Aviva Premiership Round 10

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Exeter Chiefs v Wasps
Harlequins v Worcester
Leicester v Bath
London Welsh v London Irish
Sale v Northampton
Saracens v Gloucester

Yeah that's fine. Just got back from rugby, beat to pieces

Quins are delighted to welcome back there Puma , Scottish , French and Boks players for this weeks vital encounter with Worcester Warriors.

George North is still not sure whether he's services are required by Wales this weekend so is sharing the 11 jersey with Ollie Lindsey Hague for the time being. Nick Abendonan takes a well earned rest which allows young star Sam Stuart to start at 13 with Jared Payne dropping into his perfered role of full back. Marcell Coatzee starts at 7 and will look to bring a physical edge in the tight as quins seem to be trying to put a emphasis on clearing the man out rather than trying to 'fetch' the ball. Tom Croft captains the side in Chris Robshaw's absence.

New signing Nicky Robinson is also named on the bench.


Harlequins

Manager – Driver

01.Marcos Ayerza	09.Richard Wrigglesworth
02.Joe Grey	10.Morne Steyn (K)
03.James Johnstone
04.Mauritz Botha	11.George North
05.Alistair Hargreaves	12.Wesley Fofana
06.Tom Croft(c)	13.Sam Stuart
07.Marcell Coatzee	14.James Short
08.Dave Denton	15.Jared Payne

16.John Smit 17.Mark Lambert 18.Chris Budgen 19.Eben Etzebeth 20.Hienrich Brussouw 21.Luke Burguss 22.Nicky Robinson 23.Ollie Lindsey Hague


Big pack to get ontop the Wuss front 5 and put them under the cosh at the Scrum and rucks with plenty of impact from the bench.

Scrummage for 80 minutes with strong scrummagers on the bench to come on if need

Steyn to test Worcester backs 3s position game with Kicks in behind with North and Short chasing with neither being on the small side.

Fofana to take the ball on the gain line and ask questions of the Worcester back line.

Croft to run our lineout whilst Denton and Coatzee will look to smash rucks to slow down and Wuss ball.

Jumpers from 4-8 in our pack giving Joe Grey plenty of targets.

Wrigglesworth to control the tempo , feeding Morne Steyn the ball at the right times and using his own vision to snipe and put the ball in behind Wuss.

Blitz Defence to stop Wuss backs playing with Wrigglesworth sweeping behind

Impact from the bench will see this game through Smit will keep things calm up front , Etzebeth will come on and smash everything in front of him. Brussouw on to win key penalties on the deck. Burguss and Robinson are a exciting half back pair and will put plenty of pace onto the game.

TBC, subject to int call ups etc

Bath Rugby
Manager – Bathite

01. C.Healy	09. M.Classens (c)
02. L.Mears	10. O.Barkley (k)
03. K.P-Newport
04. J.Muller	11. K.Eastmond
05. D.Attwood	12. F.Steyn (lk)
06. S.O'Brien	13. C.Laulala
07. F.Louw	14. T.Bowe
08. S.Kalamafoni	15. R.Cook

16. A.Perenise 17. R.Batty 18. N.Catt 19. R.Caldwell 20. C.Fearns 21. C.Cook 22. E.Daly 23. M.Banahan

TACTICS

General
- Coming off the back of three straight wins, confidence is high

- We want to make sure that we play rugby in the opposition half and force handling errors, where we can attack the scrum. 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.

- With slow ball, look to mix up first receiver between Steyn and Barkley and then look for back row runners on inside shoulder

- 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 SOB 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. Classens sweeps up behind for counter attacks

- Big impact bench, with the likes of Perenise, Catt, Fearns, Caldwell providing ball carrying options up front. Banahan and Fearns will wreak havoc in the last 20 minutes, as the space opens up. Real advantage over the opposition in terms of bench options

Forwards
* In Louw, we have a world class in form flanker to compete at the breakdown. He looks to stay on his feet and slow opposition ball, stealing the turnovers
* Louw and SOB released to play as out and out flankers, linking play. Kalamafoni provides the physicality off the back of the scrum in defence and attack
* Picked a very physical pack to make sure that we defend strongly and smash over the gainline.
* At the lineout, Muller will lead the calls as in real life and look to pressurise opposition hooker and compete at every throw.
* Use ball carriers of Catt, Attwood, O'Brien, Kalamafoni 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
* Eastmond 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 Cook on their shoulder to make the break
* Barkley to take the ball flat on the gainline, drawing defenders and buying time and space for Steyn. Steyn often used as dummy runner to keep it unpredictable
* Use the inside pass with forward runners of SOB, Attwood, Fearns 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 and Healy to clear out and Fearns to secure.
* Banahan to come on after 50/60 minutes to run straight and hard at a tired defence, particularly the 10 channel

Make sure I get a team in this week!!

