PRC Week 2

Saints throwing a lot of kids in the fray on Saturday, a scrum half on the wing, a bench that has 5 debutants and 1 with 1 cap, a prop at lock (lineout will not go well. only 1.93m but 123kg). Are they under estimating Nottingham?

NORTHAMPTON SAINTS vs NOTTINGHAM RUGBY
Premiership Rugby Cup, Round 2
Saturday 9 November, 2024
Kick-off: 5.15pm

15 Ewan Baker (2 )
14 Rafe Witheat – Saint #2102 (0)
13 Tom Litchfield
12 Charlie Savala
11 Jake Garside (11, but at 9)
10 George Makepeace-Cubitt (2)
9 Archie McParland

1 Tarek Haffar
2 Craig Wright (3)
3 Luke Green (5)
4 Will Spencer (1, but more experience than the rest put together)
5 Gavin Thornbury
6 Fyn Brown (1)
7 Angus Scott-Young (c)
8 Reuben Logan (1)

Replacements:
16 Nathan Langdon (1)
17 Tom West
18 Ollie Scola – Northampton Saints debut (0)
19 Ed Prowse (8, at prop)
20 Archie Benson – Northampton Saints debut (0)
21 Jonny Weimann (0)
22 Billy Pasco – Northampton Saints debut (0)
23 Toby Cousins – Northampton Saints debut (0)

Nottingham.

1.Aniseko Sio
2.Jack Dickinson *50th appearance
3.Ale Loman
4.Jay Ecclesfield
5.Sebastian Ferreira
6.Sam Green
7.Jacob Wright
8.James Cherry
9.Josh Goodwin
10.Matthew Arden
11.Harry Graham
12.Javiah Pohe
13.Kegan Christian-Goss
14.David Williams
15.Jack Stapley

Replacements – 16. Antonio Harris 17. Kai Owen 18. Xavier Valentine 19. Eddie Bryan 20. Jack Shine 21. Will Yarnell 22. Jai Johal 23. Sam Mercer

STARTING XV

15 George Pearson [1]
14 Malelili Satala [1]
13 Will Wand [5]
12 Dan Kelly [85]
11 Jack Kinder [1]
10 Tom Threlfall [1]
9 Tom Whiteley [32]
1 James Whitcombe [52]
2 Archie Vanes [15]
3 Tim Hoyt [3]
4 Côme Joussain [6]
5 Tom Manz [9]
6 Matt Rogerson [19]
7 Samuel Williams [1]
8 Kyle Hatherell [23]

REPLACEMENTS

16 Charlie Clare [101]
17 Archie van der Flier [2]
18 Henry Mountford [1]
19 Lewis Chessum [10]
20 Harry Beddall *
21 Charlie Bemand [1]
22 Solomone Kata [21]
23 Charlie Myall [2]

*Leicester Tigers senior debut

Good to see Threlfall getting a run out, probably could have done with Volavola on the bench to help cover instead of two centres but nevermind. Kelly comes back in. No Ilione so perhaps he had a niggle last week, probably explaining why he came off relatively early and not one of the underperforming 6 and 8 who get another run out this weekend.

Coventry: Steff Davies; Charlie Robson, Daf-Rhys Tiueti, Tom Hitchcock, Ryan Hutler; Tommy Mathews, Josh Barton; Vilikesa Nairau, Jordon Poole, Matt Johnson; Obinna Nkwocha, Senitiki Nayalo; Tom Ball, Aaron Hinkley, Matt Kvesic.

Replacements: Suva Ma’asi, Jevaughn Warren, Eliot Salt, Rhys Anstey, James Tyas, Will Lane, David Opoku, Chester Owen

Bath Rugby:
1 Arthur Cordwell
2 Kepu Tuipulotu
3 Kieran Verden
4 Will Jeanes
5 Ewan Richards (c)
6 Ethan Staddon
7 Thompson Cowan
8 Alfie Barbeary

09 Tom Carr-Smith
10 Orlando Bailey
11 Ruaridh McConnochie
12 Will Parry
13 Louie Hennessey
14 Charlie Griffin
15 Ciaran Donoghue

16 John Stewart, 17 Mikey Summerfield, 18 Vilikesa Sela, 19 Mackenzie Graham, 20 Arthur Green
21 Neil Le Roux, 22 James Short (debut), 23 Tyler Offiah (debut)


Bristol team to face Bath in the Premiership Rugby Cup on Saturday (1pm KO):

15. Harry Rowson (8 apps)
14. Deago Bailey (12 apps)
13. Jack Bates (41 apps)
12. Joe Jenkins (16 apps)
11. Aidan Boshoff (1 app)
10. Rich Lane (41 apps) -a wing/fullback by trade
9. Sam Edwards (1 app)
1. Yann Thomas (115 apps)
2. Will Capon (91 apps)
3. George Kloska (49 apps) (c)
4. Kenzie Jenkins (1 app)
5. Peter Paramore* (debut)
6. Paddy Pearce (8 apps)
7. Theo Myall* (debut)
8. Aaron Tull (5 apps).

