Amlin Round 3

Weather tba along with opposition teams.

P1 Sale Sharks v Exeter Chiefs
Sale Sharks[/b]

Manager – LondonIrishOllie

01.Andrew Sheriden	09.Hadyn Thomas
02.Gary Botha	10.Aaron Cruden
03.Davit Kubriashvilli
04.Matt Garvey	11.Cameron Shephard
05.Yoann Maestri	12.Jonathan Davies
06.JMF Lobbe	13.Jonathan Joseph
07.Dave Seymour	14.Tom Brady
08.Jordan Crane	15.Rob Miller

Subs 16.Marc Jones 17.Henry Thomas 18.Logovoi Mulipola 19.James Gaskell 20.Schalk Burger 21.Scott Mathie 22.Johan Goosen 23.Will Addison

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Tactics

We will look to play an expansive brand of rugby, and use are top quality 10,12,13 axis to our full advantage.

Cruden to stand flat, and use JDv2 to get over the gain line who will attempt to offload to Joseph.

JMF Lobbe, Crane, Garvey, Maestri and Botha represents a strong carrying pack. We will look to use these to get momentum and negate threat of Armitage.

We will look to run when it is on, and not get drawn into a battle of aerial ping pong.

If lineout is struggling we will bring on Gaskell, but we beleive JMF, Maestri and Garvey can do enough to secure our own 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. Pascal Pape (c)	12. Sireli Naqelevuki
06. Steve Mafi	13. Richard Kahui
07. Steffon Armitage	14. Cory Jane
08. Ernst Joubert	15. Isa Nacewa

16. Brett Sturgess 17. Neil Clark 18. Hoani Tui 19. James Horwill 20. James Scaysbrook 21. Kevin Barrett 22. Ian Humphreys 23. Matt Jess

P2 Harlequins v Perpignan

Harlequins

Manager – Driver

01.Marcos Ayerza	09.Luke Burguss
02.Joe Grey	10.Tom Heatcote (K)
03.James Johnstone
04.Eben Etzebeth	11.Andy Short
05.Tom Croft (c)	12.Wesley Fofana
06.Alex Grey	13.Adam Ashley-Cooper
07.Marcell Coatzee	14.George North
08.Dave Denton	15.Jared Payne

16.Nathan Morris 17.Darryl Marfo 18.Will Collier 19.Mauritz Botha 20.Semisi Taulava 21.Richard Wrigglesworth 22.Nicky Robinson 23.Ollie Lindsey Hague
Perpignan

01. Jerome Schuster	09. David Mele
02. Maxime Delonca	10. Gilles Bosch
03. Nicolas Mas
04. Guillaume Vilaceca	11. Adrien Plante
05. Romain Taofifenua	12. Gavin Hume
06. Yoann Vivalda	13. Lifeimi Mafi
07. Bertrand Guiry	14. Farid Sid
08. Henry Tuilagi	15. Joffrey Michel

16. Guilhem Guirado 17. Sebastien Taofifenua 18. Pascal Cotet 19. Sebastien Vahaamahina 20. Luke Narraway 21. Florian Cazenave 22. Armand Batlle 23. Sione Piukala

P3 Bayonne v Worcester

Bayonne

01. Aretz Iguiniz	09. Mike Phillips
02. David Roumieu	10. Benjamin Boyet
03. Nemiah Tialata
04. Abdellatif Boutaty	11. Marvin O'Connor
05. Mark Chisholm (c)	12. Gabi Lovobalavu
06. Jean-Jo Marmouyet	13. Thibault Lacroix
07. Dwayne Haare	14. Sam Gerber
08. Julien Puricelli	15. Scott Spedding

16. Francois Da Ros 17. Pierre Philippe Lafond 18. Vitolio Manukula 19. Robin Linde 20. Cedric Garcia 21. Marc Baget 22. Matthieu Ugalde 23. Cedric Heymans

Worcester Warriors

Manager – InTheFastLane

01. George Porter	09. Jonny Arr
02. Ed Shervington	10. George Ford
03. Tevita Taumepeau
04. Gerhard Mostert	11. Tom Arscott
05. George Robson	12. Jordan Turner Hall
06. Matt Kvesic	13. Maa Nonu
07. Sam Betty	14. Marcel Garvey
08. Ben Skirving	15. Luke Rooney

16. Joe Marler 17. Stephen Moore 18. Juan Figallo 19. Graham Kitchener 20. Michael Hooper 21. Will Genia 22. Dan Carter 23. Kurtley Beale

P4 Saracens v Cammi Rugby Calvisano
Saracens
Manager – ChequeredJersey

01. Jared Saunders	09. Luke Baldwin
02. Rob Hawkins	10. Harry Leonard
03. Kieran Brookes
04. James Hudson	11. Drew Mitchell
05. Charlie Matthews	12. Duncan Taylor
06. Donnacha Ryan (c.)	13. Joel Tomkins
07. Will Fraser	14. Sam Smith
08. Chris York	15. Leigh Halfpenny (k)