Leicester Tigers
Manager – Sgt_Pooly

01. Thomas Domingo	09. Karl Dickson
02. Bismark du Plessis	10. Toby Flood
03. Martin Castrogiovani
04. Ed Slater	11. Miles Benjamin
05. Richie Gray	12. James O’Connor
06. Willam Alberts	13. Matt Smith
07. Maurie Fa'asalavu	14. Christian Wade
08. Sergio Parisse(c)	15. Rob Kearney

16. Jamie George 17. Luke Cowan-Dickie 18. Aaron Jarvis 19. Tom Price 20. Luke Wallace 21. Sam Harrison 22. Danny Cipriani 23. Geordan Murphy

Tactics:

Overall - In the cold conditions we'll look to play a high tempo game with big carrying options in the pack to get us over the gain line. We'll look to give our halfbacks a strong carrying 2nd reciever option (Alberts, Fasa, Gray, BdP) and use primarly to set up the next phase ball. Dickson will look for gaps that will be exploited with the opposition defence set for big running options from the pack.

Flood will play flat to the line to give JOC more room to work in and exploit space/ lack of pace in the opposition midfield. We'll look to take the scrum as an option at every oppertunity and target the oppositoin TH.

Look to play the drift defence and force opposition 10 into making calls. Dickson to sweep in behind looking for the gruber.

- TARGET SCRUM ALL GAME - Use Castro to neautralise Healy/Mears and allow BdP/Domingo to angle into KPN and drive the Bath scrum down/backwards
- Use BdP/Fasa to target breakdown and slow opposition ball down
- Flood/JOC to alternate 1st reciever and keep opposition guessing
- Look to get Alberts up as front jumper and target opposition throw, Slater/Gray to attack the middle and Parisse the rear
- BIG RUNNERS AT BARKLEY - Look to get Alberts/Gray running down the 10 channel and isolate Barkely
- TARGET BACK 3 - With little fluidity in the oppostion back 3 due to games played together will look to kick in behind and get Wade running onto the ball

Exeter Chiefs
Manager – Luke

01. Tendai Mtawarira	09. Dwayne Peel
02. Rob Webber	10. Jonny Wilkinson (k)
03. John Afoa
04. Loius Deacon	11. Gonzalo Camacho
05. James Horwill (c)	12. Sireli Naqelevuki
06. Steve Mafi	13. Richard Kahui
07. Steffon Armitage	14. Matt Jess
08. Ernst Joubert	15. Isa Nacewa

16. Brett Sturgess 17. Neil Clark 18. Hoani Tui 19. James Hanks 20. James Scaysbrook 21. Kevin Barrett 22. Ian Humphreys 23. Paul Sackey

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, Joubert, Mafi and Deacon all massive jumpers. We will relentlessly target the opposition's throws.

- Massive line-breakers right throughout the side that will look to tire down the opposition defence. We will use our big carriers consistently to tire down the opposition.
The likes of Afoa, Mafi, Armitage, Beast, Horwill, Joubert 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 line to really get the chase on.

- Look to play attacking rugby in the backs, getting the likes of Kahui, Camacho 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.

01. Nick Wood	09. Dimitri Yachvilli
02. Rory Best	10. Patric Lambie (k)
03. Adam Jones
04. Tom Savage	11. JSD
05. Jim Hamilton	12. Mike Tindall
06. Akapusi Qera	13. Henry Trinder
07. Sam Cane	14. Charlie Sharples
08. JVN (c)	15. Johnny May

16. Korree Britton 17. Dan Murphy 18. Rupert Harden 19. Will James 20. Luke Narraway 21. Dan Robson 22. Billy Burns 23. Shane Monahan

Tactics:
A good win against Sale last week and come in with more confidence. Only 2 changes for the side with Cane coming in to help at the breakdown and Lambie slotting in at 10 cover for Burns who is on England duty. Our forwards will look to dominate the set piece and cause havoc at the breakdown. Our backs will be given quick ball to look to run through and round their opposite numbers. Yachvilli, Tindall and JSD will use their experience to create the space for the youngsters. Back row will look to be all over the park and our front row have the ability and experience to ruffle a few feathers. Forwards rugby for first 20 mins to suck in and tire the defence before the backs take the overlap's created. A good impact bench with experience and youth.



