Anglo Welsh Cup Round 1

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Team Sheets and tactics due by COB Thur
Predictions open Fri. Results due Sun/Mon

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Northampton Saints v Saracens
Sunny Intervals, 15 Degrees, 5mph Winds

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Northampton Saints
Manager – Dammit Chris

01. Bob Baker	09. Joe Simpson
02. Rob Webber	10. Danny Cipriani (k)
03. Henry Thomas
04. Dave Attwood	11. Christian Wade
05. Calum Clark	12. Willie Mason
06. Jackson Wray	13. Max Evans
07. Liam Gill	14. Tomassi Benvenutti
08. Sergio Parisse (c)	15. Rory Lamont

16. Mikey Haywood 17. Mako Vunipola 18. Juan Pablo Orlandi 19. Joe Launcberry 20. Jake Abbott 21. Ben Nutley 22. Charlie Davies 23. Jack Wallace

Tactics Overview:
Saints will play at a high tempo with Simpson and Cipriani dictating play, looking to run the ball and play attacking rugby with ball in hand. Saints will look to encourage an open game, with lots of offloading to take advantage of both teams not having as much game experience together.

We have picked a number of combos that have played together previously to ensure a good set piece and fluid backs moves (Webber, Attwood, Clark for lineout, Simpson and Cipriani).

We will use all of our substitutes in the second half to continue to give youth a chance to develop in the first team.

Forwards – Set Piece & Breakdown
Strong setpiece ensured by picking a core of players with experience and who have played together and anchored by Sergio Parisse for his leadership and will inspire the young players around him.

Parisse will look to do a lot of carries from the base of the scrum to get over the gainline and set up new points of attack for our halfbacks to exploit. Simpson will also look to pick up and go when opportunities arise.

Lineout we will look for quick ball when possible with Attwood, Clark and Parisse alternating as jumpers.

We will be looking to target the breakdown in numbers, with Liam Gill particularly effective in this area. We will use Attwood and Clark to counterruck when possible because obtaining turnover ball and letting Simpson and Cipriani attacking at pace. Saints will put numbers in the breakdown when we feel turnovers are on.

Backs
Saints will play a high tempo game, led by Simpson and Cipriani who will look to attack at speed and with width – trying to stretch the Saracens defence and create gaps. This is particularly important due to the blitz defence Sarries play and Simpson will be on the look out for breaks whenever they are on.

Mason and Lamont will be used to straighten the line and for dummy runs, whilst Evans, Wade and Benvenutti will be used to finish moves and exploit the space. Mason’s offloading ability will be key to beating the Sarries blitz defence system and Cipriani’s passing ability will be able to put people into space.

Defence
Defensively we will look to play an aggressive game in the forwards and marshal the breakdown/ruck area in numbers and guard the fringes to stop Hodgson sniping.

We will try and push Saracens into a kicking game by using our backrow to pressurise and rush Farrell. And will look to try and hold the Sarries midfield up in the tackle area and wait for support from the pack. By stopping them going to ground we will get the scrum put in and the turnover.

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Saracens
Manager – LDCPete

01. Alex Waller	09. Paul Hodgson
02. Scott Lawson	10. Owen Farrell
03. Phil Swainston
04. Graham Kitchener	11. James Short
05. George Kruis	12. Chris Bell
06. Alessandro Zanni	13. Henry Trinder
07. Will Fraser	14. Marcus Watson
08. Rodney So'oialo (c)	15. Tom Homer

16. Scott Spurling 17. Max Lahiff 18. Ruaridh Murphy 19. Addison Lockley 20. James Scaysbrook 21. James Lightfoot-Brown 22. Seilala Mapusua 23. Ben Ransom
Tactics

Tactics vs. Northampton Saints

• Running the ball.
  In great conditions we will look to run the ball at every opportunity. If isolated we will play the percentages and kick for territory, but so long as the player in possession of the ball has support, we will look to hit gaps in the defensive line and offload to support runners, and keep the ball alive as much as possible. Our mobile back row will look to really support the ball carrier and take offloads and drive forward staying on their feet allowing further support runners to get close to be offloaded to again.
  
