LV= Anglo Welsh Cup Round 1

LV= Anglo Welsh Cup Round 1 - Predictions open, in by 00:01 on Wednesday 14/11/12

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Cardiff Blues v London Wasps

At Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, 10 degrees C, 7mph winds and alternating sun and clouds

Cardiff Blues

01. Campese Ma'afu	09. Lloyd Williams
02. Rhys Williams	10. Ceri Sweeney (k)
03. Taufa'ao Filise
04. Bradley Davies	11. Tom James
05. Lou Reed	12. Daffyd Hewitt
06. Robin Copeland	13. Gavin Evans
07. Josh Navini	14.  Harry Robinson
08. Andries Pretorius	15.Dan Fish

16. Andy Kyriacou 17. Sam Hobbs, 18. Thomas Davies, 19.Cory Hill, 20.  Luke Hamilton, 21. Rob Lewis, 22. Jason Tovey, 23. Chris Czekaj


London Wasps

Manager – CF

01. Tim Payne	09. Micky Young
02.  George Chuter	10. Shane Geraghty
03. Matt Stevens
04. George Skivington	11.  Mark Cueto
05. Marco Wentzel	12. Billy Twelvetrees
06. Thierry Dusautoir	13. Jacque Fourie
07. Julien Salvi	14.  Tom Varndell
08.Pedrie Wannenberg	15. Richard Haughton

16. Boris Stankovich  17. Chris Brooker  18. 19.  James Cannon 20. Charlie Davies    21. Jimmy Gopperth 22.  Alex Cheeseman  23. Chris Bell

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Ospreys v Gloucester Rugby

At The Liberty Stadium, Swansea, 7 degrees C, 12mph winds, light rain

Ospreys

01. Duncan Jones	09. Rhys Webb
02. Scott Baldwin	10. Dan Biggar (k)
03. Adam Jones
04. Ian Gough	11.Eli Walker
05. James Goode	12. Ashley Beck
06.  Ryan Jones	13.Andrew Bishops
07. James King	14. Hanno Dirksen
08. George Stowers	15. Richard Fussell

16. Joe Rees 17. Dmitri Arhip, 18. Lloyd Peers, 19.Matthew Dwyer, 20. Kahn Fotuali'i  , 21.  Matthew Morgan, 22. Jonathan Spratt 23. Jonathan Thomas


Gloucester

Manager – prop_lyd

01. Dan Murphy	09. Dan Robson
02. Rory Best	10. Freddie Burns (k)
03. Rupert Harden
04. Tom Savage	11. Ian Clark
05. Will James	12. EFS
06. Pete Buxton	13. Drew Locke
07. Phil Burgess	14. Shane Monahan
08. Luke Narraway (c)	15. Iain Balshaw

16. Koree Britton 17. Nick Wood 18. Adam Jones 19. Elliot Stooke 20. Phil Burgess 21. Dimitri Yachvii 22. Billy Burns 23. JSD

*Pack to get upper hand,
*Fast paced rugby,
*Burns to run as much as possible,
*Backs to be creative,
*Impact bench used on 60,
*We want to win well!!

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Saracens v Leicester Tigers 

At Vicarage Road, Watford, 9 degrees C, 9mph winds, sunny spells alternating with showers

Saracens
Manager – ChequeredJersey

01. Matt Mullan	09. Ben Spencer
02. Rob Buchanan	10.   Charlie Hodgson (c.)
03. Kieran Brookes
04.  Charlie Matthews	11. Sam Smith
05. Ollie Kohn	12.  Anthony Allen
06. Joe Robinson	13.  Joel Tomkins
07. Will Fraser	14. Tom Williams
08. Billy Vunipola	15. Marcus Watson

16. Alisdair Dickinson 17. Harry Allen 18. Carlos Nieto 19. Bakkies Botha 20. Jonathan Poff 21. Luke Baldwin  22. Sam Stanley    23. Chris Wyles


Leicester Tigers
Manager – Sgt_Pooly

01. Alex Corbisiero	09. Karl Dickson
02. Jamie George	10. Danny Cipriani
03. Kyle Sinckler
04. Ed Slater	11. Miles Benjamin
05. Tom Price	12. James O’Connor
06. Maurie Fa'asalavu	13. Matt Smith
07. Luke Wallace	14. Christian Wade
08. Jacque Cronje	15. Geordan Murphy