Forwards

*Experienced front row who will look to dominate the set piece and Jones will be the anchor, we will go up on Jones' side and won't go backwards....we go up, forward and down but not backwards.

*2nd rows are two strong players who will look to control the lineout and to put pressure on their back 5 in the scrum with confrontational play.

*Backrow are heavy hitters Qera both terrorising here and JVN providing brute strength off the back of the scrum and off the backs, again the bench provides more experience with Narraway. Cane will look to disrupt ball and carry a lot.



Backs

* Yachvilli to snipe when space but to release Lambie when possible, he will go for goal when in range, Burns is in great form and will look to make his unpredictability show,

* Tindall and Trinder to hit hard and will have a winger on his shoulder at all times and also look for JVN to break through the defence,

* Exciting backs here who will link well and look to constantly run at and through the Sarries defence,

* A fast back 3 here who will always look for work and are strong in defence and under the high ball.



Defence

*Tindall to lead this,

*Cane/Qera to be on 10’s shoulder looking to wrap the ball up,

*Contest at the breakdown and all set piece.

Saracens
Manager – ChequeredJersey

01. Matt Mullan	09. Morgan Parra (k.)
02. Schalk Brits	10. Charlie Hodgson
03. Carlos Nieto
04. Bakkies Botha	11. Tom Williams
05. Donnacha Ryan	12. Anthony Allen
06. Kelly Brown (c.)	13. Joel Tomkins
07. Will Fraser	14. Vereniki Goneva
08. Billy Vunipola	15. Chris Wyles

16. Alisdair Dickinson 17. Rob Buchanan 18. Kieran Brookes 19. George Kruis 20. Jonathan Poff 21. Jordan Burns 22. Sam Stanley 23. Sam Smith

Tactics-

Simple tactics this week. Put the push on in the scrum and play tight until we have momentum to spin it. Only spin quick ball. Target the breakdown with Fraser and Brown sharing floor duties and Ryan and Billy V clearing out. Carries in packs of 3, lots of mauls then when Parra thinks it's on spread it and use Wyles running inti the line to change the direction of play. Use Brits as the inside crash ball to target their 10. Use back row moves off the scrum with Vunipola and use our kicking prowess at 9/10 plus Botha and Ryan to pin them back in their half and kick all points. Blitz defence led by Allen with Fraser harrying 9 and 10, and emphasis on support running off our centres in the backs and lots of changes of direction to pull them apart.

Conditions:

Game 1: Sunny Intervals, 8 Degrees, 3mph Winds
Game 2: White Cloud, 5 Degrees, 7mph Winds
Game 3: White Cloud, 5 Degrees, 8mph Winds
Game 4: White Cloud, 5 Degrees, 9mph Winds
Game 5: Sunny Intervals, 4 Degrees, 7mph Winds
Game 6: White Cloud, 5 Degrees, 7mph Winds

Northampton Saints
Manager – SirJohnnyEnglish

01. Soane Tonga'uiha	09. Lee Dickson
02. Dylan Hartley	10. Johnny Sexton
03. Brian Mujati
04. Samu Manoa	11. Vasily Artemiev
05. Andries Bekker	12. Sonny Bill Williams
06. Stephen Ferris	13. George Pisi
07. Calum Clark	14. JP Pieterson
08. Phil Dowson	15. Ben Foden

16. S. Kitshoff 17. M. Haywood 18. P. Doran-Jones 19. C. Day 20. R. Wilson 21. M. Roberts 22. S. Myler 23. J. Elliot

Key Points

Tactics

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. If for whatever reason we aren’t getting quick ball, we will look to take control of territory with the boots of Dickson & Sexton and force Sale to come at us from deep.

• 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 Sale territory, with 5 jumping options to use, we will look to play off the top and move the ball out to Sexton 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 Sale 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 Clark 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.