Subs: 16. Tomas Gwilliam (2 apps), 17. Louie Trevett (1 app), 18. Jimmy Halliwell (3 apps), 19. Ethan Surrey (debut), 20. Ed Timpson (debut), 21. Oscar Lennon/Cai Gealy (debut), 22. Toby Baker (1 app), 23. Jacob Cusick (debut).

Bristol selection complicated by the Australia XV game the night before.

Harlequins team in full to take on Ealing Trailfinders at the Twickenham Stoop on Friday, November 8th (7:45pm):

1. Wyn Jones (3)

2. Sam Riley (55)

3. Will Hobson (12)

4. Joe Launchbury (26)

5. George Hammond (67)

6. Will Trenholm (14)

7. Tom Lawday (C) (83)

8. Archie White (70)

9. Lucas Friday (1)

10. Jamie Benson (9)

11. Nick David(10)

12. Bryn Bradley (11)

13. Will Joseph (15)

14. Cameron Anderson (9)

15. Leigh Halfpenny (4)

Impact Players

16. Nathan Jibulu (20)

17. Tom Osborne (8)

18. Simon Kerrod (107)

19. Harry Browne (3)

20. Lucas Schmid (1)

21. Jake Murray (8)

22. Sean Kerr (2)

23. Hayden Hyde (11)

Unavailable: Alex Dombrandt, Marcus Smith, Chandler Cunningham-South, Fin Baxter, Joe Marler, Luke Northmore, Cassius Cleaves, George Head, Rodrigo Isgro, Dino Lamb


Ealing Trailfinders to face Harlequins:

Kyle Whyte
Matt Cornish
Biyi Alo
David Douglas Bridge
Sean Lonsdale
Will Montgomery
Rob Farrar (c)
Rayn Smid
Craig Hampson
Dan Jones
Tom Collins
Jordan Holgate
Reuben Bird-Tulloch
Nathan Earle
Tobi Wilson
Cam Terry
Lefty Zigiriadis
George Davis
Matas Jurevicius
Josh Taylor
Lloyd Williams
Craig Willis
Francis Moore

Newcastle v Doncaster

15 Ethan Grayson, 14 Alex Hearle, 13 Connor Doherty, 12 Cameron Hutchison, 11 Oli Spencer, 10 Brett Connon (captain), 9 James Elliott; 1 Murray McCallum, 2 Ollie Fletcher, 3 Richard Palframan, 4 Sebastian de Chaves, 5 Kiran McDonald, 6 Philip van der Walt, 7 Ollie Leatherbarrow, 8 Freddie Lockwood.

Replacements: 16 Bryan Byrne, 17 Mike Rewcastle, 18 Callum Hancock, 19 John Kelly, 20 Reuben Parsons, 21 Max Pepper, 22 Ben Stevenson, 23 Nathan Greenwood.

Doncaster Knights: 15 Telusa Veainu, 14 Zach Kerr, 13 George Wacokecoke, 12 Connor Edwards, 11 Jordan Olowofela, 10 Russell Bennett, 9 Ollie Fox; 1 Andrew Turner, 2 Fred Davies, 3 Joe Jones, 4 Josh Williams, 5 Taniela Ramasibana, 6 Thom Smith, 7 Tom Currie, 8 Morgan Strong (captain).

Replacements: 16 George Roberts, 17 Jasper McGuire, 18 Lewis Thiede, 19 Euan McVie, 20 Rhys Tait, 21 Alex Dolly, 22 Morgan Bunting, 23 Maliq Holden.

I might have asked previously, but is there a stream or tv showing I can get for this competition? I like the see the next-gen getting a good run or two.

doctor_grey wrote:I might have asked previously, but is there a stream or tv showing I can get for this competition?  I like the see the next-gen getting a good run or two.

Not all the games are televised but last night's Quins v Trailfinders game is on Discovery+.

It was a lot of fun - Ealing were very much up for it and ultimately their indiscipline was the difference between the sides. From a Quins perspective, Lucas Friday looks like the real deal. He needs a bit more experience but he looks like a fine complement to Will Porter when Danny Care retires.

Great to see a genuine Coventry team doing well rather than the plastic one that only existed for 8 years.