16. Bismark du Plessis 17. Luke Cowamn-Dickie 18. Ryan Bower 19. Sam Jones 20. Jacob Rowan 21. Liam Holder 22. Matt Tait 23. Charlie Walker

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Northampton Saints v Harlequins

At Franklin Gardens, Northampton, 8 degrees C, 10 mph winds, sunny

Northampton Saints
Manager – SirJohnnyEnglish

01. Steven Kitshoff	09. Martin Roberts
02. Mikey Haywood	10. Ryan Lamb
03. Paul Doran-Jones
04. Mark Sorenson	11. Jamie Elliot
05. Christian Day	12. James Downey
06. Phil Dowson	13. John Clarke
07. Calum Clarke	14. Vasily Artemiev
08. Roger Wilson	15. Greig Tonks

16. Alex Waller 17. Brett Sharman 18. Danny Herriot 19. James Craig 20. Teimana Harrison 21. Ryan Glynn 22. Stephen Myler 23. Scott Armstrong

Harlequins

Manager – Driver

01.Mark Lambert	09.Luke Burguss
02.John Smit (c)	10.Tom Heathcote (k)
03.Chris Budgen
04. Mouritz Botha	11.James Short
05.Alistair Hargreaves	12.Hudson Tonga'uhia
06.Tom Croft	13.Sam Stuart
07.Hienrich Brussouw	14.Ollie Lindsey Hague
08.Alex Grey	15.Jared Payne

16.Nathan Morris 17.Will Collier 18.Darryl Marfo 19. Tom Denton20.Jon Fisher 21.Richard Wrigglesworth 22. Miles Matella 23.Andy Short

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Bath Rugby v Newport Gwent Dragons 

At the Recreation Ground, Bath, 10 mph winds, sunny spells with showers



Bath Rugby
Manager – Bathite

01. N.Catt	09. C.Cook
02. L.Mears	10. O.Barkley
03. K.P-Newport
04. J.Muller	11. K.Eastmond
05. R.Caldwell	12. B.Williams
06. C.Fearns	13. E.Daly
07. G.Mercer	14. T.Biggs
08. S.O'Brien	15. R.Cook

16. A.Perenise 17. R.Batty 18. J.Golding 19. W.Spencer 20. W.Skuse 21. M.McMillan 22. R.Clegg 23. O.Woodburn

Newport-Gwent Dragons

01. Owen Evans	09. Jonathan Evans
02. Steve Jones	10. Lewis Robling (k)
03. Nathan Buck
04. Ian Nimmo	11. Tonderai Chavhanga
05. Robert Sidoli	12. Andy Tuilagi
06. Dan Lydiate (c.)	13. Adam Hughes
07. Jevon Groves	14. Will Harries
08. Tom Brown	15.Tom Prydie

16. Sam Parry 17. Nathan Williams, 18. Dan Way, 19.Adam M Jones, 20.  Nic Cudd, 21. Joe Bedford, 22. Steffan Jones, 23. Daniel Evans

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Worcester Warriors v Scarlets

At Sixways Stadium, Worcester, 9mph wind, light rain

Worcester Warriors

Manager – InTheFastLane

01. George Porter	09. Shaun Perry
02. Ed Shervington	10. Andy Goode
03. Tevita Taumeopeau
04. George Robson	11. David Strettle
05. Graham Kitchener	12. Steven Shingler
06. James Haskell[td][td]13. Matt Hopper
07.  Andy Saull	14. Marcel Garvey
08. Ben Morgan [td][td]15. Luke Rooney

16. Will Radburn 17. James Currie  18. Louis Padian 19. Gerhard Mostert 20. Matt Kvesic 21. Jonny Arr 22. George Ford 23. Jordan  Turner Hall

Scarlets

01. Rhodri Jones	09. Gareth Davies
02. Ken Owens	10.  Aled Thomas (k)
03. Samson Lee
04. Sione Timani	11. Andy Fenby
05. Richard Kelly	12.Jonathan Davies
06.  Aaron Shingler	13. Adam Warren
07. Rob McCusker (c.)	14. Lee Williams
08. Kieran Murphy	15. Morgan Stoddard

16. Jacobie Adriaanse  17. Kirby Myhill, 18. Phil John, 19. Jake Ball, 20.   Richie Pugh, 21. Aled Davies, 22. Jordan Williams, 23. Kristian Phillips

