Summer Cup Round 2

Team Sheets due by Saturday
Predictions open Saturday. Results due Tuesday

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Leinster Rugby v Northampton Saints

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Leinster Rugby
Manager –

01. Cian Healy	09. Issac Boss
02. Richardt Strauss	10. Johnny Sexton
03. Mike Ross
04. Leo Cullen	11. David Kearney
05. Brad Thorn	12. Fergus McFadden
06. Kevin McLaughlin	13. Brian O'Driscoll
07. Sean O'Brien	14. Isa Nacewa
08. Jamie Heaslip	15. Rob Kearney

16. Heinke Van Der Merwe 17. Sean Cronin 18. Nathin White 19. Devin Toner 20. Shane Jennings 21. Eoin Reddan 22. Ian Madigan 23. Luke Fitzgerald

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Northampton Saints
Manager – SirJohnnyEnglish

01. Soane Tonga'uiha	09. Lee Dickson
02. Dylan Hartley	10. Johnny Sexton
03. Brian Mujati
04. Courtney Lawes	11. Chris Ashton
05. Samu Manoa	12. Sonny Bill Williams
06. Stephen Ferris	13. George Pisi
07. Tom Wood	14. Scott Armstrong
08. Kieran Read	15. Ben Foden

16. Steven Kitshoff 17. Richardt Strauss 18. Paul Doran-Jones 19. James Craig 20. Phil Dowson 21. Martin Roberts 22. Stephen Myler 23. Jamie Elliot

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Leicester Tigers v Gloucester Rugby

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Leicester Tigers
Manager – Sgt_Pooly

01. Marco Ayerza	09. Danny Care
02. Bismark du Plessis	10. Toby Flood
03. Martin Castrogiovani
04. Richie Gray	11. Christian Wade
05. Geoff Parling	12. Berrick Barnes
06. Tom Croft	13. Manu Tuilagi
07. Sam Warburton (c)	14. James O’Connor
08. Thomas Waldroum	15. Rob Kearney

16. Tom Youngs 17. Dan Cole 18. Boris Stankovich 19. Joe Launchbury 20. Liam Gill 21. Ben Youngs 22. Billy Twelvetrees 23. Miles Benjamin

Tactics

- ATTACK SCRUM - Look to target opp LH especially and carry on in 2nd with Cole
- ATTACK LINEOUT WITH NUMEROUS JUMPERS
- BIG CARRIES - From pack....BdP, Cole, Castro, Ayerza, Gray, Waldroum, Warburton to keep us getting over gain line
- TURNOVER BALL - Look to counter on turnover ball will JOC coming into line
- TUILAGI - Look to punch holes through midfield and use backrow to secure quick ball from this. Care/Youngs to get to ruck and attack fringes or get backs into play

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Gloucester
Manager – prop_lyd

01. Nick Wood	09. Dimitri Yachvilli
02. Darren Dawadiuk	10. Pat Lambie
03. Rupert Harden
04. Tom Savage	11. Charlie Sharples
05. Sam Whitelock	12. EFS
06. Alasdair Strokosch	13. Jamie Roberts
07. Sam Cane	14. Jonny May
08. JVN	15. Iain Balshaw

16. Scott Lawson 17. Adam Jones 18. Dan Murphy 19. Jim Hamilton 20. Akapusi Qera 21. Dan Robson 22. Ryan Mills 23. JSD

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Bath Rugby v London Wasps

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Bath Rugby
Manager – Bathite

01. C.Healy	09. M.Classens
02. C.Tolufua	10. S.Donald
03. O.Franks
04. J.Muller	11. O.Woodburn
05. D.Attwood	12. F.Steyn (k)
06. C.Fearns	13. C.Laulala
07. F.Louw (c)	14. R.Chisholm
08. S.O'Brien	15. I.Dagg

16. A.Perenise 17. L.Mears 18. N.Catt 19. R.Caldwell 20. M.Lund 21. M.McMillan 22. K.Eastmond 23. M.Banahan

TACTICS TBC

General
We want to make sure that we play rugby in the opposition half and force handling errors, where we can attack the scrum and use the boot of Steyn to keep the scoreboard ticking over. Use the physicality of our pack to our advantage, keeping the ball tight in the middle section of the pitch to retain possession and build a platform to attack from. In our third clear to touch and challenge for the ball at lineout.

Donald and Steyn to ensure we play sensible rugby in the right areas, kicking long for touch in our 22, using the up and under in the centre of the pitch and delicate grubbers in behind centres to chase and force kickable penalties.

