Summer Tournament Round Five

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Round 5 (teams to be named by midnight on Thursday 24th July, predictions by 1800 hours on Sunday 27th July)


Harlequins v Bath Rugby  (Liberty Stadium, Swansea)

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Harlequins
Manager – Steven_Sharks

1. Steven Kitchoff
2. Brian Byrne
3. Kyle Sinckler
4. Charlie Matthews
5. George Kruis
6. Jamie Gibson (c)
7. Dan Leavy
8. Jack Clifford
9. Eric Escande
10. Ihaia West
11. Jack Nowell
12. Jan Serfontein
13. Pita Ahki
14. Chris Feauai-Sautia
15. Olly Lindsey- Hague

16. Rob Buchanan 17. Ed Byrne 18. Tadgh Furlong 19. James Chisholm 20. So'atala Fa'aso'o 21.   Luke McGrath 22. Stuart Olding 23. Jason Emery

Who could play in a AP or Heiniken Cup game for me?

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Bath Rugby
Manager – inthefastlane

01. James Slipper	09. Maxime Machenaud
02. Agustin Creevey	10. Rhys Patchell
03. Charlie Faumuania
04. Like Charteris	11. Rob Horne
05. Luke Jones	12. Kurtley Beale
06. Siya Kolisi	13. George North
07. Liam Gill	14. Jamie Elliot
08. Edwin Maka	15. Alex Goode

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16. Richard Hibbard 17. Cian Healy 18. Ben Tameifuma 19. Sam Whitelock 20. Sean O'Brien 21. Fourie Du Preez 22. Christian Lealifiano 23. Stuart Hogg

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Newcastle Falcons v Exeter Chiefs  (Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli)

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Newcastle Falcons

Manager – Driver

01. Matt Mullen	09. Greig Laidlaw
02. George McGuigan	10. Owen Farrell
03. Scott Wilson
04. Yoaan Maestri	11. Charlie Sharples
05. Dom Barrow	12. Luke Marshall
06. Ben Mowen (C)	13. Robbie Fruen
07. Dan Lydiate	14. Max Evans
08. Dave Lewis	15. Rob Miller

16. Rory Best 17.Soana Tonga 18.Matt Stevens 19.Ed Slater 20.Imanol Harinordiquy 21.Will Fraser 22.Nathan Fowles 23.Ben Smith
Tactics:

• Left and right flankers , tackle they're socks off and force turnover by workrate rather than jackle
  
• field position is key , Laidlaw and Faz to put us into Chiefs corners. 
  
• Move the ball when on , Miller to come into 1st reciever to mix attack up.
  Kick Chasers in Evans and Sharples to follow long high kicks.
  

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Exeter Chiefs 

Manager – Fluxy

01. Taniela Tupou	09. Bryn Hall
02. Jack Yeandle	10. Tom Heathcote
03. Alex Lundberg
04. Patrick Tuipulotu	11. Lolagi Visinia
05. Glen Young	12. Eamon Sheridan
06. Carl Fearns	13. Alex Dunbar
07. Jacob Rowan	14. Andrew Trimble
08. Gus Jones	15. Jean Marcel Buttin

16. Dimitri Szarzewski 17. Richard Barrington 18. Davit Kubriashvili 19. Kane Douglas 20. Toby Faletau 21. Chris Cook 22. Marnitz Boshoff 23. Tom Varndell

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.
  

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Sale Sharks v Leicester Tigers  (Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast)

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 Sale Sharks
Manager – SJE

01. Marcos Ayerza	09. Danny Care
02. Benjamin Kayser	10. Johnny Sexton
03. Davit Zirakishvilli
04. Brodie Retalick	11. Simon Zebo
05. Dave Attwood	12. Anthony Allen
06. Steven Luatua	13. George Pisi
07. Matt Todd	14. Semesa Rokoduguni
08. Louis Picamoles	15. Willie Le Roux

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16. Jack McGrath 17. David Paice 18. Rabah Slimani 19. Matt Garvey 20. Matt Kvesic 21. Kieran Marmion 22. Beauden Barrett 23. Kyle Eastmond

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Leicester Tigers
Manager – LukeLovesLuka