16. Mako Vunipola 17. Schalk Brits 18. Sekope Kepu 19. Ollie Kohn 20. Richie McCaw 21. Jordan Burns 22. Alex Goode 23. Conrad Smith

Calvisano

01. Andrea Lovotti	09. Gullo Palazzani
02. Luigi Ferraro	10. Paul Griffen
03. Gabriele Morelli
04. Jaco Erasmus	11. Ben de Jager
05. Alessio Zdrilich	12. Andy Vilk
06. Giacomo Brancoli	13. Pablo Canavosio
07. Gabriele Cicchinelli	14. Alberto Bergamo
08. Samu Vunisa	15. Shaun Berne

16. Andrea Gavazzi 17. Luca Scarsini 18. Marco Coletti 19. Luca Beccaris 20. Jacopo Salvetti 21. Simon Picone 22. Andrea Marcato 23. Tommy Castello

P5 Grenoble v London Welsh

Grenoble

01. Albertus Buckle	09. Jonathan Pelissie
02. Anthony Hegarty	10. Nicolas Laharrague
03. Karim Kouider
04. Thibault Rey	11. Florian Ninard
05. Andrew Farley (c)	12. Aloisio Butonidualevu
06. Florent Fourcade	13. Ronald Cooke
07. Fabien Alexandre	14. Matthieu Nicolas
08. Flavein Nouhaillaguet	15. Joaquim Tuculet

16. Laurent Bouchet 17. Romain David 18. Gregory Fabro 19. Jonathan Best 20. Rida Jaouher 21. Viliame Waqaseduadua 22. Clement Darbo 23. Florian Faure

London Welsh

Manager – Fluxy

01. Rhys Gill	09. Will Chudley
02. Chris Whitehead	10. Joe Ford
03. Craig Mitchell
04. Steve Borthwick (C)	11. Topsy Ojo
05. Tomas Vallejos	12. Gavin Henson
06. Ashley Johnson	13. George Lowe
07. Will Welch	14. Maxime Medard
08. Nick Easter	15. Hugo Southwell

16. Tom French 17. Tom Mercey 18. Tom Lindsay 19. Tim Swinson 20. Tim Johnson 21. Paul Hodgson 22. Nick Evans 23. Ben Ransom

Harlequins

Manager – Driver

01.Mark Lambert	09.Richard Wrigglesworth
02.John Smit(c)	10.Nicky Robinson (k)
03.Chris Budgen
04.Mauritz Botha	11.James Short
05.Alistair Hargreaves	12.Hudson Tonga'uhia
06.Dave Denton	13.Sam Stuart
07.Hienrich Brussouw	14.Andy Short
08. Semisi Taulava	15.Ollie Lindsey Hague

16.Nathan Morris 17.Will Collier 18.Darryl Marfo 19.George Merrick 20.Joe Treyfoot 21.Henry Taylor 22.Tom Heathcote 23.Miles Mattela

Saracens
Manager – ChequeredJersey

01. Jared Saunders	09. Luke Baldwin
02. Rob Hawkins	10. Harry Leonard
03. Kieran Brookes
04. James Hudson	11. Drew Mitchell
05. Charlie Matthews	12. Duncan Taylor
06. Donnacha Ryan (c.)	13. Joel Tomkins
07. Will Fraser	14. Sam Smith
08. Chris York	15. Leigh Halfpenny (k)

16. Mako Vunipola 17. Schalk Brits 18. Sekope Kepu 19. Ollie Kohn 20. Richie McCaw 21. Jordan Burns 22. Alex Goode 23. Conrad Smith

Worcester Warriors

Manager – InTheFastLane

01. George Porter	09. Jonny Arr
02. Ed Shervington	10. George Ford
03. Tevita Taumepeau
04. Gerhard Mostert	11. Tom Arscott
05. George Robson	12. Jordan Turner Hall
06. Matt Kvesic	13. Maa Nonu
07. Sam Betty	14. Marcel Garvey
08. Ben Skirving	15. Luke Rooney

16. Joe Marler 17. Stephen Moore 18. Juan Figallo 19. Graham Kitchener 20. Michael Hooper 21. Will Genia 22. Dan Carter 23. Kurtley Beale

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. Pascal Pape (c)	12. Sireli Naqelevuki
06. Steve Mafi	13. Richard Kahui
07. Steffon Armitage	14. Cory Jane
08. Ernst Joubert	15. Isa Nacewa

16. Brett Sturgess 17. Neil Clark 18. Hoani Tui 19. James Horwill 20. James Scaysbrook 21. Kevin Barrett 22. Ian Humphreys 23. Matt Jess