Steyn leads the rush defence, with Louw/Fearns flying up to cramp Steyn for time and space and ensuring he takes the ball deep behind the gainline and starving their outside backs of ball. Force him to kick the ball away, he is in poor form and low confidence

Forwards
* Franks to target Payne in the scrum. Look to draw penalties for Steyn to gain position and points. Look for a yellow card early on, with no front row replacements to concern us
* Picked a very physical pack to make sure that we defend strongly and smash over the gainline. O'Brien to lead pack from base of scrum making hard yards and setting up the ruck for Louw and Fearns to clear out. SOB to mark opposite 8 in defence to prevent charges from base of scrum
* At the lineout, Muller will lead the calls and look to pressurise oppoistion hooker and compete at every throw
* Louw is a breakdown specialist and will look to stay on his feet at the ruck and slow opposition ball down. Fearns and Lund to guard to the fringes of the ruck
* Use ball carriers of Franks, Louw, Tolufua, O'Brien, Fearns to make hard yards up the pitch and draw defenders into the ruck area, looking to create space around the fringes for Laulala to exploit

Backs
* Dagg given free rein in attack, looking to come into the line either side of Laulala. Laulala to look for the half gap with power and offload (only if on), with the pace of Biggs and Woodburn on their shoulder to make the break
* Donald to take the ball flat on the gainline, drawing defenders and buying time and space for Steyn in the 2nd playmaker role. Steyn not afraid to bosh it up if nothing on and set up the ruck.
* Vary the point of attack with 10/12 interchanging, look to keep it unpredictable on the gainline + difficult to defend against. Use the inside pass with forward runners of Franks, Caldwell, SOB to keep the inside shoulder honest and force the 10 to make tackles.
* Get Laulala on the ball early on and encourage a very pacy back three to run off his shoulder. Only offload if it is on, otherwise, crash it up and use SOB, Fearns, Caldwell to clear out and Louw to secure.
* In the second half, bring on Banahan for a huge physical threat. Encourage him to run into the centre channel early on and test a tired defence. Eastmond to come on for last 30 mins in a free role, acting as 2nd receiver, popping up wherever to use his pace, step and get more experience

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London Wasps
Manager – Stnick88

01. Payne	09. Dickson
02. Chuter	10. Steyn
03. Mas
04. Garvey	11. Varndell
05. Skivington	12. JTH
06. Dusatoir	13. JJ
07. Burger	14. Monye
08. Parisse	15. Brown

16 Tau'lafo 17 Brooker 18 Broster 19 Wentzel 20 Salvi 21 Young 22 Robinson 23 Ansbro

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Waikato Chiefs v London Irish

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Chiefs
Manager –

01. Sona Taumalolo	09. Tawera Kerr-Barlow
02. Hika Elliot	10. Aaron Cruden
03. Ben Tameifuna
04. Brodie Retalick	11. Asaeli Tikoirotuma
05. Michael Fitzgerald	12. Sonny Bill Williams
06. Tanerau Latimer	13. Richard Kahui
07. Sam Cane	14. Lelia Masaga
08. Liam Messam	15. Tim Nanai Williams

16. Toby Smith 17. Mahonri Schwalger 18. Ben Afeki 19. Craig Clarke 20. Kane Thompson 21. Brendon Leonard 22. Jackson Willison 23. Andrew Horrell

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London Irish

Manager – Pullthestrings

01. Gethin Jenkins	09. James Simpson
02. James Buckland	10. Brock James
03. Euan Murray
04. Tom Palmer	11. Sailosi Tagicakibau
05. Nick Kennedy	12. Daniel Bowden
06. Jerome Kaino	13. Aurelien Rougerie
07. David Pocock (c)	14. Tom Homer (k)
08. Imanol Harinordoquy	15. Delon Armitage

16. William Servat, 17. Max Lahiff, 18. Simon Shaw, 19. Tom Guest, 20. Darren Allinson, 21. Quade Cooper, 22. Regan King, 23. Alesana Tuilagi

Tactics
- Look to dominate at the set piece. Keep this going all game, with top backups on the bench too
- Limit the effect of the Chiefs midfield with big defensive efforts from Bowden and Rougerie. Pocock and Kaino to work their socks off to make tackles too.
- Pin Chiefs back with tactical kicking from James and Bowden. Make them play from their own 22.
- Target turnovers to potential counter attacks, getting the ball wide quickly.
- Cooper, Tuilagi and King to come on and run at tired legs, opening the game up
- Homer to kick all pens within range