01. Alex Corbisiero	09. Kahn Fotuali'i
02. Stephen Moore	10. Brock James
03. Cencus Johnston
04. Nathan Hines	11. Alex Cuthbert
05. Pascal Pape (c)	12. Billy Twelvetrees (k)
06. Tom Johnson	13. Matthieu Basteraud
07. Jacques Burger	14. Napolini Nalaga
08. Ryan Jones	15. Mike Brown

16. Andrew Sheridan 17. Christopher Tolofua 18. Dan Cole 19. Kearnan Myall 20. Ernst Joubert 21. Dwayne Peel 22. Rene Ranger 23. Drew Mitchell

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London Irish v Gloucester  (RDS Arena, Dublin)

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London Irish
Manager – Prop

01. Tom Smallbone	09. Jack Moates
02. Gerard Ellis	10. Sam Olver
03. Richard Palframann
04. Sean O'Brien	11. Harry Robinson
05. Kieran Tredwell	12. Cory Allen
06. Jordan Talufua	13. Anton Lienert-Brown
07. Ben Earl	14. Sergeal Petersen
08. David Sisi	15. Jonah Placid

16. Marc Jones 17. Adam Jones 18. Tom Court 19. Devin Toner 20. Scott Higginbotham 21. Rory Kockott 22. Jules Plisson 23. Robbie Henshaw
 
Questions
Which academy players could make the step up?
Thought's on Henshaw's best position-13 or 15?
Thought's on the centre partnership and 2nd row pairing.
Which non eq players on the bench would be useful for instant impact?

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Gloucester
Manager – anonmattyt

1  Sebastian Adeniran-Olule
2 LCD
3 Figallo
4 JD Snickerling
5 Elliot Stooke
6 pablo Matera
7 Ardie Savea
8 yacoub Camara
9 Rhodri Williams
10 Handre Pollard
11 Rhaymond Rule
12 Andre Esterhuizen
13 Juan de Jongh
14 Charlie Walker
15 Sam Davies
16 Nick Wood
17 Adriaan Strauss
18 Nicola Mas
19 Dominic Bird
20 Schalk Burger
21 Will Genia
22 Billy Burns
23 Israel Dagg

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London Wasps v Northampton Saints  (Thomond Park, Limerick)

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London Wasps
Manager  Ozzy3213

01. Joe Marler	09. Aaron Smith
02. Bismarck du Plessis (c)	10. Aaron Cruden
03. David Wilson
04. Paul Willemse	11. Bryan Habana
05. Sebastien Vahaamahina	12. Ma'a Nonu
06. Jerome Kaino	13. Paul Jordan
07. Steffon Armitage	14. Henry Speight
08. Duane Vermeulen	15. Delon Armitage

16. Tom Youngs 17. Scott Sio 18. Ben Alexander 19. Romain Millo-Chluski 20. Marcell Coetzee 21. Ben Youngs 22. Henry Slade 23. Anthony Watson

Tactics

• Standard tactics of a possession based game and looking to through the phases with pace and intensity.
  
• 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 thoughts on the following please.

• Lock combination.
  
• Centre combination.
  
• Bench.
  

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Northampton Saints
Manager – Dammit_Chris

01. Thomas Domingo	09. Mike Phillips
02. Dylan Hartley(c)	10. Matt Giteau
03. Carl Hayman
04. Joe Launchbury	11. Vereniki Goneva
05. Courtney Lawes	12. Weslie Fofana
06. Chris Robshaw	13. Manu Tuilagi
07. David Pocock	14. Julian Savea
08. Billy Vunipola	15. Leigh Halfpenny(k)

16. Mako Vunipola 17. Rob Webber 18. Logi Mulipola 19. Samu Manoa 20. Sergio Parisse 21. Joe Simpson 22. Matt Toomua 23. Ben Foden.

Tactics: Power game, phyiscal around the breakdown, getting big ball carriers over the gainline and tiring down opposition before unloading the impact bench.

Looking for comments on the team that don't look at form issues or those who are injured as just want to see what the thoughts are around what will most likely be the majority of my strongest team and the balance of the team.

