Summer Cup Round 5

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

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Northampton Saints v Leinster Rugby

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Northampton Saints
Manager – SirJohnnyEnglish

01. Steven Kitshoff	09. Lee Dickson
02. Dylan Hartley	10. Johnny Sexton
03. Brian Mujati
04. Samu Manoa	11. Chris Ashton
05. Andries Bekker	12. Sonny Bill Williams
06. Stephen Ferris	13. George Pisi
07. Tom Wood	14. Jamie Elliot
08. Kieran Read	15. Ben Foden

16. Soane Tonga'uiha 17. Richardt Strauss 18. Paul Doran-Jones 19. Courtney Lawes 20. Calum Clark 21. Martin Roberts 22. Stephen Myler 23. Scott Armstrong

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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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Gloucester Rugby v Leicester Tigers

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Gloucester
Manager – prop_lyd

01. Wood	09. Robson
02. Lawson	10. Lambie
03. Jones
04. Whitelock	11. Sharples
05. Brown	12. JSD
06. Stokosch	13. Roberts
07. Cane	14. May
08. JVN	15. Balshaw

16. Dawiduk 17. Murphy 18. Harden 19. Savage 20. Qera 21. Yachvilli 22. Burns 23. Tindall

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Leicester Tigers
Manager – Sgt_Pooly

01. Thomas Domingo	09. Ben Youngs
02. Bismark du Plessis	10. Berrick Barnes
03. Dan Cole
04. Richie Gray	11. Miles Benjamin
05. Geoff Parling	12. James O’Connor
06. Maurie Fa’asalavu	13. Manu Tuilagi
07. Sam Warburton(c)	14. Christian Wade
08. Sergio Parisse	15. Rob Kearney

16. Tom Youngs 17. Aaron Jarvis 18. Marco Ayerza 19. Ed Slater 20. Luke Wallace 21. Karl Dickson 22. Toby Flood 23. Jordan Turner-Hall

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London Wasps v Bath Rugby

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London Wasps
Manager – Stnick88

01. Tim Payne	09. Danny Care
02. George Chuter	10. Morne Steyn
03. Nicolas Mas
04. Matt Garvey	11. Tom Varndell
05. George Skivington	12. Luke McAllister
06. Thierry Dusatoir(c)	13. Jonathan Joseph
07. Jaques Burger	14. Ugo Monye
08. Thomas Waldrom	15. Mike Brown

16 Zak Tau'lafo 17 Chris Brooker 18 Ben Broster 19 Marco Wentzel 20 Julian Salvi 21 Micky Young 22 Jimmy Gopperth 23 Billy Twelvetrees

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Bath Rugby
Manager – Bathite

01. C.Healy	09. M.Classens
02. L.Mears	10. J.Hook
03. O.Franks
04. J.Muller	11. M.Banahan
05. D.Attwood	12. F.Steyn (k)
06. C.Fearns	13. C.Laulala
07. F.Louw (c)	14. T.Biggs
08. S.O'Brien	15. I.Dagg

16. A.Perenise 17. C.Tolufua 18. N.Catt 19. R.Caldwell 20. M.Lund 21. M.McMillan 22. K.Eastmond 23. O.Woodburn

TACTICS TBC

General
- Going full strength for the win, no more experimentation! Take advantage of a managerless team, without tactics!
- 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.
- Look to interchange 10 and 12 as the situation sees fit. Utilise Hook as a playmaker on the wrap around and Steyn as a physical threat and cannon of a boot.
- Hook 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 10 for time and space and ensuring he takes the ball deep behind the gainline and starving their outside backs of ball.