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Saracens v Ulster Rugby

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Saracens
Manager – ChequeredJersey

01. Mako Vunipola	09. Morgan Parra (k.)
02. John Smit	10. Shane Geraghty
03. Carlos Nieto
04. Mauritz Botha	11. Drew Mitchell
05. Steve Borthwick (c.)	12. Adam Powell
06. Richie McCaw	13. Conrad Smith
07. Will Fraser	14. Sam Smith
08. Chris York	15. Leigh Halfpenny (long kick)

16. Matt Mullan 17. Rob Hawkins 18. Kieran Brookes 19. George Kruis 20. Ernst Joubert 21. Richard Wigglesworth 22. Wray 23. Chris Wyles

Tactics

Use Parra to neutralise the kivking game of Pienaar.
Keep the ball tight in the forwards with Parra kicking and dictating the pace, then when there is a chance of fast ball, send in McCaw and Fraser fast into the ruck (same for potential TOs) and spread it and attack with a lot of pivots.
Halfpenny and Mitchell and Parra to ensure we play clever territory
Crash ball with Mitchell off wing and York and later on Joubert to exploit Wallace and Jackson. Take all available kicks at goal. Sub on Joubert at 50 mins and move York to 6 and McCaw to 7. If game is tight, move Geraghty to 12 and Parra at 10.

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Ulster Rugby
Manager –

01. Tom Court	09. Ruan Pienaar
02. Rory Best	10. Paddy Jackson
03. John Afoa
04. Johann Muller	11. Craig Gilroy
05. Dan Tuohy	12. Paddy Wallace
06. Stephen Ferris	13. Darren Cave
07. Chris Henry	14. Andrew Trimble
08. Pedrie Wannenburg	15. Jared Payne

16. Paddy McAllister 17. Nigel Brady 18. Declan Fitzpatrick 19. Lewis Stevenson 20 Willie Faloon 21. Paul Marshall 22. Iain Humphreys 23 Adam D'Arcy

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Exeter Chiefs v Sale Sharks

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Exeter Chiefs
Manager – Luke

01. Brett Sturgess	09. Dwayne Peel
02. Rob Webber	10. Jonny Wilkinson (k)
03. John Afoa
04. Loius Deacon	11. Paul Sackey
05. James Horwill (c)	12. Sireli Naqelevuki
06. Tom Johnson	13. Geroge Lowe
07. Steffon Armitage	14. Richard Kahui
08. Ofisa Treviranus	15. Isa Nacewa

16. Ben Moon 17. Neil Clark 18. Hoani Tui 19. James Hanks 20. James Scaysbrook 21. Kevin Barrett 22. Ignacio Mieres 23. Gonzalo Camacho

Tactics

We will play a structured game built around our massive ball carriers, the strength of our set piece and getting our lightning backline into space.

- Attack the scrum as a weapon - and call when we can. Look to really get the shove on.

- Use Wilkinson's boot to attack our strong lineout with Horwill, Decon and Johnson. We will relentlessly target the opposition's throws.

- Massive line-breakers right throughout the side that will look to tire down Sale defence. We will use our big carriers consistently to tire down Sale .
The likes of Afoa, Trev and Naqelevuki used off the shoulder crashing through the opposition defence.

- Armitage is the man charged with reaching the breakdown first and look to turnover possession. We will always look to attack quickly off turnover ball.

- Box kicks from Peel and up and unders from Wilkinson to give the opposition problems in the air.
Lightning back three to really get the chase on.

- Look to play attacking rugby in the backs, getting the likes of Lowe, Kahui and Nacewa on the ball when we can.

- Our back three are encouraged to do what they do best - counter attacking and running the ball back. If isolated all have good kicking games, but the counter is what we ask them to look for.

- Wilkinson to kick all penalites.

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Sale Sharks
Manager – LondonIrishOllie

01.Logovoii Mulipola	09.Hadyn Thomas
02.Gary Botha	10.Aaron Cruden
03.Davit Kubriashvilli
04.James Gaskell	11.
05.Dean Schofield	12.Sam Tuitupou
06.Richie Vernon	13.Jonothan Davies
07.Schalk Burger	14.Tom Brady
08.Jordan Crane	15.Rob Miller

Subs

16.Marc Jones 17.Henry Thomas 18.Andrew Sheridan 19.Kearnan Myall 20.Hendrie Fourie 21.Scott Mathie 22.Johan Goosen 23.Jaque Fourie

Tactics

Cruden to use his great attacking game, to bring in our backs.
Blitz defence to be employed.
Burger, Crane, Schofield, Mulipola and Tuitupou all big carriers and will make yards and get go forward ball.
Subs - As and when needed.