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London Irish v Sale Sharks 

At The Madjeski Stadium, Reading, 5 degrees C, 3 mph winds, cloudy

London Irish

Manager – Pullthestrings

01. Max Lahiff	09. Darren Allinson
02. James Buckland	10. Brock James
03. Leo Halavatau
04. Bryn Evans	11. Marlande Yarde
05. Simon Shaw	12. Shontayne Hape
06. Liam Messam	13. Regan King
07. David Pocock (c)	14. Alesana Tuilagi
08. Tom Guest	15. Tom Homer (k)

16. Rob Herring, 17. Gethin Jenkins 18. Paulică Ion, 19. Kieren Low, 20. David Sisi, 21. Jack Moates, 22. Quade Cooper, 23. Anthony Watson

Sale Sharks

Manager –  LondonIrishOllie

01.Lee Imolek	09.Scott Mathie
02.Mark Jones	10.Johan Goosen
03.Thomas
04.Dean Schofield	11.Will Addison
05.Gaskell	12.Burrell
06.Burger	13.Tuitupou
07.Dave Seymour	14.Charlie Amesbury
08.Andy Powell	15.Nick McLeod

Subs 16.Nathan Charles 17.Davit Kubriashvilli 18.Andrew Sheridan 19.Frazer McKenzie 20.Hendrie Fourie 21.Cillian Willis 22.Tommy Bell 23.Billy Emerson

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London Welsh v Exeter Chiefs

At the Kassam Stadium, Oxford, 8 degrees C, 12 mph winds, cloudy

London Welsh

Manager – Fluxy

01. Rhys Gill	09. Will Chudley
02. Chris Whitehead	10. Gavin Henson
03. Tom Mercey
04. Steve Borthwick (C)	11. Adam Thompstone
05. Tim Swinson	12. Tom Casson
06. Ashley Johson	13. Dominic Waldlouck
07. Ben Nutley	14. Seb Stegman
08. Chris Hala'ufia	15. Ben Ransom

16. Tom French 17. Phil Swainston 18. Tom Lindsay 19. Dean Mumm 20. Nick Easter 21. Paul Hodgson 22. George Lowe 23. Topsy Ojo


Exeter Chiefs
Manager – Luke

01. Brett Sturgess	09. Sam Harrison
02. Neil Clark	10. Ian Humphreys (k)
03. Hoani Tui
04. Tommy Hayes (c)	11. Paul Sackey
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. Ben Moon 17. Simon Alcott 18. John Andress 19. Aly Muldowney 20. Joel Conlon 21. Kevin Barrett 22. Ignacio Mieres 23. Bryan Rennie

With the start of the Autumn Internationals and a break from the intense Aviva Premiership, Director of Rugby at London Welsh Flux has rotated his squad for the home game against Chiefs in the LV Cup. Flux stated that it was a prime opportunity for those on the fringe of the squad to get some time and to also impress for a chance for a starting berth in the coming weeks leading up to Christmas.

London Welsh

Manager – Fluxy

01. Rhys Gill	09. Will Chudley
02. Chris Whitehead	10. Gavin Henson
03. Tom Mercey
04. Steve Borthwick (C)	11. Adam Thompstone
05. Tim Swinson	12. Tom Casson
06. Ashley Johson	13. Dominic Waldlouck
07. Ben Nutley	14. Seb Stegman
08. Chris Hala'ufia	15. Ben Ransom

16. Tom French 17. Phil Swainston 18. Tom Lindsay 19. Dean Mumm 20. Nick Easter 21. Paul Hodgson 22. George Lowe 23. Topsy Ojo

Northampton Saints
Manager – SirJohnnyEnglish

01. Steven Kitshoff	09. Martin Roberts
02. Mikey Haywood	10. Ryan Lamb
03. Paul Doran-Jones
04. Mark Sorenson	11. Jamie Elliot
05. Christian Day	12. James Downey
06. Phil Dowson	13. John Clarke
07. Calum Clarke	14. Vasily Artemiev
08. Roger Wilson	15. Greig Tonks

16. Alex Waller 17. Brett Sharman 18. Danny Herriot 19. James Craig 20. Teimana Harrison 21. Ryan Glynn 22. Stephen Myler 23. Scott Armstrong