Want to play a game similar to the Toulon style this season - is that a side that could do that?

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London Welsh v Saracens  (Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow)

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London Welsh
Manager – CJ

01. Nathan Catt	09. Michael Classens
02. Matthew Rees	10. Francois Trinh-Duc (k)
03. Sekope Kepu
04. Alun Wynn- Jones (c)	11. Nemani Nadolo
05. Mouritz Botha	12. Jordan Turner-Hall
06. Alexander Lapandry	13. Michelle Campagnaro
07. John Barclay	14. Aseili Tikoirituima
08. Victor Vito	15. Ross Chisholm

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16. Dave Ward 17. David Kilcoyne 18. BJ Botha 19. Alexandre Flanquart 20. Ashley Johnson 21. Ben Spencer 22. Kyle Godwin 23. Sean Maitland

Questions: who can make an impact on that bench? What do we think of Chisholm and Tikoirituima? And is this my best back row?

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Saracens
Manager – Pooly

01. Alex Waller	09. Morgan Parra
02. Jamie George	10. Bernard Foley
03. Jannie Du Plessis
04. Etienne Oosthuizen	11. Juan Imhoff
05. Flip Van Der Merwe	12. Maxime Mermoz
06. Brad Shields	13. Jonathan Davies
07. Heinrich Brussow	14. Chris Ashton
08. Dave Denton	15. Matt Tait

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16. Keven Mealamu 17. Max Lahiff 18. Matius Diaz 19. Louis Deacon 20. Nathan Hughes 21. Henry Taylor 22. Freddie Burns 23. George Lowe
- can I get feedback on combo's pls

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OKay to predict?

Do it Flux

i'll do the final one in about an hour.

Predos in the next hour if they're still open

Will leave open till lunch time   

Quins 18 - 29 Bath

Tad more in Bath's front row for me, and their experience at lock sees them take the front five. Bath look stronger in the back row too and take the pack overall. Hb's side to Bath, and centres too although not sold on that combo.Bath take the back three, and take the game fairly comfortably.



Newcastle 25 - 21 Exeter

Not much in the front rows, neither side looks to dominate. Second rows also fairly even, but Newcastle take the back row despite Lydiate out of position. Newcastle take the HBs, with centres close but Newcastle take the wingers. Good game but Newcastle have that bit extra in quality.



Irish 19 - 25 Gloucester

Slight edge to Gloucs up front, with second rows quite tight. Not a lot in the back rows, but I think overall Gloucs edge the pack battle. Gloucs edge HB's, and a little bit more about them in the centres too. Back threes fairly close. Decent game, with Gloucs having enough to edge it.



Wasps 28 - 27 Saints

I's edge slightly to Wasps in the front row, but Saints take the second row. Think Wasps look slightly stronger in the back row and overall they just edge the pack. Wasps look the stronger at HB, but Saints look better in the centres. Slight edge to Saints in the back three. Great game, two top sides, Wasps slightly edge it.



Welsh 25 - 25 Saracens

As a unit slight edge to Welsh up front, with two fairly even second rows. Not a great deal int he back rows, maybe slight lean towards to Welsh. Think Welsh edge the pack slightly. Decent HB contest near clear winner, Sarries look stronger at center, with Sarries taking back three too. Really good game, not sure either side has enough to win it.

RESULTS:

Harlequins 21 (T:2 C:1 P:3)
Bath Rugby 34 (T:4 C:4 P:2)

Newcastle Falcons 35 (T:4 C:3 P:3)
Exeter Chiefs 22 (T:1 C:1 P:5)

Sale Sharks 32 (T:4 C:3 P:2)
Leicester Tigers 26 (T:2 C:2 P:4)

London Irish 18 (T:2 C:1 P:2)
Gloucester 33 (T:4 C:2 P:3)

London Wasps 33 (T:4 C:2 P:3)
Northampton Saints 27 (T:3 C:3 P:2)

London Welsh 24 (T:2 C:1 P:4)
Saracens 30 (T:4 C:2 P:2)


BONUS:
Full: Matt, Luke, Prop, Pete, Chris, SJE, Pooly & CJ
Score: CJB & Driver