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Stormers v Harlequins

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Stormers
Manager –

01. Deon Carstens	09. Dewaldt Duvenage
02. Tiaan Liebenberg	10. Peter Grant
03. Frans Malherbe
04. Eben Etzebeth	11. Bryan Habana
05. Andries Bekker	12. Jean De Villiers
06. Siya Kolisi	13. Juan De Jongh
07. Duane Vermulean	14. Gio Aplon
08. Schalk Burger	15. Joe Pietersen

16. Steven Kitshoff 17. Deon Fourie 18. Brok Harris 19. De Kock Steenkamp 20. Rynhardt Elstadt 21. Louis Schreuder 22. Burton Francis 23. Gerhard van den Heever

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Harlequins

Manager – Driver

01.Alex Corbisero	09.Luke Burgess
02.Joe Grey	10.Owen Farrell
03.James Johnstone
04.Eben Etzebeth	11.George North
05.George Robson	12.Wesley Fofana
06.Jack Clifford	13.Elliot Daley
07.Matt Kvesic	14.James Short
08.Chris Robshaw(c)	15.Adam Ashley-Cooper

16.Rob Bunchman 17.Chris Budgen 18.Rhys Gill 19.Tom Denton 20.Alex Grey 21.Nic Berry 22.Tom Heathcote 23.Jared Payne

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Newcastle Falcons v Worcester Warriors

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Newcastle Falcons

Manager – Fluxy

01. Grant Shiells	09. Ruan Pienaar (K)
02. David Paice	10. Tom Heathcote
03. David Wilson
04. Steve Mafi	11. Topsy Ojo
05. James Hudson (C)	12. Steven Shingler
06. Jamie Gibson	13. Dominic Waldlouck
07. Hienrich Brussow	14. Cory Jane
08. Nick Easter	15. Nick Abendanon

16. Tom Mercey 17. Tom Lindsay 18. Darren Fearns 19. Eben Etzebeth 20. Alex Gray 21. Paul Hodgson 22. Joel Hodgson 23. Adam Thompstone

Tactics

TBC

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WorcesterWarriors

Manager – InTheFastLane

01. Joe Marler	09. Shaun Perry
02. Ed Shervington	10. Andy Goode
03. Tevita Taumoepeau
04. Gerhard Mostert	11. David Strettle
05. Graham Kitchener	12. Brad Barritt
06. James Haskell	13. Matt Hopper
07. Michael Hooper	14. Marcel Garvey
08. Ben Morgan	15. Luke Rooney

16. Stephen Moore 17. Oliver Tomascyzk 18. George Porter 19. James Percival 20. Andy Saull 21. Will Genia 22. Dan Carter 23. Kurtley Beale

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Cheers Johnny

Saracens
Manager – ChequeredJersey

01. Mako Vunipola	09. Morgan Parra (k.)
02. John Smit	10. Shane Geraghty
03. Carlos Nieto
04. Mauritz Botha	11. Drew Mitchell
05. Steve Borthwick (c.)	12. Adam Powell
06. Richie McCaw	13. Conrad Smith
07. Will Fraser	14. Sam Smith
08. Chris York	15. Leigh Halfpenny (long kick)

16. Matt Mullan 17. Rob Hawkins 18. Kieran Brookes 19. George Kruis 20. Ernst Joubert 21. Richard Wigglesworth 22. Joel Tompkins 23. Chris Wyles

Tactics

TBA

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Harlequins

Manager – Driver

01.Alex Corbisero	09.Luke Burgess
02.Joe Grey	10.Owen Farrell
03.James Johnstone
04.Eben Etzebeth	11.George North
05.George Robson	12.Wesley Fofana
06.Jack Clifford	13.Elliot Daley
07.Matt Kvesic	14.James Short
08.Chris Robshaw(c)	15.Adam Ashley-Cooper

16.Rob Bunchman 17.Chris Budgen 18.Rhys Gill 19.Tom Denton 20.Alex Grey 21.Nic Berry 22.Tom Heathcote 23.Jared Payne

Bath Rugby
Manager – Bathite

01. C.Healy	09. M.Classens
02. C.Tolufua	10. S.Donald
03. O.Franks
04. J.Muller	11. O.Woodburn
05. D.Attwood	12. F.Steyn (k)
06. C.Fearns	13. C.Laulala
07. F.Louw (c)	14. R.Chisholm
08. S.O'Brien	15. I.Dagg

16. A.Perenise 17. L.Mears 18. N.Catt 19. R.Caldwell 20. M.Lund 21. M.McMillan 22. K.Eastmond 23. M.Banahan

TACTICS TBC

General
We want to make sure that we play rugby in the opposition half and force handling errors, where we can attack the scrum and use the boot of Steyn to keep the scoreboard ticking over. Use the physicality of our pack to our advantage, keeping the ball tight in the middle section of the pitch to retain possession and build a platform to attack from. In our third clear to touch and challenge for the ball at lineout.