  
• Control possession.
  This links in with the running rugby. We will happily go through the phases and keep the ball. If we have it, Saints can't score tries against us, and we are working on the theory of attack being the best form of defence. We will not kick to their back three. If we need to kick, we will kick for touch and get up quickly to stop the quick lineout.
  
  
• Blitz defence as a unit.
  We will look to get up to the gainline quickly as a unit and stop their ball carriers behind it, denying them any forward momentum and forcing them to kick.
  

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Worcester Warriors v London Wasps
White Cloud, 17 Degrees, 4mph Winds

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Worcester Warriors
Manager – prop_lyd

01. George Porter	09. Jordi Pasqualin
02. Korre Britton	10. Nicky Robinson (k)
03. BJ Botha
04. Jim Hamilton	11. Julien Malzieu
05. Hayden Smith	12. Gavin Henson
06. Ollie Stedman	13. Sean Lamont
07. Martyn Williams (c)	14. Josh Drauninui
08. Ben Morgan	15. Chris Paterson (k)

16. Richardt Strauss 17. Yann Thomas 18. Gareth Denman 19. Sebastian Chabal 20. Julien Salvi 21. Alex Black 22. Sam Vesty 23. Michael Le Bourgeois

Tactics
-Mixing youth and experience,
-Robinson to link with Henson who has played quite a bit off the bench for us so has got a lot of game time and he will release Lamont,
-Look to dominate the scrums with a heavy 2nd row and steal lineout with Smith as main jumper,
-Release wingers as often as possible and we have speed and power on each wing,
-Paterson to look to pin them back into the corners,
-Bring on all subs by the end of the match,
-Our aim is to slow down their ball (Williams will be looking to a lot of turnovers and Morgan will carry from the 12-13 channel) and give our backs quick ball to play with,
-Defend hard and pressure them from the 10 channel,
-We are looking to give our promising youngsters experience with underage England internationals starting and they will be told if they impress they can do for a starting spot.

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London Wasps
Manager – ‘Arry

01. Benn Robinson	09. Mike Blair
02. Joe Gray	10. Luke McAlister
03. Juan Gomez
04. Stuart Hooper	11. Noah Cato
05. Richard Birkett	12. James Downey
06. Steve Mafi	13. Tom May
07. Jacques Burger	14. Tom Williams
08. Tom Williams	15. Chris Wyles

16. Andy Titterell 17. Charlie Beech 18. Tom French 19. Mark Chisholm 20. John Hart 21. Martin Roberts 22. Rory Clegg 23. Nick Macleod

Tactics
Play at a high intensity, use the forwards to get us over the gain line. Get our offloading game going when we can. Quick ball, continue to change the angle of attack.

Use Downey to get us over the gain line, keep offloading to wear Worcester down. McAlister to play flat and bring in strike runners

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Dragons v Bath Rugby
Sunny Intervals, 16 Degrees, 6mph Winds

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Dragons

01. Phill Price	09. Wayne Evans
02. Tom Willis (capt)	10. Matthew Jones
03. Nathan Buck
04. Adam Jones	11. Tonderai Chavhanga
05. Rob Sidoli	12. Lewis Robling
06. Jevon Groves	13. Tom Riley
07. Gavin Thomas	14. Mike Poole
08. Andrew Coombs	15. Martyn Thomas

16 Rhys Buckley, 17 Nathan Williams, 18 Kieron Jenkins, 19 Lewis Evans, 20 Hugo Ellis, 21 Joe Bedford, 22 Geraint O'Driscoll, 23 Jason Tovey.