Forwards
* Franks to target LH in the scrum. Look to draw penalties for Steyn to gain position and points. Look for a yellow card early on.
* 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
* Hook 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.
* Banahan is a huge physical threat. Encourage him to run into the 10 channel early on and test Cruden defence and to see SBW fly up and create a gap behind. 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 Irish v Waikato Chiefs

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London Irish

Manager – Pullthestrings

01. Clarke Dermody	09. Joe Simpson
02. Tatafu Polota-Nau	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. James Buckland, 17. Gethin Jenkins, 18. Paulica Ion, 19. Tom Guest, 20. Darren Allinson, 21. Quade Cooper, 22. Regan King, 23. Alesana Tuilagi

Tactics
- Play a structured game based on our kicking game and set piece dominance
- Target the scrum and look to really build some confidence and platform here. Big scrummaging front row to come on to continue the dominance.
- Compete on their ball at the lineout - go from turnovers here
- 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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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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Ulster Rugby v Saracens

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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. Niall O'Connor 23 Adam D'Arcy

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Saracens
Manager – ChequeredJersey

01. Matt Mullan	09. Morgan Parra (k.)
02. Schalk Brits	10. Charlie Hodgson
03. Carlos Nieto
04. Donnacha Ryan	11. Leigh Halfpenny
05. Steve Borthwick (c.)	12. Anthony Allen
06. Kelly Brown	13. Conrad Smith
07. Jonathan Poff	14. Drew Mitchell
08. Richie McCaw	15. Alex Goode

16. Jared Saunders 17. Rob Buchanan 18. Sekope Kepu 19. Charlie Matthews 20. Chris York 21. Ben Spencer 22. Shane Geraghty 23. Chris Wyles

Tactics
TBA

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Sale Sharks v Exeter Chiefs

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Exeter Chiefs
Manager – Luke

01. Brett Sturgess	09. Kevin Barrett
02. Neil Clark	10. Ian Humphreys (k)
03. Hoani Tui
04. Tommy Hayes (c)	11. Gonzalo Camacho
05. James Hanks	12. Jason Shoemark
06. James Phillips	13. Josh Tatupu
07. James Scaysbrook	14. Matt Jess
08. Richard Baxter	15. Luke Arscott

16. Tendai Mtawarira 17. Scott Spurling 18. John Afoa 19. James Horwill 20. Steffon Armitage 21. Dwayne Peel 22. Henry Slade 23. Jack Nowell

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 Humphreys' boot to attack our strong lineout with Hanks, Hayes and Scaysbrook. We will relentlessly target the opposition's throws.

- Massive line-breakers right throughout the side that will look to tire down Sale defence.

- Scaysbrook 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 Barrett and up and unders from Humphreys to give the opposition problems in the air.
Lightning back line to really get the chase on.

- Look to play attacking rugby in the backs, getting the likes of Tatupu, Camcho and Arscott 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.

- Humphreys to kick all penalites.

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Harlequins v Stormers

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Harlequins

Manager – Driver

01.Rhys Gill	09.Luke Burgess
02.John Smit	10.Owen Farrell
03.Chris Budgen
04.Mauritz Botha	11.Scott Hamilton
05.Eben Etzebeth	12.Adam Ashley-Cooper
06.Craig Newby	13.Jared Payne
07.Chris Robshaw(c)	14.James Short
08.Willem Alberts	15.Ollie Lindsey Hague

16.Jason Harris Wright 17.Mark Lambert 18.James Johnstone 19.George Robson 20.Jack Clifford 21.Richard Wrigglesworth 22.Tom Heathcote 23.Hugo Southwell

Tactics

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Stormers
Manager –

01. Steven Kitshoff	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. Schalk Burger	13. Juan De Jongh
07. Siya Kolisi	14. Gio Aplon
08. Duane Vermulean	15. Joe Pietersen

16. Deon Carstens 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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Worcester Warriors v London Welsh

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London Welsh

Manager – Fluxy

01. Paul James	09. Ruan Pienaar (K)
02. David Paice	10. Nick Evans (k)
03. David Wilson
04. Steve Mafi	11. Topsy Ojo
05. Paul O'Connell (C)	12. Gavin Henson
06. Jamie Gibson	13. Dominic Waldlouck
07. Hienrich Brussow	14. Cory Jane
08. Nick Easter	15. Nick Abendanon

16. Shawn Pittman 17. Tom Mercey 18. Tom Lindsay 19. Dean Mumm 20. Chris Hala'ufia 21. Paul Hodgson 22. Steven Shingler 23. Ben Ransom

Tactics

• James and Wilson are solid technicians and will secure our own feed, to provide first phase possesion for our backs. James will look to put pressure on the Stormers feed.
  
