Friendlies

Team & Tactics - 0000hrs Monday
Predictions - 2000 hrs Wednesday

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London Wasps vs Bath Rugby
Location - The Sevens
Weather - Sunny , 24 degrees, 5 mph light breeze

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London Wasps

Manager – Fluxy

01. Paul James	09. Will Chudley
02. David Paice	10. Owen Farrell
03. Scott Wilson
04. Louis Deacon	11. Charlie Sharples
05. George Kruis	12. Dominic Waldlouck
06. Tom Johnson	13. George Lowe
07. James Scaysbrook	14. Topsy Ojo
08. David Sisi	15. Mike Brown

Replacements; 16. Tom Lindsay 17. Davey Wilson 18. Frans Malherbe 19. Steve Borthwick 20. Jackson Wray 21. Joe Ford 22. Francis Saili  23. Ben Ransom

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Manager –  Bathite
 

01. Nathan Catt	09. Tawera Kerr - Barlow
02. Adrian Strauss	10. Stuart Olding
03. Kane P-Newport
04. Rynhardt Eldstadt	11. Tom Biggs
05. Dave Attwood	12. Kyle Eastmond
06. Carl Fearns	13. Eliot Daly
07. Guy Mercer	14. Ross Chisholm
08. Johnnie Beattie (c)	15. Alex Goode

 
16. Tom Bristow 17. Chris Tolufua 18. Oliver Tomascyuk 19. Will Spencer 20. Will Skuse 21. Michael Claassens 22. Ollie Deveto 23. Ben Williams

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Leicester Tigers vs Gloucester Location - The Sevens
Weather - Sunny , 24 degrees, 5 mph light breeze

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Leicester Tigers

Manager – Sgt_Pooly

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01. Alex Corbisiero	09. Ben Youngs
02. Tom Youngs	10. Toby Flood
03. Dan Cole
04. Ed Slater	11. Marlon Yarde
05. Geoff Parling	12. Jordan Turner-Hall
06. Joe Launchbury	13. Manu Tuilagi
07. Luke Wallace	14. Christian Wade
08. Alex Gray	15. Danny Cipriani

16. Jamie George  17. Luke Cowan-Dickie 18. Phil Swainston 19. Tom Price 20. Jacob Rowan 21. Karl Dickson 22. George Ford 23. Charlie Walker

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Gloucester

01. Nick Wood	09. Dan Robsony
02. Darren Dawiduk	10. Freddie Burns (k)
03. Rupert Harden
04. Tom Savage (c)	11. JSD
05. Elliot Stooke	12. Ryan Mills
06. Akapusi Qera	13. Henry Trinder
07. Andy Hazell	14. Adam Thompstone
08. Luke Narraway	15. Jonny May

Replacements; 16. Korree Britton 17. Dan Murphy 18. Adam Jones 19. Jim Hamilton 20. JVN 21. Dave Lewis 22. Billy Burns 23. Tim Streather

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Anyone fancy an EQ only game?

I could try to? I was just about to say, usual league requirements for EQ.

How about a reverse of the EQ rules, max of 5 non EQ? Just want to try out some ratings of youngsters

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Manager –  Bathite
 

01. Nathan Catt	09. Tawera Kerr - Barlow
02. Adrian Strauss	10. Stuart Olding
03. Kane P-Newport
04. Rynhardt Eldstadt	11. Tom Biggs
05. Dave Attwood	12. Kyle Eastmond
06. Carl Fearns	13. Eliot Daly
07. Guy Mercer	14. Ross Chisholm
08. Johnnie Beattie (c)	15. Alex Goode

 
16. Tom Bristow 17. Chris Tolufua 18. Oliver Tomascyuk 19. Will Spencer 20. Will Skuse 21. Michael Claassens 22. Ollie Deveto 23. Ben Williams

Sure. Will get mine in shortly.

Sounds a good idea, I'll be in for it.

Max 4 Foreign in team?

Stick with five as Bathite mentioned. I will try to get as many EQ in as possible though.

London Wasps

Manager – Fluxy

01. Paul James	09. Will Chudley
02. David Paice	10. Owen Farrell
03. Scott Wilson
04. Louis Deacon	11. Charlie Sharples
05. George Kruis	12. Dominic Waldlouck
06. Tom Johnson	13. George Lowe
07. James Scaysbrook	14. Topsy Ojo
08. David Sisi	15. Mike Brown

Replacements; 16. Tom Lindsay 17. Davey Wilson 18. Frans Malherbe 19. Steve Borthwick 20. Jackson Wray 21. Joe Ford 22. Francis Saili  23. Ben Ransom

Pretty tidy EQ side you've got there mate! Could even do Wilson at LH and be 100%

I did have him their originally, but thought I could have gotten picked up there.

