Summer Tournament Round Three

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Round 3

(teams to be named by midnight on Thursday 10th July, predictions by 1800 hours on Sunday 13th July)

Harlequins v Sale Sharks  (Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane)

Harlequins
Manager – Steven_Sharks

01. Steven Kitchoff	09. Karl Dickson
02. Rob Buchanan	10. Steven Myler (k)
03. John Afoa
04. George Kruis	11. Topsy Ojo
05. Pieter Steph Du Toit	12. Dan Bowden
06. Jamie Gibson	13. Aurelien Rougerie
07. Luke Braid	14. Frank Halai
08. Nick Easter (c)	15. Luke Morahan

16. Brian Byrne 17. Gjorgi Jgenti 18. Kieran Brookes 19. Charlie Matthews 20. Jack Clifford 21. Eric Escande 22. Ihaia West 23. Jonathan Joseph

Sale Sharks
Manager – SJE

01. Ross Harrison	09. Faf De Klerk
02. David Paice	10. Francois Steyn
03. Davit Zirakishvilli
04. Matt Garvey	11. Semesa Rokoduguni
05. Christian Day	12. Anthony Allen
06. Sean McMahon	13. Sibusiso Sithole
07. Matt Todd	14. Keith Earls
08. Luke Whitelock	15. Nick Abendanon

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16. Vasil Kakovin 17. Tommy Taylor 18. Dayan Van Der Westhuizen 19. Mario Itoje 20. Matt Kvesic 21. Kieran Marmion 22. JJ Hanrahan 23. Kyle Eastmond

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Leicester Tigers v Newcastle Falcons (GIO Stadium, Canberra)

Leicester Tigers
Manager – LukeLovesLuka

01. Alex Corbisiero	09. Dwayne Peel
02. Christopher Tolofua	10. Brock James
03. Cencus Johnston
04. Nathan Hines	11. Alex Cuthbert
05. James Horwill (c)	12. Billy Twelvetrees (k)
06. JMF Lobbe	13. Rene Ranger
07. Francois Louw	14. Drew Mitchell
08. Ernst Joubert	15. Mike Brown

16. Chiliboy Ralapelle 17. Andrew Sheridan 18. Dan Cole 19. Kearnan Myall 20. Tom Johnson 21. Kahn Fotauli'i 22. Pat Lambie 23. Matthieu Basteraud

Newcastle Falcons

15.Ben Smith
14.Charles Pitatau
13.Marcelo Bosch
12.Jean De Villers
11.Cory Jane
10.Owen Farrell
9.Nick Phipps

1.Matt Mullen
2.Dane Coles
3.Owen Franks
4.Ed Slater
5.Geoff Parling
6.Dan Lydiate
7.Richie McCaw
8.Immanol Harinordiquy

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Exeter Chiefs v Bath Rugby  (AAMI Park, Melbourne)

Exeter Chiefs 

Manager – Fluxy

01. Wyatt Crockett	09. Nic White
02. Jack Yeandle	10. Marnitz Boshoff
03. James Johnston
04. Patrick Tuipulotu	11. Tom Varndell
05. Michael Paterson	12. Eamonn Sheridan
06. Calum Clark	13. Adam Ashley-Cooper
07. Jacob Rowan	14. David Strettle
08. Carl Fearns	15. James O'Connor (k)

16. Dimitri Szarzewski 17. Richard Barrington 18. Davit Kubriashvili 19. Kane Douglas 20. Gus Jones 21. Chris Cook 22. Toby Flood 23. Lolagi Visnia

Tactics:

• Use of heavy carriers, and mobile support runners in the pack to create forward momentum. 
  
• Phase play with half backs dictating play. Look for territory when need to gain field position.
  
• Counter attack whenever possible.
  

