   Leicester Tigers BT Sport

Sat 19th Apr 14
15:00 Bath Rugby  v   Worcester Warriors
15:00        Exeter Chiefs  v   Sale Sharks
15:15        London Wasps  v   Gloucester Rugby BT Sport

Sun 20th Apr 14
14:00 Northampton Saints  v   London Irish BT Sport
15:00 Newcastle Falcons  v   Saracens

Flood is playing like ar$e. Not sure I like the Quins players complaining at the ref. Prefer to see such things left to the captain or the scrum half.

Is he? He plays flat which on the odd occasion leaves us flat footed but that also brings its advantages as seen when he put slater through.

Too flat. It's not giving us momentum into the attack. Started moving a little ball In hand.

Nice to see Brown is allowed a cheap shot after the whistle. Think Matera gave more than he got in the end though.

The officials in this game are appalling.

Okay, I'm sold on Sinkler. Take him to New Zealand.

WHAT? Penalty try against Tigers. You do not see that everyday

Cracking first half so far - score about right. Real skill on show here.

Yeah cause that was worthy of a penalty try....
Mulipola is struggling to get low and drive in the scrum. Looks like that injury is effecting him. Sinckler having a stormer for Quins.

Pains me to say this, but I think Quins have been the better side here and deserve to be ahead at the break.

Sinckler plays like Dan Cole, before exhaustion and that injury hit him. Great in the scrum, great over the ball and carries hard.

He's put in one hell of a performance, SL definitely will be taking notice.

He has serious potential, a real powerful lad. It would be great to get TH coming through.

I think he's pushing himself ahead of Henry Thomas in the England pecking order every time he takes the field at the moment.

I'd say Sinckler was more like Wilson. Solid up front and carrying around the park. Cole is more technical in the scrum but not much of a carrier.

I think the comparison with Cole is probably more around his work at the breakdown.

Thomas has been dreadful for Sale of late

Dave Ward is having an excellent game for Quins. Real unsung player for them.

As if on cue Ward great through the forwards there

Ward and Sinckler both should be heading down to NZ in the summer.

It was, Cole was winning turnovers for fun a season or two ago.

How is it crossing if you pull the lifter whilst the jumper is coming down?

How is Wigglesworth an AP ref?

Wigglesworth is shocking, but to be fair his ineptness has evened itself out between the two sides so far.

I wish Falcons could play like Quins

Good spot Mr Wigglesworth, I can't believe the 4th missed it

Oh he's ruining the spectacle a little bit but he's not killing it for either team. Though that penalty try was extremely harsh.

Wavey Davey has no clue what is going on up the TMO box.

I really don't think Quins want any more Scrums. Not sure what's happening but Sinckler getting turned every time.

Another cheap shot from Brown. He's having an average game and acting like a real tool. I hope one of the forwards gives him a little tap dance.

Sinckler is getting hammered now, terrible call

Ben Kay is the best commentator around at the moment IMO

Awful awful call just now.
And I know it's been talked about to death, but Brown does need to keep a lid on that anger. He's been perfectly on top of it for a while now, but stuff like that is just stupid and reckless.

Strange game, Wigglesworth has just lost control

How are those two cynical penalties not deserving a yellow card? Good calls by Ben Youngs there to go for the big passes and grab the try.

Nice to hear the Quins fans go quiet for the conversion.

If a player was performing as poorly as Wigglesworth he'd get subbed and given a few weeks off!

Why is the penalty only reversed once? Also why is a swinging arm coming from miles away not a red?

I know these are high tension clashes, and it's nearing the end of the season.
But violent acts like these in two consecutive matches must mean Wigglesworth is doing something wrong?

Surely that should have carried on until it stopped going forward. Like a normal maul. The quick call is done if collapses.

Quins have been rather tetchy this evening even excluding Mr Angry's antics.

Lovely try from Brown, always a threat

Matthews crossing at lineout same as Kitchener earlier.

Nice try from Brown though.

Bloody awful play from Tigers at the minute. Execution is Poopie. Far to many errors.

Not complaining about the score what so ever.

 But Wigglesworth is the worst ref in the league, and needs to be dropped.

 Two big games in a row he has bottled it.

Chirst, hell of a match.

Great game deserved win by Quins

Wigglesworth is really bad, almost as bad as Rose

Tigers were a bit pants really, Quins got far more go forward in a really fragmented game thanks to Wigglesworth. We really created nothing in the second half and our set piece was malfunctioning at times. Home SF is gone now, and we do need to get back on track if we are gonna make the final.

Well deserved man of the match for Care. Not sure why Dawson had Brown in the running he's basically run around scrapping for 79 mins and then finished a two on one. He's lucky to have finished the game. That behaviour makes him a liability England won't need in NZ

Tigers really threw that game away with some stupid mistakes and silly pens. Very frustrating.

Sinckler, well tale of two halves really. Take him to New Zealand and let Rowntree sort out his scrummaging?

Sinkler looked tired in the scrums ayerza got to him but before that Sinkler were really good.