Saracens
Manager – ChequeredJersey

01. Matt Mullan	09. Ben Spencer
02. Rob Buchanan	10. Charlie Hodgson (c.)
03. Kieran Brookes
04. Charlie Matthews	11. Sam Smith
05. Ollie Kohn	12. Anthony Allen
06. Joe Robinson	13. Joel Tomkins
07. Will Fraser	14. Tom Williams
08. Billy Vunipola	15. Marcus Watson

16. Alisdair Dickinson 17. Harry Allen 18. Carlos Nieto 19. Bakkies Botha 20. Jonathan Poff 21. Luke Baldwin 22. Sam Stanley 23. Chris Wyles

Harlequins

Manager – Driver

01.Mark Lambert	09.Luke Burguss
02.John Smit (c)	10.Tom Heathcote (k)
03.Chris Budgen
04.Mauritz Botha	11.James Short
05.Alistair Hargreaves	12.Hudson Tonga'uhia
06.Tom Croft	13.Sam Stuart
07.Hienrich Brussouw	14.Ollie Lindsey Hague
08.Alex Grey	15.Jared Payne

16.Nathan Morris 17.Will Collier 18.Darryl Marfo 19.Tom Denton 20.Jon Fisher 21.Richard Wrigglesworth 22.Sam Stuart 23.Andy Short

TBC - needs changes

Bath Rugby
Manager – Bathite

01. N.Catt	09. C.Cook
02. L.Mears	10. O.Barkley
03. K.P-Newport
04. J.Muller	11. K.Eastmond
05. R.Caldwell	12. B.Williams
06. C.Fearns	13. E.Daly
07. G.Mercer	14. T.Biggs
08. S.O'Brien	15. R.Cook

16. A.Perenise 17. R.Batty 18. J.Golding 19. W.Spencer 20. W.Skuse 21. M.McMillan 22. R.Clegg 23. O.Woodburn

Top work CJ

Leicester Tigers
Manager – Sgt_Pooly

01. Alex Corbisiero	09. Karl Dickson
02. Jamie George	10. Danny Cipriani
03. Kyle Sinckler
04. Ed Slater	11. Miles Benjamin
05. Tom Price	12. James O’Connor
06. Maurie Fa'asalavu	13. Matt Smith
07. Luke Wallace	14. Christian Wade
08. Jacque Cronje	15. Geordan Murphy

16. Bismark du Plessis 17. Luke Cowamn-Dickie 18. Ryan Bower 19. Sam Jones 20. Jacob Rowan 21. Liam Holder 22. Matt Tait 23. Charlie Walker

Weather forecast

Cardiff- 10 degrees C, 7mph winds and alternating sun and clouds
Swansea- 7 degrees C, 12mph winds, light rain
Watford- 9 degrees C, 9mph winds, sunny spells alternating with showers
Northampton- 8 degrees C, 10 mph winds, sunny
Bath- 8 degrees C, 10 mph winds, sunny spells with showers
Worcester - 8 degrees C, 9mph wind, light rain

CJ - I've updated my team mate, did say it was TBC, but I won't change it again now.

No probs I will update all teams before Predos start

Can you put one of my acadmy backs on the bench over stuart cj?

01. Dan Murphy	09. Dan Robson
02. Rory Best	10. Freddie Burns (k)
03. Rupert Harden
04. Tom Savage	11. Ian Clark
05. Will James	12. EFS
06. Pete Buxton	13. Drew Locke
07. Phil Burgess	14. Shane Monahan
08. Luke Narraway (c)	15. Iain Balshaw

16. Koree Britton 17. Nick Wood 18. Adam Jones 19. Elliot Stooke 20. Phil Burgess 21. Dimitri Yachvii 22. Billy Burns 23. JSD

*Pack to get upper hand,
*Fast paced rugby,
*Burns to run as much as possible,
*Backs to be creative,
*Impact bench used on 60,
*We want to win well!!