Bath Rugby
Manager – inthefastlane

01. James Slipper	09. Fourie Du Preez
02. Agustin Creevy	10. Charlie Hodgson
03. Ben Tameifuma
04. Luke Romano	11. Christian Wade
05. Sam Whitelock	12. Christian Lealifano
06. Liam Messam	13. Damien De Allende
07. Liam Gill	14. Sitiveni Sivivatu
08. James Haskell	15. Alex Goode

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16. Mikey Haywood 17. Charlie Faumaunia 18. Jake Cooper Wollsey 19. Graham Kitchener 20. Siya Kolisi 21. Richard Wigglesworth 22.  Rob Horne 23. Kurtley Beale

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London Irish v London Welsh  (ANZ Stadium, Sydney)

01. Tom Court	09. Rory Kockott
02. Marc Jones	10. Nick Evans
03. Rhodri Jones
04. Dean Mumm	11. Bjorn Basson
05. Stuart Hooper	12. Luke McAlister
06. Tom  Savage	13. Henry Trinder
07.George Smith	14. Luke Fitzgerald
08. Laurence Pearce	15. Rob Cook

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16. Gerard  Ellis 17. Tom Smallbone 18. Will Collier 19. Jackson Wray 20. David Sisi 21. Neil De Kock 22. Owen  Willliams 23. Harry Robinson

This is my Autumn Internationals squad. Can I have feedback on combo's, weaknesses and the impact off  the bench please.

London Welsh

01. David Kilcoyne	09. Ben Spencer
02. Dave Ward	10. Francois Trinh-Duc
03. Brian Mujati
04. George Skivington	11. Nemani Nadolo
05. Alun Wynn Jones (c)	12. Kyle Godwin
06. Victor Vito	13. Michelle Campagnaro
07. John Barclay	14. Sean Maitland
08.  Tom Guest	15. Jesse Mogg (k)

16. Koree Britton 17. Brett Sturgess 18. BJ Botha 19. Alexandre Flanquart 20. Alexandre Lapandry  21.  Michael Claasens 22. Casey Laulala 23. Clement Poitrenaud

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Saracens v London Wasps  (Allianz Stadium, Sydney)

Saracens
Manager – Pooly

01. Alex Waller	09. Morgan Parra
02. Jamie George	10. Freddie Burns
03. Matius Diaz
04. Bradley Davies	11. Juan Imhoff
05. Patrico Albacete	12. Scott Williams
06. Dave Denton	13. Malaki Fekitioa
07. Heirich Brussow	14. Nathan Earle
08. Nathan Hughes	15. Matt Tait

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16. Ross Batty 17. Max Lahiff 18. JdP 19. Louis Deacon 20. Brad Shields 21. Henry Taylor 22. Bernard Foley 23. George Lowe

- Just feeback on combo's pls lads
- Is Diaz up to AP standard? He has 10 or so caps for Argentina and played a lot of 4N.
- Is Earle good enough to start/bench?

London Wasps
Manager  Ozzy3213

01. Scott Sio	09. Aaron Smith
02. Bismarck du Plessis	10. Aaron Cruden
03. Ben Alexander
04. Sitaleki Timani	11. Bryan Habana
05. Matt Symons	12. Ma'a Nonu
06. Jerome Kaino	13. JJ Englebrecht
07. Steffon Armitage	14. Anthony Watson
08. Duane Vermeulen(c)	15. Delon Armitage

16. Deon Fourie 17. Ben Moon 18. Fraser Balmain 19. Romain Millo-Chluski 20. Luke Wallace 21. Sebastien Tillouse-Borde 22. Henry Slade 23. Paul Jordaan

Tactics

• Standard tactics of a possession based game and looking to through the phases with pace and intesity.
  
• Offloading in or just before the tackle to keep the ball alive and move the opposition defence around.
  
• Blitz defence with scrum half sweeping to cover.
  

Predictions
Would like to know where people see the biggest weaknesses being please.