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Bath Rugby
Manager – inthefastlane

01. Jon Golding	09. Byron Kelleher
02. Matt Thompson	10. Steven Shingler
03. Davit Kubrashvilli
04. Jarred Hoeata	11. Richard Haughton
05. James Cannon	12. Francois Steyn
06. Tom Guest	13. Ben Williams
07. Will Skinner	14. Tom Varndell
08. JMF Lobbe	15. Tim Nanai Williams

16 Joe Ward 17 Cian Healy 18 Euan Murray 19 Yoann Maestri 20 Sean O’Brien 21 Richard Wigglesworth 22 Anthony Allen 23 Charlie Hodgson

Tactics

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Exeter Chiefs v Ospreys
Light Rain, 17 Degrees, 5mph WInds

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Exeter Chiefs
Manager – Driver

01.Salvator Perugini	09.Charlie Pilgrim
02.Neil Clark	10.George Ford
03.Davit Zirakishvilli
04.Simon Shaw(c)	11.Sep Visser
05.Ed Slater	12.Andrea Masi
06.Lewis Moody	13.Adam Thompstone
07.Shane Jennings	14.David Lemi
08.Johnnie Beattie	15.George Pisi

16.Ben Kayser 17.Andrew Sheridan 18.Dave Wilson 19.Peter Short 20.Dave Wallace 21.Haydn Thomas 22.Josh Matavista 23.Luke Arscott

Tactics

We are using the LV cup as blooding ground for new players and youngsters.Shaw, Sheridan Masi , Pisi , Lemi , Perugini , Zirka have all had a weeks rest and will play 55 minutes at the most.

We will look to play at a high tempo and put the ospreys on the back foot using our big ball carriers in Shaw , Slater , Beattie and Zirka causing the defense problems. Pilgrim will be in a armchair role as we play through the phases to start with keeping the ball tight before feeding Ford on the gain line.

Lineouts will be shortened using Short as banker ball at 2 and letting our pack run at the opposition fly half pulling defenders in tight and creating space out wide.

Swap Props at 50 min

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Ospreys

01. Duncan Jones	09. Rhys Webb
02. Richard Hibbard	10. Dan Biggar
03. Cai Griffiths
04. Ian Gough	11. Richard Fussell
05. Ian Evans	12. Andrew Bishop
06. Joe Bearman	13. Tom Isaacs
07. Justin Tipuric (c)	14. Hanno Dirksen
08. Jonathan Thomas	15. Barry Davies

16 Mefin Davies, 17 Aaron Jarvis, 18 Joe Rees, 19 Tom Smith, 20 James King, 21 Matthew Morgan, 22 Sonny Parker, 23 Kristian Phillips.

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Newcastle Falcons v Cardiff Blues
White Cloud, 16 Degrees, 9mph Winds

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Newcastle Falcons
Manager – Sgt Pooly

01. Lionel Faure	09. Jonny Arr
02. Marius Tincu	10. Nick Evans
03. Oliver Tomaszczyk
04. Dean Schofield	11. Charlie Amesbury
05. Geoff Parling	12. Ben Smith
06. Kelly Brown(c)	13. Dan Hipkiss
07. Ben Woods	14. Miles Benjamin
08. Chris York	15. Jared Payne

16. Joe Duffey 17. Nathan Morris 18. Grant Shiells 19. Juandre Kruger 20. Alex Gray 21. Will Chudley 22. Tom Catterick 23. Andrew Forsyth


Tactics

Normal Falcons tactics. High intensity, possesion based rugby. Evans pulling the strings at 10 and look to get the youngsters a taste when looking good on the scoreboard. Target Cardiff scrum with Tincu the key man.

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Cardiff Blues

01. Sam Hobbs	09. Sam Hobbs
02. Sam Hobbs	10. Ceri Sweeney
03. Scott Andrews
04. Michael Paterson	11. Tom James
05. Paul Tito (c)	12. Dafydd Hewitt
06. Maama Molitika	13. Casey Laulala
07. Thomas Young	14. Alex Cuthbert
08. Xavier Rush	15. Chris Czekaj

Tactics

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Harlequins v London Irish
White Cloud, 17 Degrees, 6mph Winds

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Harlequins
Manager – Steven_Sharks

01. Kieran Brookes	09. Jano Vermaak
02. Rob Vickers	10. Gareth Steenson
03. Leo Halavatau
04. George Skivington	11. Ross Chisholm
05. Tom Donnelly	12. Steve Kefu
06. Jamie Gibson	13. Jonathon Joseph (c)
07. David Seymour	14. Peter Hynes
08. Luke Wallace	15. Olly Lindsey-Hague