  
• With a strong lineout, O'Connell will lead the lineout and use Mumm as a banker ball at the front of the line with POC jumping in the middle. If winning own ball POC will look to cut the lineout to five, to allow Easter to get a chance to run at the defence in open field.
  
  
• With the selection of Brussow and Gibson they'll attack breakdowns, their skills will provide another source of possesion from turnovers. Pienaar will be behind the rucks to supply any turnover possesion to our wide men as soon as possible why the defence is in disarray.
  
  
• Off any first phase possesion, there will be a strike runner to get over the gainline to provide quick ball whilst the opposition defence is still organising itself.
  
  
• Evans and Pienaar will direct traffic and marshall the attacking forces. Pienaar will marshall the forwards and Evans will pull the strings, looking for the runs of Waldlouck and Henson off his shoulder or to allow Wald to release our dangerous roaming back three.
  
  
• Pienaar and Evans will kick all points, unless POC dictates we have a dominate set piece at the moment in time.

Saracens
Manager – ChequeredJersey

01. Matt Mullan	09. Morgan Parra (k.)
02. Schalk Brits	10. Charlie Hodgson
03. Carlos Nieto
04. Donnacha Ryan	11. Leigh Halfpenny
05. Steve Borthwick (c.)	12. Anthony Allen
06. Kelly Brown	13. Conrad Smith
07. Jonathan Poff	14. Drew Mitchell
08. Richie McCaw	15. Alex Goode

16. Jared Saunders 17. Rob Buchanan 18. Sekope Kepu 19. Charlie Matthews 20. Chris York 21. Ben Spencer 22. Shane Geraghty 23. Chris Wyles

Tactics
TBA

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Exeter Chiefs
Manager – Luke

01. Brett Sturgess	09. Kevin Barrett
02. Neil Clark	10. Ian Humphreys (k)
03. Hoani Tui
04. Tommy Hayes (c)	11. Gonzalo Camacho
05. James Hanks	12. Jason Shoemark
06. James Phillips	13. Josh Tatupu
07. James Scaysbrook	14. Matt Jess
08. Richard Baxter	15. Luke Arscott

16. Tendai Mtawarira 17. Scott Spurling 18. John Afoa 19. James Horwill 20. Steffon Armitage 21. Dwayne Peel 22. Henry Slade 23. Jack Nowell

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 Humphreys' boot to attack our strong lineout with Hanks, Hayes and Scaysbrook. We will relentlessly target the opposition's throws.

- Massive line-breakers right throughout the side that will look to tire down Sale defence.

- Scaysbrook 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 Barrett and up and unders from Humphreys to give the opposition problems in the air.
Lightning back line to really get the chase on.

- Look to play attacking rugby in the backs, getting the likes of Tatupu, Camcho and Arscott 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.

- Humphreys to kick all penalites.

London Irish

Manager – Pullthestrings

01. Clarke Dermody	09. Joe Simpson
02. Tatafu Polota-Nau	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. James Buckland, 17. Gethin Jenkins, 18. Paulica Ion, 19. Tom Guest, 20. Darren Allinson, 21. Quade Cooper, 22. Regan King, 23. Alesana Tuilagi

Tactics
- Play a structured game based on our kicking game and set piece dominance
- Target the scrum and look to really build some confidence and platform here. Big scrummaging front row to come on to continue the dominance.
- Compete on their ball at the lineout - go from turnovers here
- 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

Bath Rugby
Manager – Bathite

01. C.Healy	09. M.Classens
02. L.Mears	10. J.Hook
03. O.Franks
04. J.Muller	11. M.Banahan
05. D.Attwood	12. F.Steyn (k)
06. C.Fearns	13. C.Laulala
07. F.Louw (c)	14. T.Biggs
08. S.O'Brien	15. I.Dagg

16. A.Perenise 17. C.Tolufua 18. N.Catt 19. R.Caldwell 20. M.Lund 21. M.McMillan 22. K.Eastmond 23. O.Woodburn

TACTICS TBC

General
- Going full strength for the win, no more experimentation! Take advantage of a managerless team, without tactics!
- 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.
- Look to interchange 10 and 12 as the situation sees fit. Utilise Hook as a playmaker on the wrap around and Steyn as a physical threat and cannon of a boot.
- Hook 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 10 for time and space and ensuring he takes the ball deep behind the gainline and starving their outside backs of ball.