Donald and Steyn to ensure we play sensible rugby in the right areas, kicking long for touch in our 22, using the up and under in the centre of the pitch and delicate grubbers in behind centres to chase and force kickable penalties.

Steyn leads the rush defence, with Louw/Fearns flying up to cramp Steyn for time and space and ensuring he takes the ball deep behind the gainline and starving their outside backs of ball. Force him to kick the ball away, he is in poor form and low confidence

Forwards
* Franks to target Payne in the scrum. Look to draw penalties for Steyn to gain position and points. Look for a yellow card early on, with no front row replacements to concern us
* Picked a very physical pack to make sure that we defend strongly and smash over the gainline. O'Brien to lead pack from base of scrum making hard yards and setting up the ruck for Louw and Fearns to clear out. SOB to mark opposite 8 in defence to prevent charges from base of scrum
* At the lineout, Muller will lead the calls and look to pressurise oppoistion hooker and compete at every throw
* Louw is a breakdown specialist and will look to stay on his feet at the ruck and slow opposition ball down. Fearns and Lund to guard to the fringes of the ruck
* Use ball carriers of Franks, Louw, Tolufua, O'Brien, Fearns to make hard yards up the pitch and draw defenders into the ruck area, looking to create space around the fringes for Laulala to exploit

Backs
* Dagg given free rein in attack, looking to come into the line either side of Laulala. Laulala to look for the half gap with power and offload (only if on), with the pace of Biggs and Woodburn on their shoulder to make the break
* Donald to take the ball flat on the gainline, drawing defenders and buying time and space for Steyn in the 2nd playmaker role. Steyn not afraid to bosh it up if nothing on and set up the ruck.
* Vary the point of attack with 10/12 interchanging, look to keep it unpredictable on the gainline + difficult to defend against. Use the inside pass with forward runners of Franks, Caldwell, SOB to keep the inside shoulder honest and force the 10 to make tackles.
* Get Laulala on the ball early on and encourage a very pacy back three to run off his shoulder. Only offload if it is on, otherwise, crash it up and use SOB, Fearns, Caldwell to clear out and Louw to secure.
* In the second half, bring on Banahan for a huge physical threat. Encourage him to run into the centre channel early on and test a tired defence. Eastmond to come on for last 30 mins in a free role, acting as 2nd receiver, popping up wherever to use his pace, step and get more experience

Tactics v quickly-

Use Parra to neutralise the kivking game of Pienaar.
Keep the ball tight in the forwards with Parra kicking and dictating the pace, then when there is a chance of fast ball, send in McCaw and Fraser fast into the ruck (same for potential TOs) and spread it and attack with a lot of pivots.
Halfpenny and Mitchell and Parra to ensure we play clever territory
Crash ball with Mitchell off wing and York and later on Joubert to exploit Wallace and Jackson. Take all available kicks at goal. Sub on Joubert at 50 mins and move York to 6 and McCaw to 7. If game is tight, move Geraghty to 12 and Parra at 10.

Also McCaw and Fraser to make Jackson's life hell

1. Nick Wood

2. Darren Dawiduk

3. Rupert Harden

4. Tom Savage

5. Sam Whitelock

6. Alasdair Strokosch

7. Sam Cane

8. JVN ©

9. Dimitri Yachvilli

10. Pat Lambie (k)

11. Charlie Sharples

12. EFS

13. Jamie Roberts

14. Jonny May

15. Iain Balshaw



16. Scott Lawson

17. Adam Jones

18. Dan Murphy

19. Jim Hamilton

20. Akapusi Qera

21. Dan Robson

22. Ryan Mills

23. JSD



*Fast paced rugby,

*No backward step in the scrum and looking to give Wood 80minutes,

*Whitelock to run the lineouts,

*Backrow to make a nuisance and JVN to lead Cane from the front,

*Quick ball and Lambie to give EFS it fast,

*EFS to give Roberts space to power through and offload to pacy wingers,

*Both wingers to go looking for work with Balshaw providing bombs,

*Use bench sparingly with Jones coming on after 50mins and the backs coming on to inject pace in final 20,

*Blitz defence with no gaps and a backrower over the ball slowing it down,

*Youthful team looking to play attractive, fast rugby.