Tactics

TBC

London Welsh

Manager – Fluxy

01. Rhys Gill	09. Will Chudley
02. Chris Whitehead	10. Joe Ford
03. Craig Mitchell
04. Steve Borthwick (C)	11. Topsy Ojo
05. Tomas Vallejos	12. Gavin Henson
06. Ashley Johnson	13. George Lowe
07. Will Welch	14. Maxime Medard
08. Nick Easter	15. Hugo Southwell

16. Tom French 17. Tom Mercey 18. Tom Lindsay 19. Tim Swinson 20. Tim Johnson 21. Paul Hodgson 22. Nick Evans 23. Ben Ransom

Sale Sharks

Manager – LondonIrishOllie

01.Andrew Sheriden	09.Hadyn Thomas
02.Gary Botha	10.Aaron Cruden
03.Davit Kubriashvilli
04.Matt Garvey	11.Cameron Shephard
05.Yoann Maestri	12.Jonathan Davies
06.JMF Lobbe	13.Jonathan Joseph
07.Dave Seymour	14.Tom Brady
08.Jordan Crane	15.Rob Miller

Subs 16.Marc Jones 17.Henry Thomas 18.Logovoi Mulipola 19.James Gaskell 20.Schalk Burger 21.Scott Mathie 22.Johan Goosen 23.Will Addison

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Tactics

We will look to play an expansive brand of rugby, and use are top quality 10,12,13 axis to our full advantage.

Cruden to stand flat, and use JDv2 to get over the gain line who will attempt to offload to Joseph.

JMF Lobbe, Crane, Garvey, Maestri and Botha represents a strong carrying pack. We will look to use these to get momentum and negate threat of Armitage.

We will look to run when it is on, and not get drawn into a battle of aerial ping pong.

If lineout is struggling we will bring on Gaskell, but we beleive JMF, Maestri and Garvey can do enough to secure our own ball.

PREDICTIONS OPEN

IN BY WEDNESDAY 8PM

Sale Sharks 20 Exeter Chiefs 17

Both sides put out strong teams with Sale having a pretty exciting back line. But Chiefs are no mugs and have a beasty pack.

Quins 1000 Perpinguan 0
Bayonne 20 Worcester 18
Saracens 23 Calvisano 15
Grenoble 13 Welsh 20

Sharks 17-18 Chiefs
Sharks pack good but prefer Cheifs back row. Wilko will slot this winning d.g.
Quins 28-22 Perpignan
Bayonne 22-20 Warriors
Sarries 23-12 Calvisano
Grenoble 10-18 Welsh

Sharks 19-18 Exeter
Quins 26-21 Perpignan
Sarries 24-16 Calvisano
Grenoble 6-22 Welsh

Quins 20 - Perpignan 11
Bayonne 17 - Worcester 18
Grenoble 14 - Welsh 25

Sale match to come

Quins 21 - Perpignan 10
Bayonne 12 - Worcester 16
Grenoble 11 - Welsh 22

Sarries 33 - 13 Calvaniso

Sharks 18- Exeter 18
Quins-28-Perpeignan-22
Bayonne 22-Warriors-20
Sarries 23-Calviasano-12
Grenoble 12-Welsh-7

Sharks 20-17 Chiefs
More for Sharks in the front 5. Chiefs stronger in the backrow. More for Sale in the 10-12-13 channel but Chiefs with more threat outwide. Sharks have enough just to clinch at home.

Quins 26-15 Perpignan
Bayonne 17-12 Warriors
Sarries 25-6 Calvisano
Grenoble 9-17 Welsh

Sale Sharks 22 - 20 Exeter Chiefs

The spines of these teams are great, the next things are the packs and they are great in their own respects. Outwide Chiefs may have a little more but at home with strong tactics Sale will win this.

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Harlequins 24 - 21 Perpignan

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Bayonne 15 - 15 Worcester Warriors

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Saracens 37 - 5 Calvisano

Sale 24 - Exeter 19

Mild edge to Sale in the front row and the scrum, very close in the second row. Advantage to Exeter in the backrow and breakdown but Sale edge the lineout too. Evens in the HBs, centres to Sale, back 3 to Exeter. Overall forwards to Sale and backs to Exeter in backs and defence. However, at home and with a simple but coherent gameplan, Sale manage a win

Quins 31 Perpignan 23
Bayonne 22 Worcester 21
Sarries 34 Calvisano 8
Grenoble 13 Welsh 21

Results:

Sale Sharks 21-19 Exeter Chiefs
Harlequins 30-18 Perpignan
Bayonne 21-19 Worcester
Saracens 32-11 Cammi Rugby Calvisano
Grenoble 12-23 London Welsh

Prediction Bonus:

Full: Driver, Prop, CJB, Bathite, CJ, SJE, CF, Fluxy, Ollie
Half: Pooly