Forwards
* Franks to target LH in the scrum. Look to draw penalties for Steyn to gain position and points. Look for a yellow card early on.
* 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
* Hook 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.
* Banahan is a huge physical threat. Encourage him to run into the 10 channel early on and test Cruden defence and to see SBW fly up and create a gap behind. 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

Harlequins

Manager – Driver

01.Rhys Gill	09.Luke Burgess
02.John Smit	10.Owen Farrell
03.Chris Budgen
04.Mauritz Botha	11.Scott Hamilton
05.Eben Etzebeth	12.Adam Ashley-Cooper
06.Craig Newby	13.Jared Payne
07.Chris Robshaw(c)	14.James Short
08.Willem Alberts	15.Ollie Lindsey Hague

16.Jason Harris Wright 17.Mark Lambert 18.James Johnstone 19.George Robson 20.Jack Clifford 21.Richard Wrigglesworth 22.Tom Heathcote 23.Hugo Southwell

Tactics

Leicester Tigers
Manager – Sgt_Pooly

01. Thomas Domingo	09. Ben Youngs
02. Bismark du Plessis	10. Berrick Barnes
03. Dan Cole
04. Richie Gray	11. Miles Benjamin
05. Geoff Parling	12. James O’Connor
06. Maurie Fa’asalavu	13. Manu Tuilagi
07. Sam Warburton(c)	14. Christian Wade
08. Sergio Parisse	15. Rob Kearney

16. Tom Youngs 17. Aaron Jarvis 18. Marco Ayerza 19. Ed Slater 20. Luke Wallace 21. Karl Dickson 22. Toby Flood 23. Jordan Turner-Hall

Another weak team from you Pooly!

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London Welsh

Manager – Fluxy

01. Paul James	09. Ruan Pienaar (K)
02. David Paice	10. Nick Evans (k)
03. David Wilson
04. Steve Mafi	11. Topsy Ojo
05. Paul O'Connell (C)	12. Gavin Henson
06. Jamie Gibson	13. Dominic Waldlouck
07. Hienrich Brussow	14. Cory Jane
08. Nick Easter	15. Nick Abendanon

16. Shawn Pittman 17. Tom Mercey 18. Tom Lindsay 19. Dean Mumm 20. Chris Hala'ufia 21. Paul Hodgson 22. Steven Shingler 23. Ben Ransom

Tactics

• James and Wilson are solid technicians and will secure our own feed, to provide first phase possesion for our backs. James will look to put pressure on the Stormers feed.
  
  
• With a strong lineout, O'Connell will lead the lineout and use Mumm as a banker ball at the front of the line with POC jumping in the middle. If winning own ball POC will look to cut the lineout to five, to allow Easter to get a chance to run at the defence in open field.
  
  
• With the selection of Brussow and Gibson they'll attack breakdowns, their skills will provide another source of possesion from turnovers. Pienaar will be behind the rucks to supply any turnover possesion to our wide men as soon as possible why the defence is in disarray.
  
  
• Off any first phase possesion, there will be a strike runner to get over the gainline to provide quick ball whilst the opposition defence is still organising itself.
  
  
• Evans and Pienaar will direct traffic and marshall the attacking forces. Pienaar will marshall the forwards and Evans will pull the strings, looking for the runs of Waldlouck and Henson off his shoulder or to allow Wald to release our dangerous roaming back three.
  
  
• Pienaar and Evans will kick all points, unless POC dictates we have a dominate set piece at the moment in time.