Not going to be able to predict I don't think sorry!!

WorcesterWarriors

Manager – InTheFastLane

01. Joe Marler	09. Shaun Perry
02. Ed Shervington	10. Andy Goode
03. Tevita Taumoepeau
04. Gerhard Mostert	11. David Strettle
05. Graham Kitchener	12. Brad Barritt
06. James Haskell	13. Matt Hopper
07. Michael Hooper	14. Marcel Garvey
08. Ben Morgan	15. Luke Rooney

16. Stephen Moore 17. Oliver Tomascyzk 18. George Porter 19. James Percival 20. Andy Saull 21. Will Genia 22. Dan Carter 23. Kurtley Beale

Sale Sharks
Manager – LondonIrishOllie

01.Logovoii Mulipola	09.Hadyn Thomas
02.Gary Botha	10.Aaron Cruden
03.Davit Kubriashvilli
04.James Gaskell	11.
05.Dean Schofield	12.Sam Tuitupou
06.Richie Vernon	13.Jonothan Davies
07.Schalk Burger	14.Tom Brady
08.Jordan Crane	15.Rob Miller

Subs
16.Marc Jones 17.Henry Thomas 18.Andrew Sheridan 19.Kearnan Myall 20.Hendrie Fourie 21.Scott Mathie 22.Johan Goosen 23.Jaque Fourie
Tactics
Cruden to use his great attacking game, to bring in our backs.
Blitz defence to be employed.
Burger, Crane, Schofield, Mulipola and Tuitupou all big carriers and will make yards and get go forward ball.
Subs - As and when needed.

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Leicester Tigers
Manager – Sgt_Pooly

01. Marco Ayerza	09. Danny Care
02. Bismark du Plessis	10. Toby Flood
03. Martin Castrogiovani
04. Richie Gray	11. Christian Wade
05. Geoff Parling	12. Berrick Barnes
06. Tom Croft	13. Manu Tuilagi
07. Sam Warburton (c)	14. James O’Connor
08. Thomas Waldroum	15. Rob Kearney

16. Tom Youngs 17. Dan Cole 18. Boris Stankovich 19. Joe Launchbury 20. Liam Gill 21. Ben Youngs 22. Billy Twelvetrees 23. Miles Benjamin

Tactics

- ATTACK SCRUM - Look to target opp LH especially and carry on in 2nd with Cole
- ATTACK LINEOUT WITH NUMEROUS JUMPERS
- BIG CARRIES - From pack....BdP, Cole, Castro, Ayerza, Gray, Waldroum, Warburton to keep us getting over gain line
- TURNOVER BALL - Look to counter on turnover ball will JOC coming into line
- TUILAGI - Look to punch holes through midfield and use backrow to secure quick ball from this. Care/Youngs to get to ruck and attack fringes or get backs into play

Wasps team

1 Payne
2 Chuter
3 Mas
4 Garvey
5 Skivington
6 Dusatoir
7 Burger
8 Parisse
9 Dickson
10 Steyn
11 Varndell
12 JTH
13 JJ
14 Monye
15 Brown

16 Tau'lafo
17 Brooker
18 Broster
19 Wentzel
20 Salvi
21 Young
22 Robinson
23 Ansbro

Exeter Chiefs
Manager – Luke

01. Brett Sturgess	09. Dwayne Peel
02. Rob Webber	10. Jonny Wilkinson (k)
03. John Afoa
04. Loius Deacon	11. Paul Sackey
05. James Horwill (c)	12. Sireli Naqelevuki
06. Tom Johnson	13. Geroge Lowe
07. Steffon Armitage	14. Richard Kahui
08. Ofisa Treviranus	15. Isa Nacewa

16. Ben Moon 17. Neil Clark 18. Hoani Tui 19. James Hanks 20. James Scaysbrook 21. Kevin Barrett 22. Ignacio Mieres 23. Gonzalo Camacho

Tactics

We will play a structured game built around our massive ball carriers, the strength of our set piece and getting our lightning backline into space.

- Attack the scrum as a weapon - and call when we can. Look to really get the shove on.

- Use Wilkinson's boot to attack our strong lineout with Horwill, Decon and Johnson. We will relentlessly target the opposition's throws.