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Northampton Saints v Gloucester  (NIB Stadium, Perth)

Saints

1. Mako Vunipola
2. Rob Webber (c)
3. Carl Hayman
4. Jonny Gray
5. Courtey Lawes
6. Rhys Ruddock
7. Sam Jones
8. Samu Manoa

9. Joe Simpson
10. Matt Giteau (k)
11. Jordan Williams
12. Matt Toomoua
13. Veneki Goneva
14. Julian Savea
15. Liam Williams

Subs:

16. Rhys Marshall 17. Logi Mulipola 18. Danny Hobbs-Awoyomi 19. Jaques du Plessis 20. Lood de Jager 21. Nikola Matawulu 22. George Ford 23. Elliot Daly

Glos

01. Beast	09. TJ Pernara
02. Joe Grey	10. Dan Carter
03. Juan Figallo
04. Elliot Stooke	11. Charlie Walker
05. Eben Etzbeth  (c)	12. Juan de Jongh
06. Willem Alberts	13. Tevita Kurindrani
07. Ardie Savea	14. Israel Folau
08. Sam Dickinson	15. Israel Dagg

16. LCD17. Guthro Steenkamp 18. Coenie Outshuizen19. George Robson 20. Galan 21. Dan Robson 22. Danny Cipriani23. Hosea Gear

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I really don't mind too much about the results, doesn't bother me

Do you want feedback CJ?

Would love feedback though thanks

Front row - Decent, will often hold own but unsure on Mujati recent form so will get a standard rating.
Locks - Good pairing
Backrow - Again a good trio, Vito probably a slightly stronger 8 than 6 but not an issue at 6

HB's - Spencer needs improving, ok on bench
CE - Nice midfield, esp in summer. Look to throw a big lump in somewhere during winter
B3 - Plenty attacking threat, maybe Pennell in winter

Thanks

That wasn't meant as an attack on you cj, just trying to keep it sort of to the normal league rules

Yeah, didn't see it as an attack, and don't really mind what the scores end up being here, I'd say 30-0 is a tad unfair as I did put in a team but so would just counting the later scores

Maybe call the first ones as 0-0 draws, think it ends with you winnin anyway!!

Quins 23 Sale Sharks 23

Quins take pack but sale take backs ,Rougurie struggled last year for clermount.

Chiefs 27 Bath 23

Chiefs come on 100% and more dynamic about themselves.
London Irish 32 London Welsh 32
Lovely back line CJ

Saracens 29 London Wasps 26
Earle not good enough for AP game , ideal for LV , Parra/Burns great combo. Packs full of boots might need a better jumper in there somewhere. Riaz OK from what i'v seen.

Pete if i was too nit pick it would be watson on wing , needs to play they're regular to be rated for me.

Saints 22 Gloucester 27

Saints lack balance in front 5 , grey opposite to his brother and a lineout tech so would not work well with Lawes. best bet is Lawes/De Jager

What are your thoughts of my line up driver?

Should be ok for AIs mate , I'd start Wills at 10 over Nev though. Cook , Savage and Hooper hold you back a bit.

Nev's end of season form was pretty good, I expect him to have a good season and on form he's still top class

Cook does not hold you back for me prop. He was great last year and is improved massively.

Had the better of almost every FB he came up against last year. One of our only bright spots last year.

Evans pure class. Back row needs a bit of pace

Cheers guys.

I can knock up results for this evening if thats alright with you Pete  

That'd be grand SJE thanks. Between working lates this week and packing up the house to move on Friday I am seriously pushed for time!

Know the feeling buddy finally got internet yesterday after my move!   

RESULTS:

Harlequins 27 (T:3 C:2 P:3)
Sale Sharks 24 (T:2 C:1 P:4)

Leicester Tigers 25 (T:3 C:2 P:2)
Newcastle Falcons 29 (T:3 C:1 P:4)

Exeter Chiefs 25 (T:3 C:2 P:2)
Bath Rugby 31 (T:4 C:1 P:3)

London Irish 32 (T:4 C:3 P:2)
London Welsh 35 (T:4 C:3 P:3)

Saracens 26 (T:2 C:2 P:4)
London Wasps 30 (T:4 C:2 P:2)

Northampton Saints 24 (T:2 C:1 P:4)
Gloucester 30 (T:4 C:2 P:2)

Bonus: CJB, Matt, Prop, Pete, Driver, Chris, SJE, Pooly & CJ