Heineken Cup Round One

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P1 Edinburgh Rugby v Gloucester

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Edinburgh Rugby

01. Allan Jacobsen	09. Richie Rees
02. Ross Ford	10. Greg Laidlaw
03. Geoff Cross
04. Sean Cox	11. Tim Visser
05. Grant Gilchrist	12. Ben Atiga
06. David Denton	13. Matt Scott
07. Ross Rennie	14. Lee Jones
08. Netani Talei	15. Greig Tonks

16. Andy Titterell 17. John Yapp 18. WP Nel 19. Dimitri Basilaia 20. Roddy Grant 21. Chris Leck 22. John Houston 23. Dougie Fife

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Gloucester

01. Dan Murphy	09. Dan Robson
02. Darren Dawiduk	10. Freddie Burns (k)
03. Rupert Harden
04. Jim Hamilton	11. JSD
05. Will James	12. EFS
06. Alisdair Strokosch	13. Henry Trinder
07. Akapusi Qera	14. Shane Monahan
08. JVN (c)	15. Iain Balshaw

16. Scott Lawson 17. Tom Heard 18. Adam Jones 19. Phil Burgess 20. Luke Narraway 21. Dimitri Yachvilli 22. Mike Tindall 23. Johnny May

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Tactics
*Front row to hold the scrum and Jones to come on and get the nudge on tired players,
*2nd row to be abrasive and wind up merchants, to compete at lineout,
*Back row to look to cause problems at breakdown and Q and JVN to carry strong,
*Get ball out to outside backs quickly with Burns standing flat and EFS coming onto it at pace,
*Centres to look to get the gaps to pass onto supporting runners,
*Back 3 have pace, experience and with Monahan, are hard to bring down, we will look to run hard and exploit their back 3,
*Defence will be hard and fast with Robson sweeping,
*Overall give the ball to the backs to play with and the bench from the backs will be used on 60 mins to bring experience and May's pace,
*We want to come back from Scotland with a win and any bonus points will be a bonus.

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P2 Toulouse v Northampton Saints

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Toulouse

01. Gurthro Steenkamp	09. Luke Burgess
02. Gary Botha	10. Lionel Beauxis
03. Census Johnston
04. Romain Mill-Chluski	11. Yoann Huget
05. Yoann Maestri	12. Luke McAlister
06. Thierry Dusautoir	13. Florian Fritz
07. Yannick Nyanga	14. Vincent Clerc
08. Louis Picamoles	15. Clement Poitrenaud

16. Christopher Tolofua 17. Jean-Baptiste Poux 18. Vasil Kakovin 19. Patricio Albacete 20. Edwin Maka 21. Jean-Marc Doussain 22. Timoci Matanavou 23. Yann David

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Northampton Saints

Manager – SirJohnnyEnglish

01. Steven Kitshoff	09. Lee Dickson
02. Dylan Hartley	10. Stephen Myler
03. Brian Mujati
04. Courtney Lawes	11. Chris Ashton
05. Andries Bekker	12. Sonny Bill Williams
06. Stephen Ferris	13. George Pisi
07. Tom Wood	14. Vasily Artemiev
08. Roger Wilson	15. Ben Foden

16. Soane Tonga'uiha 17. Richardt Strauss 18. Paul Doran-Jones 19. Christian Day 20. James Craig 21. Martin Roberts 22. Ryan Lamb 23. Jamie Elliot

Key Points

• Hit the lineout hard. Lawes, Bekker and Woods will look to get at the Toulouse lineout in a big way. There is no one in the Toulouse squad on show today known for their lineout work and this is an area we really can dominate.

Tactics

We will look to play the game inside opposition territory and will look to the boots of Dickson & Myler to put us there and take advantage of our lineout ascendancy. When in the right areas we will look to play a fast paced attacking game using big carriers running of the 9/10/12 axis to get us over the gain line and generate quick ball. Keeping the ball alive is crucial so our carriers will be looking for support runners to hit on the offload and get us further over the gain line. Our back three will look to get involved as much as possible running support lines of the halfbacks and midfield looking for the inside ball or offload.

• With a powerful front 5 on show we will look to keep the scrum up and use it as a weapon. On our own feed we will look to get the wheel on and give our 8-9-10 axis as much room as possible to attack from.

• In Toulouse territory, with 5 jumping options to use, we will look to play off the top and move the ball out to Myler and the backs. In our own territory, we will look to take the ball down into the maul and drive ourselves into the right areas.