Exeter Chiefs
Manager – Luke

01. Brett Sturgess	09. Sam Harrison
02. Neil Clark	10. Ian Humphreys (k)
03. Hoani Tui
04. Tommy Hayes (c)	11. Paul Sackey
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. Ben Moon 17. Simon Alcott 18. John Andress 19. Aly Muldowney 20. Joel Conlon 21. Kevin Barrett 22. Ignacio Mieres 23. Bryan Rennie

WASPS

1.Payne 9.Young
2.Chuter 10.Geraghty
3.Mas 11.Cueto
4.Wentzel 12.Twelvetrees
5.Skivvington 13.Fourie
6.Dusatoir (c) 14.Varndell
7.Salvi 15.Huaghton
8.Waldrom


16.Stankovich 17.Stevens 18.Brooker 19.Cannon 20.Davies 21.Gopperth 22.Cheeseman 23.Bell

Sale Sharks

Manager – LondonIrishOllie

01.Lee Imolek	09.Scott Mathie
02.Mark Jones	10.Johan Goosen
03.Thomas
04.Dean Schofield	11.Will Addison
05.Gaskell	12.Burrell
06.Burger	13.Tuitupou
07.Dave Seymour	14.Charlie Amesbury
08.Andy Powell	15.Nick McLeod

Subs 16.Nathan Charles 17.Davit Kubriashvilli 18.Andrew Sheridan 19.Frazer McKenzie 20.Hendrie Fourie 21.Cillian Willis 22.Tommy Bell 23.Billy Emerson

Team will be in, in 30 minutes

Worcester Warriors

Manager – InTheFastLane

01. George Porter	09. Shaun Perry
02. Ed Shervington	10. Andy Goode
03. Tevita Taumeopeau
04. George Robson	11. David Strettle
05. Graham Kitchener	12. Steven Shingler
06. James Haskell[td][td]13. Matt Hopper
07. Andy Saull	14. Marcel Garvey
08. Ben Morgan [td][td]15. Luke Rooney

16. Will Radburn 17. James Currie 18. Louis Padian 19. Gerhard Mostert 20. Matt Kvesic 21. Jonny Arr 22. George Ford 23. Jordan Turner Hall

Just waiting for the Irish team

Sorry boys. Side up in 2 mins!

London Irish

Manager – Pullthestrings

01. Max Lahiff	09. Darren Allinson
02. James Buckland	10. Brock James
03. Leo Halavatau
04. Bryn Evans	11. Marlande Yarde
05. Simon Shaw	12. Shontayne Hape
06. Liam Messam	13. Regan King
07. David Pocock (c)	14. Alesana Tuilagi
08. Tom Guest	15. Tom Homer (k)

16. Rob Herring, 17. Gethin Jenkins 18. Paulică Ion, 19. Kieren Low, 20. David Sisi, 21. Jack Moates, 22. Quade Cooper, 23. Anthony Watson

Updated

PREDICTIONS OPEN TILL 12am on Tuesday

Sorry for the delay chaps

CF, I had to put in Wannenberg for Waldrum as he is playing for England

Pooly will probably fine you for that btw

ok CJ no worries

How come you are struggling with the format so much mate? Having PC issues? It should be simples

Was that to me or CF?

Really sorry guys, realised I missed weather for Irish and Welsh matches. If it affects your teams (only Irish, Sale, Welsh and Chiefs), message me the changes you want and I will put them in. Sorry it's not been a clockwork first week of this compo, I've had a busy weekend and limited computer access, mostly been done on iPhone which has mostly been dead

Predictions open yet?

Open till 12am tuesday fella....not sure if that's meant wednesday morning maybe? Else get your predictions in guys!!

I know when they close, but are they open?

Yeah they are Bathite. CJ has posted so at the top of the thread

Cheers for doing this CJ. Top work!

Whoops! So he has, apologies. Assuming it's the normal scores only for £3m, but need to elaborate for the inter league games later

Cardiff 19 - 26 Wasps
Ospreys 24 - 19 Gloucester
Sarries - Tigers (TBC)
Saints - Quins (TBC)
Worcs 28 - 13 Scarlets
Irish - Sale (TBC)
Exeter - Welsh (TBC)

Sarries 15 - 16 Tigers
Not much between the sides here, but the return of Corbs for Tigers and some form for Cips are the two things that stand out for me. Like the look of the Sarries second row as well. Tigers have a bit more quality in the back row and some good finishing power out wide as well. More from the Tigers bench as well.

Any all English affairs will need the usual reasonings to get the full bonus but English/Welsh only need scores

I don't need any changes to my team

Blues 18-28 Wasps

Sarries 26-28 Tigers
Front row to Tigers. 2nd row to Sarries. Back-rows are even. 9 to Tigers but 10 to Sarries. Outside backs to Tigers. This would be a good game.