16. Olly Hayes 17. Aston Croall 18. Joe Marler 19. James Gaskell 20. Carl Fearns 21. Henry Pyrgos 22. Sam Stuart 23. Alex Cheeseman

Tactics

We are going to look to play at a good pace but we are also looking to play territory with Steenson at 10. We will look to beat Irish at the set piece and at the breakdown. We want our forwards to carry hard in the loose to give us a platform from which we can attack. Our backs will look to exploit weaknesses in the Irish defensive line and attack forwards in the backline when they are there. We have a lot of players who are looking to prove a point and they will be desperate to show why they are worth a place in the side. JJ has been named as captain so he can gain some experience as a leader. He has experienced heads all around him.

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London Irish
Manager – stnick88

01. Matias Aguero	09. Neal De Kock
02. Neil Briggs	10. Juan Martin Hernandez
03. Duncan Bell
04. Matt Garvey	11. Paul Sackey
05. Mouritz Botha	12. Mathieu Bastereaud
06. Keegan Daniel	13. Gonzalo Tiesi
07. Jacques Botes	14. Sailosi Tagicakibau
08. George Stowers	15. Joe Maddock

16. Soane Tonga'uhia 17. James Buckland 18. WP Nel 19. Nick Kennedy 20. Joe Worsley 21. Julien Dupuy 22. Matthew Tait 23. Guy Armitage

Tactics

use forwards to get over the gain line and get quick ball for backs to hit quins with.

counter attack and attacking rugby from the start.

get bast and tiesi involved sucking in defenders allowing space for tagicakibau and maddock at exploit

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Gloucester Rugby v Sale Sharks
Sunny Intervals, 16 Degrees, 5mph Winds

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Gloucester
Manager – anonmattyt

01. Payne	09. Lawson
02. Deon Fourie	10. Ryan lamb
03. Rupert harden
04. Richie gray	11. Paul Diggin
05. James hanks	12. Tuitopu
06. Fasivalu	13. Johnny may
07. Saull	14. Vainokolo
08. Evans	15. Hamilton

16. Coonie 17. Strauss18. White 19. George robson 20. Buxton 21. Dave Lewis 22. Sharples 23. Mills

Tactics

High intensity carrying and keeping the ball alive.

very little kicking and the aim is to give our players some game time whilst winning the game.

Focus on set piece and expansive game plan

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Sale Sharks
Manager – SJE

01. Lee Imolek	09. Nicholas Bezy
02. Brett Sharman	10. Andy Goode
03. Werner Kruger
04. Chris Jones	11. Sam Smith
05. Christian Day	12. Olly Barkley
06. Matt Kvesic	13. Jamie Noon
07. Michael Lipman	14. Will Addison
08. Kai Horstmann	15. Nick Abendanoon

16. Nathan Catt 17. David Paice 18. Shaun Knight 19. Steven Sykes 20. Jordan Crane 21. Ben Spencer 22. Dan Mugford 23. Takudza Ngwenya

Setpiece
At scrum time we will look to play it quick getting the ball in and out fast. We will look to Horstmann to break from the back and provide us some go forward. At the lineout, we will look to Day to be our talisman. He will call the line and will have Jones, at the front, and our entire back row to support him as jumpers to mix things up. Our jumpers will look to either play the ball of the top quickly and look to our backline to move it or bring it down into a maul and make the hard yards through the pack, sucking in the Gloucester forwards to leave space out wide for our backs. On opposition ball we will look for Jones to get up in the air at the front of the line and Day to follow Robson in the line and disrupt the Gloucester lineout. If we really start to get on top of the lineout we will look to Goode to kick for the corners a few times and really put the pressure on.