• We will play an aggressive blitz on defence, playing on the edge of the offside line and coming up at pace, looking to isolate the ball carrier and stop any Toulouse momentum before it can get going.

• Lee Dickson will act as a sweeper and cover any chips or grubbers behind the defensive line.

• We will leave two players sitting deep to cover any kicks and they will look to counter attack of any loose ball.

• With the blitz in operation, we will look to be at the breakdown first hitting it hard and fast. If the ball looks available we will flood the breakdown with Wood looking to get his hands on the ball.

• If the ball is not immediately available we will only commit 1 or 2 players to legally slow the ball down and instead look to strengthen the defensive line.

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P3 Zebre v Leicester Tigers

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Zebre

01. Matias Aguero	09. Alberto Chillon
02. Davide Giazzon	10. Alberto Chiesa
03. Luca Redolfini
04. Quintin Geldehuys	11. Sinoti Sinoti
05. Michael van Vuuren	12. Gonzalo Garcia
06. Emiliano Caffini	13. Matteo Pratichetti
07. Mauro Bergamasco	14. Giovanbattistsa Venditti
08. Dries van Schalkwyk	15. Daniel Halangahu

16. Carlo Festuccia 17. Salvatore Preugini 18. Flavio Tripodi 19. Josh Sole 20. Filippo Ferratini 21. Luca Martinelli 22. Alberto Benettin 23. Leonardo Sarto

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Leicester Tigers

Manager – Sgt_Pooly

01. Alex Corbisiero	09. Karl Dickson
02. Tom Youngs	10. Toby Flood
03. Martin Castrogiovani
04. Joe Launchbury	11. Miles Benjamin
05. Ed Slater	12. Berrick Barnes(c)
06. Maurie Fa'asalavu	13. Matt Smith
07. Luke Wallace	14. Niall Morris
08. Jaqcue Cronje	15. Danny Cipriani

16. Jamie George 17. Aaron Jarvis 18. Thomas Domingo 19. Geoff Parling 20. Sam Jones 21. Ben Youngs 22. James O’Connor 23. Jordan Turner-Hall

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P4 Bath v Glasgow Warriors

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Bath Rugby

Manager – Bathite

01. C.Healy	09. M.Classens (c)
02. C.Tolufua	10. O.Barkley (k)
03. K.P-Newport
04. S.Hooper	11. K.Eastmond
05. R.Caldwell	12. B.Williams
06. C.Fearns	13. E.Daly
07. G.Mercer	14. O.Woodburn
08. S.O'Brien	15. R.Chisholm

16. A.Perenise 17. C.Tolufua 18. N.Catt 19. W.Skuse 20. S.Kalamafoni 21. C.Cook 22. S.Donald 23. M.Banahan

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Glasgow Warriors

01. Gordon Reid	09. Henry Pyrgos
02. Dougie Hall	10. Ruaridh Jackson
03. Michael Cusack
04. Tom Ryder	11. Sean Lamont
05. Ali Kellock	12. Peter Horne
06. Josh Strauss	13. Alex Dunbar
07. John Barclay	14. Tommy Seymour
08. Ryan Wilson	15. Peter Murchie

16. Finlay Gillies 17. Ofa Fainga'anuku 18. Ryan Grant 19. Tim Swinson 20. Chris Fusaro 21. Nikola Matawalu 22. Byron McGuigan 23. Stuart Hogg

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P5 Leinster Rugby v London Wasps

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Leinster

01. Cian Healy	09. Eoin Reddan
02. Richardt Strauss	10. Johnny Sexton
03. Mike Ross
04. Leo Cullen	11. fergus McFadden
05. Devin Toner	12. Gordon D'Arcy
06. Kevin McLaughlin	13. Brian O'Driscoll
07. Sean O'Brien	14. Fionn Carr
08. Jamie Heaslip	15. Rob Kearney

16. Sean Cronin 17. Heinke van der Merwe 18. Jamie Hagan 19. Tom Denton 20. Shane Jennings 21. Isaac Boss 22. Ian Madigan 23. Andrew Conway

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London Wasps
Manager – CF

01.Tim Payne	09.Danny Care
02.Dimitri Swarzeski	10.Jimmy Gopperth
03.Matt Stevens
04.Marco Wentzel	11.Ugo Monye
05.Skivvington	12.Joe Ansbro
06.Dusatoir (c)	13.Jaque Fourie
07.Julien Salvi	14.Tom Varndell
08.Thomas Waldrom	15.Mark Cueto