Saints 12-15 Quins
Front row just to Quins. 2nd row to Quins. Back row just to Quins. Evens at half back. Centres to Saints. Back 3 to Saints but Payne will exploit too. Not much in the bench. Think Quins will take this up front.

Bath 30-16 Dragons

Warriors 30-18 Scarlets

Irish 30-20 Sale
Front row to Irish. 2nd row to Irish. Back row to Irish. More from Irish 9-10 too. 2 good centre pairings. Back 3 to Irish but are penalised for having Melon on the bench when he played for Wales. Good win all the same. With Irish having a bit more all across the park.

Welsh 22-18 Chiefs
Front rows even. 2nd rows just to Exeter. Back row to Welsh. Not much in the 10's here. Centres to Welsh. Not much in the Back 3. More from the bench see's Welsh take this.

Bathite wrote:How come you are struggling with the format so much mate? Having PC issues? It should be simples

yh its PC issues

CJ,

Can you take Mas out of the Wasps team and promote Stevens to TH from the bench please?

Cardiff Blues 12-22 London Wasps
Ospreys 20-17 Gloucester Rugby
Saracens TBC Leicester Tigers
Bath Rugby 18-15 Newport Gwent Dragons
Worcester Warriors 24-18 Scarlets
London Irish TBC Sale Sharks
London Welsh TBC Exeter Chiefs

SirJohnnyEnglish wrote:CJ,

Can you take Mas out of the Wasps team and promote Stevens to TH from the bench please?

why?!??????

He's playing for France this week fella.

oh

Not sure how I missed that

Cardiff Blues 17 - 16 London Wasps

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Ospreys 24 - 21 Gloucester Rugby

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Saracens 19 - 17 Leicester Tigers
Saracens edge 1-10, but backline wise Tigers are markedly better. I think the slight advantage upfront will mean Saracens will edge the game and deprieve ball to tigers backline.

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Bath Rugby 22 - 15 Newport Gwent Dragons

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Worcester Warriors 25 - 20 Llanelli Scarlets

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London Irish 23 - 21 Sale Sharks
Sale have a great front five, but Irish possess a good backrow. Two even backlines, but Irish make up the difference with a strong bench and a bit more cutting edge.

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Northampton Saints 23 - 29 Harlequins
Harlequins have a great pack and against a solid Saints pack will dominate the contact, two good halfback combos, but the game is decided by the difference in the backs as Quins have some great talented players.

Can I ask for a bit of feedback as to where I'm losing out to the O's please.

Saints 14 - 17 Quins
Front row goes to the home side, with the away team lacking fitness to last the full 80, with an ageing trio and nothing convincing on the bench to replace them. Conversely, Sharman and Waller are good back ups, with Sharman in good form for Bath and I've been impressed by Haywood. Second and back rows goes to Quins though. Although Croft and Brossouw are injured, there is no real ball winning option in the Saints back row. I'm not a fan of Dowson either. Half backs go to Quins as well, with Heathcote having a blinder on Saturday, kicking 100% from the tee as well. Some big collisions in the centres, not much between them. Back three probably edged to Quins, but double Lindsay Hague is an error. Just enough for Quins in key positions of 6-10

Irish 19 - 14 Sharks
Front rows are pretty even here, with 3 youngish props on show. Hala has been strong for Irish though and Jenkins, Sheridan and Kubs are immense subs to have. Second row to Sale in my opinion with a good jumper and bruiser combo. Not much in the back rows, but with Messam in there, Irish now edge it. Backlines both pretty even as well. Sale backline starting to get some form in real life which helps them out

Welsh 16 - 13 Exeter
Front row and locks goes to the home team. Big fan of Borthwick and his leadership and lineout work will be crucial. Whitehead a hugely under rated hooker as well IMO. Back row to the Welsh as well with some great physicality on show. Halfbacks go Exeter though, with IHumph in great form, still not convinced by Henson really, probably more comfortable with him at 12. Some good form from Exeter's back three here. Enough up front for the home team to sneak a win.

Blues 10- Wasps 20
Ospreys 23 - Gloucester 26
Bath 25 - Dragons 18
Worcester 26 - Scarlets 21