01. Nick Wood	09. Dan Robsony
02. Darren Dawiduk	10. Freddie Burns (k)
03. Rupert Harden
04. Tom Savage (c)	11. JSD
05. Elliot Stooke	12. Ryan Mills
06. Akapusi Qera	13. Henry Trinder
07. Andy Hazell	14. Adam Thompstone
08. Luke Narraway	15. Jonny May

Replacements; 16. Korree Britton 17. Dan Murphy 18. Adam Jones 19. Jim Hamilton 20. JVN 21. Dave Lewis 22. Billy Burns 23. Tim Streather

Quite happy with that!!

Dan Robsony......he sounds good Prop

Yeah he's a little bit of dan robson but with an added edge

Sounds like the Spanish version

He is...dancing feet! Quite happy with my eq effort though!

Is Mike Tindall still playing?!

Yeah as player coach! I could technically put Mills at 12 and bring billy burns onto the bench!! In fact................

Still hanging on then!

Had one of his better season last year

Tindall was great last season, seems to like being the dad

Sgt_Pooly wrote:Leicester Tigers

Manager – Sgt_Pooly

01. Alex Corbisiero	09. Ben Youngs
02. Tom Youngs	10. Toby Flood
03. Dan Cole
04. Ed Slater	11. Marlon Yarde
05. Geoff Parling	12. Jordan Turner-Hall
06. Joe Launchbury	13. Manu Tuilagi
07. Luke Wallace	14. Christian Wade
08. Joe Gray	15. Danny Cipriani

16. Jamie George  17. Luke Cowan-Dickie 18. Phil Swainston 19. Tom Price 20. Jacob Rowan 21. Karl Dickson 22. George Ford 23. Charlie Walker

Joe Gray as in the Quins Hooker?

Alex Gray his brother

anybody up for a friendly?

Do you want to play Sale CF? Go full strength, be interesting to see where both teams are at.

Sale Sharks

Manager –  LondonIrishOllie

01. Andrew Sheridan	09. Hayden Thomas
02. Richard Hibbard	10. Aaron Cruden
03. Henry Thomas
04. Matt Garvey	11. Charlie Amesbury
05. Kyran Myall	12. Luther Burrell
06. Thierry Dusatoir	13. Jonathon Joesph
07. David Seymour	14. Hosea Gear
08. JMF Lobbe(c)	15. Will Addison

16. Gary Botha 17. Davit Kubriashvili 18. L Molopola 19. James Gaskell 20. Schalk Burger 21. Connor Murray 22. Johan Goosen 23. Raymond Rhule

Sale have gone for 10EQ starting

do i have to name 10 EQ as well, or can i just name any side?

Think Wasps have the beating of Bath here due to the pack, Wasps have a better scrum and slightly nicer balance in the back 5. Bath's back line is stacked with pace and I like it but Chis is seriously injured in RL just so you know. Wasps' backs very efficient and steady but maybe lack Bath's flair.'stronger at 10 though, and at 15. Bath's centres will create tons on attack but could be exploited by a team with bigger centres.


Tigers look very very strong there except the centres are a bit boshy and Cips is exploitable even at 15, though his defence was better when he played there and he might create something. Launchbury is a better lock than blindside IMO, but both Cipsmat 15 amd him at 6 are valid options. Walker looks set to get some game time this season off the bench. Gloucester bit more experimental and vulnerable in tight 5 and lighter in the backs but will score tries. Very good breakdown unit though Hazell is getting on. Tigers win this but with a more secure set piece those Gloucester backs will cause damage in running rugby weather.

anyone want a friendly?

I'll put out an all English 15, want to see what people think of combos that I might have to put out in the Autumn Ints

i would quite like to play my full strength team, as i havent done that with my falcons squad..

That's fine, I'll pick a strong team with no Trinations international players to get ready for the AP rounds

just a starting XV

1.Tendi Mtawaria
2.Dimtri Swarzeski
3.Hoani Tui
4.Paul O'Connell
5.Marco Wenztel
6.Will Welch
7.Jaque Burger
8.Jamie Heaslip
9.Piri Weepu (c)
10.Dan Biggar (k)
11.Ugo Monye
12.Maxime Mermoz
13.Luke Marshall
14.Bryan Habana
15.Stuart Hogg

I'd swap Mermoz & Marshall round mate, strong looking side

1. Matt Mullan
2. Rob Buchanan
3. Shawn Knight
4. George Skivington
5. Donnacha Ryan
6. Kelly Brown (c.)
7. Will Fraser
8. Billy Vunipola
9. Danny Care
10. Charlie Hodgson (k)
11. Tom Varndell
12. Tom Casson
13. Joel Tomkins
14. Simon Zebo
15. Chris Wyles