- Massive line-breakers right throughout the side that will look to tire down Sale defence. We will use our big carriers consistently to tire down Sale .
The likes of Afoa, Trev and Naqelevuki used off the shoulder crashing through the opposition defence.

- Armitage is the man charged with reaching the breakdown first and look to turnover possession. We will always look to attack quickly off turnover ball.

- Box kicks from Peel and up and unders from Wilkinson to give the opposition problems in the air.
Lightning back three to really get the chase on.

- Look to play attacking rugby in the backs, getting the likes of Lowe, Kahui and Nacewa on the ball when we can.

- Our back three are encouraged to do what they do best - counter attacking and running the ball back. If isolated all have good kicking games, but the counter is what we ask them to look for.

- Wilkinson to kick all penalites.

Newcastle Falcons

Manager – Fluxy

01. Grant Shiells	09. Ruan Pienaar (K)
02. David Paice	10. Nick Evans
03. David Wilson
04. Steve Mafi	11. Topsy Ojo
05. James Hudson (C)	12. Tom Casson
06. Jamie Gibson	13. Dominic Waldlouck
07. Hienrich Brussow	14. Cory Jane
08. Nick Easter	15. Nick Abendanon

16. Tom Mercey 17. Tom Lindsay 18. Darren Fearns 19. Ollie Kohn 20. Mark Wilson 21. Paul Hodgson 22. Steven Shingler 23. Adam Thompstone

Tactics

TBC

May I please switch Tomkins, as he is in my 7s and I've set a self-imposed rule, and replace him on the bench with Wray? Big pack bench

Team sheet updated.

Yeah sure CJ will do it when I update the page this evening

When's the deadline?

Suppose to be tonight mate but a few of us havent got teams in so dont mind waiting till tomorrow

Hi mate.

See what you're saying about a straight swap, probs not much in it but Pocock shades it. Also, I have Bowden at 12 who is better than who I would have coming in for Pocock at 7.

The best you could offer, I expect, I something like:

Bowden + Pocock
=
Wood + SBW

Even that I wouldn't say yes straight away, I'd have to think about it..

Not sure you've put that on right page Pull....

Whoops!

London Irish

Manager – Pullthestrings

01. Gethin Jenkins	09. James Simpson
02. James Buckland	10. Brock James
03. Euan Murray
04. Tom Palmer	11. Sailosi Tagicakibau
05. Nick Kennedy	12. Daniel Bowden
06. Jerome Kaino	13. Aurelien Rougerie
07. David Pocock (c)	14. Tom Homer (k)
08. Imanol Harinordoquy	15. Delon Armitage

16. William Servat, 17. Max Lahiff, 18. Simon Shaw, 19. Tom Guest, 20. Darren Allinson, 21. Quade Cooper, 22. Regan King, 23. Alesana Tuilagi

Tactics
- Look to dominate at the set piece. Keep this going all game, with top backups on the bench too
- Limit the effect of the Chiefs midfield with big defensive efforts from Bowden and Rougerie. Pocock and Kaino to work their socks off to make tackles too.
- Pin Chiefs back with tactical kicking from James and Bowden. Make them play from their own 22.
- Target turnovers to potential counter attacks, getting the ball wide quickly.
- Cooper, Tuilagi and King to come on and run at tired legs, opening the game up
- Homer to kick all pens within range

V. Briefly -
Leinster 24 - Saints 22
Front row- Leinster
Second row- Evens
Back row- Saints
Half backs- Saints (just)
Centres- Leinster
Back Three- Leinster (just)

Leicester 28- 20 Gloucester
Front row- Leicester (comfortably)
Second row- Leicester
Back row- Gloucester (just)
Half backs- Leicester
Centres- Leicester
Back 3 - Leicester

Bath 18 - Wasps 17
FR- evens
SR- Bath (just)
BR- Wasps (just, both of them look top notch)
HB- Bath (just)
CT- Bath (just)
B3- Wasps (just)

Wakaito 20- 23 Irish
F- Irish
S- Wakaito
B- Irish
H- Evens
C- Wakaito
3- Irish

Exeter 22 - Sale 21
F- Exeter
S- Exeter
B- Sale
H- Evens
C- Sale
3- Exeter (Sale a man down?)
Tactics- Exeter

Stormers 15 - 20 Quins
F- Quins
S- Stormers
B- Evens
H- Quins
C- Stormers (just)
3- Quins (just)

Falcons 21 - 16 Wuss
F- Wuss
S- Falcons
B- Wuss (just)
H- Falcons (is Heathcote still allowed tonplay? If not I assume Evans is on and he's even better!)
C- Wuss (just)
3- Falcons

Just scores for full bonus, right?