Breakdown
We have a very mobile and quick pack to really target the breakdown. On our own ball we will look to our forwards to get numbers to the breakdown quickly rucking past the ball and clearing out the Gloucester boys looking to recycle clean fast ball. On defence, if we are first to the breakdown or the ball carrier is isolated we will look to seriously commit numbers and will look to Lipman to secure us turnover ball. At all other times we will commit lighter numbers to the breakdown but look to counter ruck slowing down Glaws ball allowing our defensive line more time to set.

General Attacking Play
We will look to play a strong carrying game using our big carriers to hit the gain line offloading in or just before the tackle (when it's on) to support runners breaking the defensive line and keeping our forward momentum going. Smith will look to come in field at different times running lines of our midfield looking for the ball on the offload. If running the ball is not on we will look to Bezy, Goode or Barkley to kick in behind the Glaws back 3.

Bezy will look to play around the fringes of the breakdown and make his usual snipping runs when it’s on, tying the Glaws back row to the breakdown. Goode and Barkley have been instructed to play it clever and if overlaps or gaps appear they will look to get the ball moving and take advantage. They will look to rotate at first receiver and provide a different threat to the opposition defence. Abendanoon will look to come up from fullback from time to time and offer an extra ball carrying threat while looking to create these overlaps out wide.

Goode will look to kick for goal when in opposition territory and take the drop goal option when it’s available to keep the score board moving.

General Defensive Play
In defence we will be using a blitz defence and will look to get up at pace looking to isolate the ball carrier before he gets to the gain line stopping any opposition momentum and allowing us to hit the breakdown hard. We will look to keep opposition on the back foot forcing the kick. Bezy will act as a sweeper and look to cover any chips in behind the line. Our wingers will look to sit deeper on defence then the rest of the line ready for any kicks. Our back three have been instructed to play to their strengths and look for the counter attack, running the ball back with serious pace.

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Scarlets v Leicester Tigers
Drizzle, 16 Degrees, 7mph Winds

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Scarlets

01. Phil John	09. Rhodri Williams
02. Emyr Phillips	10. Aled Thomas
03. Rhys Thomas
04. Aaron Shingler	11. Andy Fenby
05. Damian Welch	12. Gareth Maule (capt)
06. Rob McCusker	13. Rhodri Gomer Davies
07. Richie Pugh	14. Lee Williams
08. Ben Morgan	15. Dan Newton

16 Kirby Myhill, 17 Peter Edwards, 18 Rhodri Jones, 19 Dominic Day, 20 Johnathan Edwards, 21 Ruki Tipuna, 22 Adam Warren, 23 Liam Williams

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Leicester Tigers
Manager – LukeLovesLuka

01. Clarke Dermody (c)	09. Chris Cusiter
02. Tom Youngs	10. Brock James (k)
03. Cencus Johnston
04. Tom Denton	11. Alesana Tuilagi
05. Nathan Hines	12. Yannick Jauzion
06. Johnathan Poff	13. Billy Twelvetrees
07. John Barclay	14. Topsy Ojo
08. Ernst Joubert	15. Rob Miller

16. Dan Murphy 17. Marc Jones 18. Jason Hobson 19. Alex Brown 20. Andy Hazell 21. Scott Mathie 22. Dave Walder 23. Napolioni Nalaga

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Worcester 15-15 Wasps

Think Wasps have the power in the pack, but I am really not seeing where their backline will score tries from - I really don't see them opening up defences and getting close to scoring 4 tries in a game - again wet and windy conditions and you dont want to play them for all the money in the world - but outwide you just need to make your tackles and cut them off in the centres and you are going to be fine.

I think Worcester have more of a threat outwide, but question whether they will get through the Wasps defence and backrow - I dont see any tries in this game and will be decided on penalties and kicking game. Worcester home advantage gets them a draw.

Wasps need some creativity in their backline asap.

Dragons 9 - 41 Bath

Bath will smash them off the park.

Exeter 33–24 Ospreys
Bonus point win for Exeter, front row changes could be the thing that really sways it at the end in final 20mins.

Newcastle 25 - 20 Cardiff
Think this will be a lot closer than it could have been if Newcastle selected a stronger team, much prefer Cardiff's backrow, which could cause some trouble for Newcastle, but too much class and power for Newcastle out wide.