London Wasps
Manager – Stnick88

01. Tim Payne	09. Danny Care
02. George Chuter	10. Morne Steyn
03. Nicolas Mas
04. Matt Garvey	11. Tom Varndell
05. George Skivington	12. Luke McAllister
06. Thierry Dusatoir(c)	13. Jonathan Joseph
07. Jaques Burger	14. Ugo Monye
08. Thomas Waldrom	15. Mike Brown

16 Zak Tau'lafo 17 Chris Brooker 18 Ben Broster 19 Marco Wentzel 20 Julian Salvi 21 Micky Young 22 Jimmy Gopperth 23 Billy Twelvetrees

Pooly, is GF taking over Wasps?

Just trying a few combo's mate

CJ....he said he was but he hasn't really been about since. I hope he does as he's a good boy and usually on.

We just need a CJ MkII lol

Do we?

Lol, thanks, The advantage of having an iPhone is that any boring moment or journey is secretly an opportunity to do some work or go on this board!

Fluxy wrote:Do we?

Cheeky git

ChequeredJersey wrote:Lol, thanks, The advantage of having an iPhone is that any boring moment or journey is secretly an opportunity to do some work or go on this board!

Amen brother!

Iphones are the best......although the missus disagrees and has promised to cite mine as the "other woman" when she divorces me lol

Fluxy wrote:

ChequeredJersey wrote:Lol, thanks, The advantage of having an iPhone is that any boring moment or journey is secretly an opportunity to do some work or go on this board!

Amen brother!

Seconded!

Northampton Saints
Manager – SirJohnnyEnglish

01. Steven Kitshoff	09. Lee Dickson
02. Dylan Hartley	10. Johnny Sexton
03. Brian Mujati
04. Samu Manoa	11. Chris Ashton
05. Andries Bekker	12. Sonny Bill Williams
06. Stephen Ferris	13. George Pisi
07. Tom Wood	14. Jamie Elliot
08. Kieran Read	15. Ben Foden

16. Soane Tonga'uiha 17. Richardt Strauss 18. Paul Doran-Jones 19. Courtney Lawes 20. Calum Clark 21. Martin Roberts 22. Stephen Myler 23. Scott Armstrong

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Sgt_Pooly wrote:Iphones are the best......although the missus disagrees and has promised to cite mine as the "other woman" when she divorces me lol

Swear I've had the same chat with the mrs...

Have I missed the chance to put in a team? Really struggling to do 2 leagues without a laptop!!

1. Wood
2. Lawson
3. Jones
4. Whitelock
5. Brown
6. Strokosch
7. Cane
8. JVN (c)
9. Robson
10. Lambie (k)
11. Sharples
12. JSD
13. Roberts
14. May
15. Balshaw
16. Dawiduk 17. Murphy 18. Harden 19. Savage 20. Qera 21. Yachvilli 22. Burns 23. Tindall

Glaws 20-26 Tigers
Wasps 23-29 Bath
Irish 21-20 Chiefs
Ulster 20-24 Saracens
Sale 0-30 Exeter
Quins 19-21 Stormers
Worcester 0-30 Welsh

I'll do the specific Predos in the next couple of days.

Saints 30- 27 Leinster
Gloucester 25 - 32 Tigers
Wasps 26 - 26 Bath
Irish 27 - 28 Chiefs
Quins 26 - Stormers 22

Saints 26 - 25 Leinster


Gloucester 30 - 34 Leicester


Wasps 24 - 26 Bath


Irish 23 - 23 Waikato


Ulster 19 - 22 Saracens


Harlequins 24 - 24 Stormers


Worcester 0 - 30 Welsh

Saints 35-29 Leinster
Wasps 27-29 Bath
Irish 25-28 Chiefs
Ulster 18-25 Saracens
Quins 22-20 Stormers

Northampton Saints 33 - 28 Leinster

Gloucester 24 - 29 Leicester

Wasps 25 - 24 Bath

Ulster 20 - 23 Saracens

Sale x - x Exeter

Quins 18 - 23 Stormers

Worcester x - x Welsh

Saints 22-20 Leinster

Saints take the back row battle but leinster gain the edge in front row, can see 2^nd rows even. 9-10 to Saints and the centre pairings nullify each other. Wings to Saints which just edges Kearney’s form against Foden to take the win.



