Quins Vrs Scarlets

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Quins -:

Mike Brown
Tom Williams
Matt Hopper
Ben Botica
Sam Smith
Nick Evans
Danny Care

Joe Marler
Rob Buchanan
Will Collier
George Merrick
George Robson
Maurie Fa'asavalu
Chris Robshaw (C)
Nick Easter

(reps - Dave Ward, Darryl Marfo, Kyle Sinckler, Tom Guest, Luke Wallace; Karl Dickson, Paul Sackey, Charlie Walker)

Scarlets -:

Liam Williams
Kristian Phillips
Jon Davies
Scott Williams
Jordan Williams
Rhys Priestland
Rhodri Williams

Phil John
Emyr Phillips
Samson Lee
Jake Ball
George Earle
Aaron Shingler
John Barclay
Josh Turnbull

(reps -: Kirby Myhill, Rob Evans, Jacobie Adriaanse, Johan Snyman, Craig Price; Gareth Davies, Steve Shingler, Gareth Maule)

Quins look a bit clueless in attack, they're also throwing it wide too early.

What a kick to touch!

Oooooh, opportunity lost unless the TMO saw something

The Saint wrote:Quins look a bit clueless in attack, they're also throwing it wide too early.

We've got nobody in close to take it forward tbh, unless Easter, Ugo or Mike come in for the crash. Mo is off, JTH injured and off form, Casson injured and off form, Botica a 10 at 12, Nev old and lost his pace, Danny is at 9 and needs space to snipe, Robshaw carries but is not a power-carrier, no big locks, lost JJ to Sarries, no Lowe. I'd like to see them use their footwork more though

You are right 606, we have all our fly-halves playing well! We were struggling for one just last season.

Danny Wilson has a future with the Wales team. Done wonders with the U20's forwards and has improved the Scarlets forwards a lot since coming in.

The Saint wrote:You are right 606, we have all our fly-halves playing well! We were struggling for one just last season.

Danny Wilson has a future with the Wales team. Done wonders with the U20's forwards and has improved the Scarlets forwards a lot since coming in.

Big fan of Wilson, he seems to have been learning the Gatland method of forward play and it's given the U20s a huge advantage - he also seems to be able to adapt his gameplan to suit the opposition really well.

Who should start in the autumn? Preistland or Biggar

Jonathan Davies is covering the whole pitch at the moment

A proper winger would have scored then.

Very good clearance kick from Williams,

the Scarlets 9-10 axis is firing, and that is what makes them dangerous

Ouch

Horrible, horrible bounce

Lucky Quins

"Great score.." Yeah okay...

Lucky try for Mike Brown.

Inattentive there by the Scarlets. Their attack looks razor-edged at times yet sadly as per usual the defence is cancelling out that advantage.

At least I make some money off Brown scoring. COYQ!

Was it not Evans who kicked the ball there? Surely it was more a case of the Scarlets shouldn't of let it bounce? Come on guys, at least give them a little credit.

Well taken by Brown. Nice little flick from Easter too.

Part of the reason for kicking like that is to get the chance of a 'lucky' bounce.

Question is does this fire Quins, or fire up Scarlets?

Scott and Liam Williams are on fire!

Total rubbish from Quins. They deserve to be in the Amlin. Time for CoS to resign.

Good match this one!

Scarlets play some nice rugby.

What a try!

Scott Williams wandered through the entire Quins defence there

Scott Williams is having a blinder.

Guess that answers my question. Botica and Hopper in defence were always going to be trouble

TO CONTINUE THE FISHING ANAAAALOGY!!!

Notch wrote:TO CONTINUE THE FISHING ANAAAALOGY!!!

Mark Robson is a legend.

This is bad news though. It means Gatland might select a Williams/Davies midfield for Wales if Doc Roberts is out... And this is like their first good game together. The opposition do seem a little lightweight in comparison too, or would I be incorrect there?

Aye, that's one word for it!  

Williams is playing well, isn't he?

good half to watch, a bit loose and lots of errors but great attacking play!
Scarlets backline starting to click a bit more now?
Scott Williams is a frustrating player though, he can do something like that but quite often he does that rather than look outside!

The Saint wrote:This is bad news though. It means Gatland might select a Williams/Davies midfield for Wales if Doc Roberts is out... And this is like their first good game together. The opposition do seem a little lightweight in comparison too, or would I be incorrect there?

Well, Botica is a 10 and our 3rd choice 12 and Hopper is our 2nd choice 13 and loves to leave the line and thus massive gaps. Both are lightweight, so yeah

Notch wrote:Williams is playing well, isn't he?

Which one?

Whereas Williams has maybe not been in this game especially when compared to his team-mate, Williams.

Time to take off Williams, and bring on Williams.

Exactly Saint  

This Quins team are Worse than the one that got relegated.

Tis good to see Scott Williams and Ashley Beck establishing themselves in centre contention in Roberts' absence and, maybe in the longer run, Cory Allen and Jack Dixon.

I remember a Welsh team, having a Jones in every area of the pitch.  They had Duncan at 1, Adam at 3,  Alun Wyn at 4, Ryan at 8, Stephen at 10 and Mark at 14.

With Steve Jones at 2 and Dafydd Jones at 6.

Anyway, I think that was a quality piece of centre play by Scott Williams, yes you can slate the defending, but I hadn't realised he has that turn of pace.
What does Liam Williams call himself? The defuser or something???

Trevor40 wrote:This Quins team are Worse than the one that got relegated.

You going to contribute constructively Trev? I think you need some time in the ice box (hint, hint mods)...

And that incident could decide the match... Ideally, they would have had 15 men on the pitch with Adriaanse and G.Davies coming on to make an impact.

One way to immediately put your advantage at risk

Very stupid play from Lee

If we don't win now, I'll cry. I actuially might too

right is that just me who thinks that card was a bit harsh? no intention was just trying to get his foot on the ball and caught the face. would have thought a penalty and a warning would have been sufficient

Things swinging Quins way now

welshy824 (new) wrote:right is that just me who thinks that card was a bit harsh? no intention was just trying to get his foot on the ball and caught the face. would have thought a penalty and a warning would have been sufficient

Reckless use of the boot, it being accidental is why it was yellow not red

welshy824 (new) wrote:right is that just me who thinks that card was a bit harsh? no intention was just trying to get his foot on the ball and caught the face. would have thought a penalty and a warning would have been sufficient

Fair enough I thought. Studs to face is always risking a card.

FFS, already a stupid kick from a good position. Scarlets NEED to learn to hold their composure, being a man down is not the conclusive factor of all games.

Taking Barclay off?!

I guess Turnball is the only one who can play 8, so he stays despite being the clear weak link

I'm biased sorry Welshy

yeah fair point, being to the face I guess