REPLACEMENTS: Replacements: Stankovich,Mas,Chuter,Burger,Young,Geraghty,Twelvetrees,Haughton

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P6 London Irish v Cardiff Blues

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London Irish

Manager – Pullthestrings

01. Max Lahiff	09. Joe Simpson
02. James Buckland	10. Brock James
03. Euan Murray
04. Simon Shaw	11. Marland Yarde
05. Tom Palmer	12. Shontayne Hape
06. Tom Guest	13. Regan King
07. David Pocock (c)	14. Alesana Tuilagi
08. Ally Hogg	15. Tom Homer (k)

16. Rob Herring, 17. Paulica Ion, 18. Leo Halavatau, 19. Bryn Evans, 20. Declan Danaher, 21. Darren Allinson, 22. Daniel Bowden, 23. Delon Armitage

Tactics
- Be solid at the set piece to create a decent platform to attack from. Quick ball to James if we're stable, Hogg to pick and go if it's messy.

- So many options at the line out. Opt for full lineouts mostly in their half to tie in their pack, leaving more space out wide. Compete for their ball.

- Play in their half initially. Look for territory and target their back three. When the game opens up a bit, we'll go from anyway if it's on.

- Target the breakdown for possible turnovers, with Pocock staying strong on his feet. When they arise, lets use them to our advantage. If the back three are sparse, look to kick for territory. If there are mis-matches, lets have a go.

- Be disciplined at the breakdown, with a guard and bodyguard at every breakdown to stop those easy yards around the fringes. No excuses here.

- Simpson to keep the tempo high, getting the ball quickly away from the breakdown and releasing the backs. The back three to be hungry and look to get involved.

- For slow ball, look to get outside their guards and bodyguards to suck in more and more forwards at each breakdown. This will give more time to the backs.

- Homer to go for points at every opportunity.We can have a pop from anywhere in their half. Make them scared to give away penalties in their half, thus giving us more time at the breakdown.

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b]Cardiff Blues[/b]

01. Campese Ma'afu	09. Lloyd Williams
02. Rhys Williams	10. Ceri Sweeney
03. Benoit Bourrust
04. James Down	11. Tom James
05. Lou Reed	12. Jamie Roberts
06. Rory Watts-Jones	13. Gavin Evans
07. Sam Warburton	14. Harry Robinson
08. Andries Pretorius	15. leigh Halfpenny

16. Marc Breeze 17. Taufa'ao Filise 18. Scott Andrews 19. Macauley Cook 20. Josh Navidi 21. Lewis Jones 22. Gareth Davies 23. Dan Fish

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Leinster 29-23 Wasps

Edinburgh 25 - 24 Gloucester
Toulouse 27 - 25 Northampton Saints
Zebre 9 - 31 Leicester Tigers
Bath 21 - 18 Glasgow Warriors
Leinster 19 - 17 London Wasps
London Irish 20 - 22 Cardiff Blues

Edinburgh 18 Glaws 26
Toulouse 31 Saints 24
Zebre 15 Tigers 32
Bath 22 Glasgow 15
Leinster 28 Wasps 25
London Irish 25 Cardiff 21

Results:

Edinburgh Rugby 16-31 Gloucester
Toulouse 30-23 Northampton Saints
Zebre 8-44 Leicester Tigers
Bath 27-17 Glasgow Warriors
Leinster Rugby 28-21 London Wasps
London Irish 26-16 Cardiff Blues

so im out then

my experimenting with different players in different positions didnt work.

it was only your first game of the group, against probably the toughest team in your group imo

oh cool, im not out lol

Alright lads, not sure what's going on with the Euro games, but I'm going to struggle to get a teamsheet in later in the week, so here it is.

Bath Rugby
Manager – Bathite

01. C.Healy	09. M.McMillan
02. C.Tolufua	10. O.Barkley (k)
03. K.P-Newport
04. S.Hooper (c)	11. K.Eastmond
05. R.Caldwell	12. B.Williams
06. M.Lund	13. E.Daly
07. G.Mercer	14. O.Woodburn
08. S.Kalamafoni	15. R.Chisholm

16. A.Perenise 17. R.Batty 18. N.Catt 19. W.Skuse 20. S.O'Brien 21. C.Cook 22. S.Donald 23. M.Banahan

CJ, Driver, Bathite, SJE, CJB, Ollie, Prop, CF, Pooly, Flux, Luke - Bonus