WASPS TACTICS

1.Tim Payne 09.Young
2.Dimitri Swarzeski 10.Geraghty
3.Nicolas Mas 11.Ugo Monye
4.Marco Wenztel 12.Billy Twelvetrees
5.Geroge Skivvington13.Jaque Fourie
6.Thierry Dusatoir (c)14.Tom Varndell
7.Julien Salvi 15.Richard Haughton
8.Thomas Waldrom

Replacements: 16.Chuter 17.Stankovich 18.Castex 19.Cannon 20.Davies 21.Gopperth 22.Cheeseman 23.Ingall

After last week's stunning against the tigers, we welcome back, Swarzeski at hooker, and Mas at Prop. With Care and Farrell still away, Davies and Geraghty retain their places..we will place an Emphasis, at the scrum and lineouts, while also being solid at the breakdown and not giving away silly penalties..Forwards will run the ball whilst the backs will look to use their pace after the forwards tire the exeter defence. Geraghty will loook to kick for territory giving the chance, twelvetrees can also kick if need be. Look to get quick ball and place exeter under pressure.

No way of getting in right format CF??

ive been trying pooly, but im having problems with my computer and the formula

Alright for me to post my team early doors tomorrow? Went to races, won big, out in the smash - a reasonable excuse I think you'll agree.

haha sounds ok to me pull, but im not the boss.

Worcester Warriors

Manager – InTheFastLane

01. Joe Marler	09. Will Genia
02. Ed Shervington	10. Andy Goode
03. Juan Figallo
04. George Robson	11. David Strettle
05. Graham Kitchener	12. Jordan Turner Hall
06. Matt Kvesic	13. Matt Hopper
07. Andy Saull	14. Marcel Garvey
08. Ben Skirving	15. Luke Rooney

16. Will Radburn 17. George Porter 18. Tevita Taumepeau 19. Gerhard Mostert 20. Sam Betty 21. Jonny Arr 22. George Ford 23. Eerie Claasens

Overall: Look to play a territory based game

We will look to use our kicking game to really put Quins in trouble. We will look for deep corners, either in or out of touch depending on kick.

We feel we can really dominate our own lineout and can possibly take Quins ball so will look to use this advantage as much as possible

Look to put in plenty of effort at the breakdown with lots of bodies looking to clear out so Kvesic and Saull can both get to working on the floor where we feel they will be effective in slowing down opposition ball or winning turnovers

Look for Genia to control tempo and make big decisions. He will look to use his sniping runs if possible.

Look for strong carriers from the likes of Taylor, Kitchener, Skirving, Rooney etc.

Sale Sharks

Manager – LondonIrishOllie

01.Andrew Sheriden	09.Hadyn Thomas
02.Gary Botha	10.Johan Goosen
03.Davit Kubriashvilli
04.Matt Garvey	11.Cameron Shephard
05.Dean Schofield	12.Luther Burrell
06.James Gaskell	13.Sam Tuitupou
07.Dave Seymour	14.Tom Brady
08.Jordan Crane	15.Nick McLeod

Subs 16.Marc Jones 17.Henry Thomas 18.Logovoi Mulipola 19.Yoann Maestri 20.Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe 21.Scott Mathie 22.Rob Miller 23.Will Addison

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London Irish

Manager – Pullthestrings

01. Max Lahiff	09. Joe Simpson
02. James Buckland	10. Quade Cooper
03. Leo Halavatu
04. Tom Palmer	11. Sailosi Tagicakibau
05. Nick Kennedy	12. Daniel Bowden
06. Jerome Kaino	13. Regan King
07. David Pocock (c)	14. Marlande Yarde
08. Tom Guest	15. Delon Armitage

16. Rob Herring, 17. Paulică Ion, 18. Tom Smallbone, 19. Simon Shaw, 20. Imanol Harinordoquy, 21. Darren Allinson, 22. Brock James, 23. Anthony Watson

Tactics
- Quade gets the nod at 10 - we're looking for exciting, attacking rugby. Simpson and Quade to keep the tempo high.

- Set a decent platform to attack from and gain some confidence. Quick ball to Quade if we're stable, Guest to pick and go if it's messy.

- In the lineout, we have plenty of options. Opt for full lineouts mostly in their half to tie in their pack, leaving more space out wide. Compete for their ball.

- 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.

- Big efforts in defence, particularly from Bowden and King. Pocock to work his socks off getting across and chopping them down before they get momentum.

- 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.

- Bench is full of impact players to keep the intensity high and have a run at the Welsh's tired legs.

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