Wasps 18-17 Bath

The pack goes to Bath with the front row gaining a big advantage. Can see the breakdown being fairly even. Backs go to Wasps when looking at form and overall the extra bit of quality. Bench just nicks this for Wasps.



Irish 22-25 Chiefs

Front row and 2^nd row to Chiefs with Irish taking the back row just. The backs go to the Chiefs with a bit more quality and form. Irish run them close through a very good impact bench.



Ulster 15-18 Sarries

Front row and 2^nd row go to Ulster here but Sarries gain momentum in the back row. Half-backs are even and Sarries win this with their dominance in the backs overall.



Quins 19-18 Stormers

Pack goes to Quins taking overall advantage here. Stormers’ half backs and back 3 will pull them back into it but Quins have a little bit more in the centres to hold on.

Saints 23 - 22 Leinster

The front row is won by Leinster, but Saints will match them at the lineout and around the park with their edge in the backrow. Saints backline will win it but, the Leinster bench will help keep them in it.

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London Wasps 17 - 21 Bath

I can't look past Bath up front. Wasps will live off scraps via Dus and Burger, and from the lineout with Skivs. But any attacking threat will be nullified with Steyn at first reciever. Bath have a much more free-flowing feel to there team. Tactics would've been good from Wasps. But that can be overlooked due to the current situ.

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London Irish 22 - 25 Chiefs

A very good contest with the recently crowed S15 champions against Irish. Quite even up front. With Chiefs having some starters on their bench. But with SBW and Cruden they will tear Irish apart. Irish will score some points with their possesion, but Chiefs are razor sharp at the moment.

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Ulster 13 - 22 Sarries

The battle of packs is even. Maybe an edge in the lineout to Ulster but that is negated with McCaw and Poff at the breakdown. Pienaar will control things for Ulster but the raw Jackson will be exploited by Hodgson, Allen and Smith. Overall Sarries have a class edge over Ulster, despite the magic of Cave.

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Gloucester 23 - 25 Leicester Tigers

Its tough for any team to face the Tigers, but Glos make a good go of it. Tigers will edge the packs, but Glos have a little more of a grizzled look to them. Interesting choices at 12 for each. Not bad players but with both not playing their that regularly, it stunts the flow of the attacking play. Great backlines nonetheless. Glos bench has an edge over the Tigers one and gets a few extra points for them.

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Harlequins 19 - 22 Stormers

Packs are even for me. Quins halfbacks will control the game IMO, but Stormers have a much better centre pairing. As I see AAC being more useful in the backthree nowadays. Stormers back three will sneak it for them despite the talented Quins trio. The benches are even but some influential players that help both teams to get some points.

Saints 18 20 Leinster
Leicester 21 20 glos
Irish 16 19 chiefs
Ulster 18 17 Saracens
Quins 16 21 stormers

Sorry for the delay guys snowed under a bit this week

Results:

Saints 30-25 Leinster
Gloucester 24-31 Leicester
Wasps 24-27 Bath
Irish 23-27 Chiefs
Ulster 18-25 Saracens
Sale 0-30 Exeter
Quins 22-23 Stormers
Worcester 0-30 Welsh

Prediction bonus to:
Bathite, Luke, Prop, Pooley, Pull, Fluxey, SJE & CJ

Interesting comparing those to:
https://www.606v2.com/t31663-summer-cup-round-2

All results are the same apart from Stormers and Chiefs games. I doubt they've got better in 3 weeks but perhaps our predictions have been influenced by recent success?

(I voted for a Stormers win!)

Real life form always plays a part in predictions. Chiefs are probably the best team on the planet right now so no shame losing to them.

Agree with you pooly. Real life form and real life combinations hold high value in my predictions

It's what the game is based on.

Otherwise we'd all be trying to sign S.Burger and J.Smith as our new flankers...

Yeah it's why I'd like Mitchell to get back to fitness (gamble I think will pay off) and can't wait to see Kelly Brown start the season off!

I think even if you think you don't do it, recent form makes up a big part of predo's.

If a certain player is on fire but not a great player as in world class he can still stick out in predo's for you.

It's what makes this type of game slightly different than the Euro type league as we get to the Prem players week in week out