Harlequins 19 - 25 London Irish

Nick's got some big guns out in his backline and that's the difference for me - both packs are pretty similar and can seeing it being a good contest, perhaps a bit more form to Quins, but Irish are going to get a good amount of ball.

Can see the Irish centres punching holes in Quins all afternoon, and controlled by JMH who to me is much better than Steenson, who is now 2nd choice with Exeter in real life. I like the bench options - seems as though Nick is taking the Anglo Welsh Cup seriously!

Gloucester 18–16 Sale

Really tight game this one, think Gloucester edge the pack and with Fasivalu Gloucester have the star on the pitch, think he can cause a lot of damage with his tackling and running. Kvesvic's a very promising player, but think Fasivalu was the best player in the AP from January onwards last year and continued that form into the WC.

I always have a problem with Goode at 10 for any team, he kicks and that is that - in the wet, windy conditions he's an asset, but otherwise I think he can be a liability for a team. Would probably have started Barkley myself.

Ryan Lamb also is in a bit of form and can see him orchestrating more of attacking game for Glaws who have.

gotta defend my title chris.
although that is a complete 2nd team I've put out.

Same as me Nick (apart from Parisse) - think 18 of my players are u24 too - future is bright at the Gardens...

Northampton 35-25 Saracens
Worcester 22-20 Wasps
Dragons 6-40 Bath
Exeter 27-22 Ospreys
Newcastle 30-22 Cardiff Blues
Gloucester 25-22 Sale
Scarlets 12-27 Leicester

Guys, I'm out tonight and then obviously the ruigby is 1st tomorrow, should get them in by 12 I hope!

Predictions

Drum roll please



Northampton 30 Saracens 22

Bit more stardust in Saints - Future is bright for both teams

Worcester 21 Wasps 19

home advantage swings it here.


Dragons 6-40 Bath

Pfhhh

Quins 22 Irish 28

Really youthfull and exciting team Steve but Irish are proven throughout. Not sure about JJ as skipper

Newcastle 24 Cardiff Blues 20

Pooly would run away with this But Ceri Sweeney is on fire in the real world at the moment.

Gloucester 25 Sale 23

Home advantade gives matt a 2 point win

Scarlets 15 Leicester 40

Andy Fenby vs Alessana - lol , tigers class above

Sorry Luke totally missed your game!

Scarlets 9-36 Leicester

Not the easiest place to travel but Tigers ooze class, imagine Cusiter & James will tear them to shreds.

Something I found out this week fellas. You get more money for winning the LV than you do the Heiniken Cup. I can't believe this but its apparently true.

Saints 23 - 19 Saracens

Saints are very strong here and should get the win. Some very talented youngsters on both sides. Some of the brightest talents in English and World rugby on show here.

Worcester 23 - 29 Wasps

Wasps are very strong here and get a convincing win. A bit more experimental for Prop but two very strong backlines which should give an exciting game. Mac v Robinson at 10 should be a great battle.

Dragons 15 - 32 Bath

Bath very strong here. Will have far to much for The Dragons although Chavanga gets a hattrick (He will be electric in ML when its dry)

Exeter 25 - 25 Ospreys

Young half backs don't help Exeter here. I'd need to see a experienced man to go with either Ford or Pilgrim who are very talented. Ospreys are no mugs with a decent side out.

Newcastle 21 - 15 Cardiff

Falcons strong here. Not convinced with the falcons TH when I've seen him but won't be hugely troubled here. Plenty of Sam Hobbs in the Cardiff team.

Gloucester 31 - 31 Sale

Two strong sides. Goode 'played like Cooper' is how Greenwood described Goode v Irish. Will be a good battle at the scrum and the forwards in general. Would usually quiver at the sight of Goode and Noon in the same backline but like the Sale back 3.

Scarlets 13 - 39 Leicester

Tigers far to strong here in all department. Morgan's power might cause there defence a few scares but nothing to worrying. Routine win.