Yeah mate

Leinster 24 - 15 Saints
Tigers 16 - 16 Glos
Cheifs 19 - 17 Irish
Sarries 18 - 14 Ulster
Exeter 22 - 17 Sale
Stormers 24 - 21 Quins
Falcons 16 - 14 Worcs

I should have internet by tomorrow so keeping my fingers crossed i'll be able to rpedict.

Leinster 22–26 Northampton

Front row – See Saints getting an edge on throughout, great bench here too.
Engine room – Probably just shades to Leinster with some serious grunt
Backrow – Just to Saints. Wood seriously needs some form which hinders Saints here but Heaslip hasn’t been great for a few years.

Halfbacks – Prefer Dickson/Sexton, not convinced with Leinster’s Sexton
Centres – Great combo from Saints
Back 3 – Just shades to Leinster here
Subs – More up front for Saints, backs to Leinster
Overall – Saints too strong


Bath 18–24 Wasps

Front row – Slightly better scrummaging unit from Bath and in loose, Tolufua struggles to hit a barn door though and can see Baths lineout creaking
Engine room – Not much in it around the park, Wasps to shade lineout
Backrow – Wasps better man for man

Halfbacks – Slighly better platform for Wasps, Donald awful.
Centres – Good units, prefer Bath unit with great balance and little bit more quality
Back 3 – Dagg standout but better unit from Wasps
Subs – No advantage form either side
Overall – See Wasps having edge and working off better platform, Steyn will keep board ticking over

Chiefs 27–30 Irish

Great game, shows how far Irish have come to beat a fantastic Chiefs side

Saracens 21-20 Ulster

Just enough for Sarries

Exeter 22–20 Sale

Lack of winger costs Sale. Exeter have a little bit more but good match up

Stormers 24-22 Quins

Stormers very strong and see Quins backrow getting bullied out of it a bit

Newcastle 21–19 Worcester

V good close game, Falcons just a bit too much. Worcester bench scary and will push close

Tigers 27-21 Glos
Bath 23-21 Wasps
Cheifs 19-22 Irish
Sarries 18-18 Ulster
Exeter 22-17 Sale
Stormers 23-21 Quins
Falcons 20-14 Worcs

Got the net, will predict after training if that's ok? Will be around 8ish

Leinster 21-22 Saints
Tigers 35-30 Gloucester
Bath 20-26 Wasps
Chiefs 22-25 Irish
Sarries 17-15 Ulster
Exeter 26-21 Sale
Stormers 22-26 QUins

Leinster 14 - 15 Northampton

Leicester 18 - 12 Gloucester

Bath 25 - 19 Wasps

Saracens 22 - 15 Ulster

Exeter 24 - 26 Sale

Stormers 13 - 12 Quins

Newcastle 28 - 22 Worcester

Leinster 14 Northampton 18
Leicester 18 Gloucester
Bath 25 - 19 Wasps
Chiefs 20 Irish 20
Saracens 22 Ulster 18
Exeter 15 Sale 15
Newcastle 19 Worcester 15

Leinster 21-24 Northampton
Pack-Saints just
Backs-Saints

Bath 19-24 Wasps
Pack-Wasps
Backs-Wasps

Chiefs 27-28 Irish
Pack-Irish just
Backs-Chiefs

Saracens 20-19 Ulster
Pack-Sarries
Backs-Ulster

Exeter 25-20 Sale
Pack-Chiefs
Backs-Chiefs

Stormers 25-22 Quins
Pack-Stormers
Backs-Stormers

Newcastle 23-21 Worcester
Pack-Falcons
Backs-Falcons

Leinster 23 - 24 Northampton Saints
Leicester Tigers 25 - 22 Gloucester
Bath Rugby 24 - 24 London Wasps
Chiefs 21 - 20 London Irish
Saracens 18 - 18 Ulster
Exeter Chiefs 23 - 22 Sale Sharks
Stormers 20 - 24 Harlequins

Predictions are closed.

I will knock up results at lunch time unless Pooly is around to do them earlier

Results:

Leinster 21 - 24 Northampton Saints
Leicester Tigers 27 - 20 Gloucester
Bath Rugby 24 - 23 London Wasps
Waikato Chiefs 23 - 26 London Irish
Saracens 23 - 17 Ulster
Exeter Chiefs 26 - 20 Sale Sharks
Stormers 23 - 23 Harlequins
Newcastle Falcons 25 - 17 Worcester Warriors



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Cheers Johnny