Northampton 28 Saracens 24

Exeter 18 Ospreys 6

Dragons 12 Bath 36

Quins 25 Irish 28

Newcastle 32 Cardiff Blues 20

Gloucester 26 Sale 25

Scarlets 18 Leicester 45

Northampton Saints 27-22 Saracens

Just a bit more on show from Saints. Parisse will direct things well and with the halfbacks on show a few tries will be scored.



Worcester Warriors 19-23 London Wasps

Wasps with an edge in the pack battle and McAllister in cracking form will see them pick up the away win.



Dragons 15-32 Bath Rugby

Bath just a class above in all areas!



Exeter Chiefs 23-13 Ospreys

Exeter with more quality about them but its a decent Ospreys side and they will defend well.



Newcastle Falcons 26-9 Cardiff Blues

Too much quality on show from Falcons. The AP squads in game just have to much for the Welsh to really compete here.



Harlequins 16-22 London Irish

Exciting team from Quins but the extra experience for Irish is telling



Scarlets 11-30 Leicester Tigers

Just to much class on show for Tigers and they should run up a decent score here

Saints 23-16 Sarries
Just think Saints have more all over the pitch

Warriors 20-24 Wasps
Star quality comes from Wasps

Exeter 28-19 Ospreys
FOrwards win it for Exeter

Newcastle 34-26 Blues
Too classy

Quins 17-19 Irish
Irish just get over the line.

Glaws 21-20 Sale
Stronger bench wins it

Scarlets 9-25 Tigers
Once again too much quality

Come on guys be nice to me: wales lost walking to town past hoards of drunk wales fans with takeaways is epic!!

Northampton Saints 35-22 Saracens

Tries: Simpson, Thomas, Parisse, Evans : Homer, Zanni
Conversations: Cipriani (3) :
Penalties: Cipriani (3) : Farrell (4)

Worcester Warriors 22-23 London Wasps

Tries: Henson, Malzieu, Hamilton : T. Williams, Mafi
Conversations: Robinson (2) : McAlister (2)
Penalties: Robinson : McAlister (3)

Dragons 11-43 Bath Rugby

Tries: Tovey : Guest, Vandell (2), Lobbe, Allen
Conversations: Shingler (3)
Penalties: Jones (2) : Shingler (4)

Exeter Chiefs 30-18 Ospreys

Tries: Visser, Masi, Shaw, Thompstone
Conversations: Ford (2)
Penalties: Ford (2) : Biggar (6)

Newcastle Falcons 32-18 Cardiff Blues

Tries: Smith, Woods, Payne, Chudley
Conversations: Evans (3)
Penalties: Evans (2) : Sweeney (6)

Harlequins 20-31 London Irish

Tries: Joseph : Tiesi, Daniels, Maddock, Tait
Conversations: Hernadez (4)
Penalties: Steenson (5) : Hernadez

Gloucester Rugby 28-23 Sale Sharks

Tries: May, Faisivalu, Diggin : Smith (2)
Conversations: Lamb (2) : Goode (2)
Penalties: Lamb (3) : Goode (3)

Scarlets 13-42 Leicester Tigers

Tries: Williams : Joubert, Ojo, Twelvetrees, Nalaga (2)
Conversations: Thomas : James (4)
Penalties: Thomas (2) : James (3)

No bonus for Matt, Luke, Arry and Pete with no predictions. No bonus to InTheFastLane with late predictions. Half bonus to Nick and Prop with score only predictions and full bonus to everyone else

Good work Johnny

Exeter Chiefs
Manager – Driver

01.Andrew Sheridan	09.Junior Polliuegga
02.John Smit	10.Ronan O'Gara
03.Hoani Tui
04.Simon Shaw(c)	11.Iain Balshaw
05.Peter Short	12.Andrea Masi
06.Ben Skirving	13.George Pisi
07.Dave Wallace	14.David Lemi
08.Aaron Carpenter	15.Sep Visser

16.Neil Clark 17.Alistair Dickinson 18.Tom Mercy 19.Tommy Hayes 20.Marty Holah 21.Haydn Thomas 22.Steven Myler 23.Luke Arscott

Tactics