Anglo Welsh Cup Round 4

 

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Gloucester v London Wasps
Location - Kingsholm
Light Cloud, 6 Degrees, 12mph Winds

Gloucester
Manager - Matt

01. Steenkamp 09. Genia
02. Adriaan Strauss 10. Carter (k)
03. James Johnstone
04. Elliot Stooke 11. Banahan
05. George Robson 12. Juan de Jongh
06. Arno Botha 13.Kuridrani
07. Ardie Savea 14. Charlie Walker
08. Sam Dickinson 15. Israel folau
16. Nick Wood 17. Jamie George  18. Rupert Harden 19. Tom Palmer  20. Immanol Harinordoqoy  21. Tj Pernara  22. Cipriani 23. Gear[/quote]

Keep
Tactics brief as Pete swamped and cannot enter his. As ever win set piece collisions and then play. As game progresses look to open up more and also use bench. Target BP via open rugby and pace and power

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London Wasps
Manager  Ozzy3213
 

01. Alex Corbisiero	09. Aaron Smith
02. Bismarck du Plessis	10. Christian Lealiifano
03. Dave Wilson
04. Sebastien Vahaamahina	11. Digby Ioane
05. George Skivington	12. Pat McCabe
06. Rynhardt Elstadt	13. JJ Englebrecht
07. Luke Wallace	14. Marland Yarde
08. Fotu Auelua	15. Jaco Taute

16. Rob Hawkins 17. Ben Alexander 18. Fraser Balmain 19. Ruan Botha 20. Marcell Coetzee 21.Nathan Fowles 22. Camille Lopez 23. Tom Collins

Tactics

Kick to the corners.  Tight carrying gameplan close to the rucks using big forwards.  In opposition 22 if it is on we will open up and try to put our back 3 into space.  Big emphasis on the set piece and using the maul to good effect from lineouts.  In defence we will blitz and look to control the gainline with Aaron Smith sweeping behind the line.  FH will take all opportunities for points from penalties.

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London Irish v Scarlets
Location - Madejski Stadium
Light Cloud, 5 Degrees, 10mph Winds

London Irish
Manager - Prop

01. Jerome Schuster	09. Ruan Pienaar
02. Tom Lindsay	10. Owen Williams (k)
03. Matt Stevens
04. Nick Kennedy	11. Sergeal Petersen
05. Craig Clarke	12. Serieli Naqaveluki
06. Mamuka Gorgodze	13. Henry Trinder
07. Will Fraser	14. Nick Cummins
08. Laurence Pearce	15. Niall Morris

16. Hika Elliot 17. Antoine Guillamon 18. Tom Smallbone. 19. Stuart Hooper 20. David Sisi 21. Jack Moates 22. Tommy Bell 23. Conrad Smith 
 
 
 
Tactics:
Front 5 build to hold their own and win quick lineout ball,
Backrow looking for turnover ball and running options,
Experience and youthfulness at 9-10 brings a cool head and creativity,
Strong centres both looking to be influential-Naqa smashing and Trinder with creativity,
Quick back 3 all looking to continue our fast paced game plan,
Looking for quick ball but, if conditions don't allow it the front 5 will play up the jumper before playing a tight game with backs off 10-12,
Strong defence looking to slow down or steal ball,
Good bench with experience, raw power and youthful energy

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Scarlets

01. Rob Evans	09. Aled Davies
02. Kirby Myhill	10. Josh Lewis
03. Jacobie Adriaanse
04. Richard Kelly	11. Aaron Warren
05. Johan Snyman	12. Adam Warren
06. Josh Turnbull	13. Steffan Hughes
07. Craig Price	14. Kristian Phillips
08. Sione Timani	15. Jordan Williams

16 Darran Harris 17 Wyn Jones 18 Horatiu Pungea 19 Carwyn Jones 20 Lewis Rawlins 21 Connor Lloyd 22 Gareth Owen 23 Kyle Evans

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Newcastle Falcons v Newport Gwent Dragons
Location - Kingston Park
Thick Cloud, 2 Degrees, 17mph Winds
Newcastle Falcons

Manager – Driver

01.Soana Tonga'uhai	09.Dave Lewis
02.George McGuigan	10.Henry Slade (K)
03.Scott Wilson
04.Adam Sinclair	11.Charlie Sharples
05.Jonny Grey	12.Luke Marshall
06.Joel Coelan	13.Chris Farrell
07.Andy Saull (c)	14.Zack Kirbridge
08.Dave Ewers	15.James O'Connor

16.Darren Dawiduik 17.Matt Mullen 18.Owen Franks 19.Jonny Hill 20.Curtis Browning 21.Franscois Houghard 22.Joel Hodgson23.Cory Jane

Falcons to play a high tempo game based around plenty of width and moving the ball to the spaces to exploit any gaps which will appear.

We've picked players too suit our high tempo plan with several gainline forwards and some serious gas in the backs.

Get Sharples and Kirbridge in a 1 on 1 in attack and use there pace to make most of the space

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Dragons

01. Phil Price	09. Luc Jones
02. Elliott Dee	10. Jason Tovey
03. Nathan Buck
04. Cory Hill	11. Will Harries
05. Adam Jones	12. Ashley Smith
06. Lewis Evans	13. Patrick Leach
07. James Benjamin	14. Matthew Pewtner
08. Netani Talei	15. Dan Evans

16 T.Rhys Thomas 17 Owen Evans 18 Joe Mills 19 Matthew Screech 20 Jevon Groves 21 Richie Rees 22 Kris Burton 23 Ross Wardle

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Northampton Saints v Saracens
Location - Franklins Garden
Light Cloud, 4 Degrees, 12mph Winds
Northampton Saints
Manager: Dammit Chris

01. Sona Taumalolo	09. Joe Simpson
02. Tatafu Polota-Nau	10. Matt Toomua
03. Carl Hayman
04. Dean Mumm	11. Siti Siviatu
05. Cadeyn Neville	12. Matt Giteau (c)(k)
06. Julian Bonnaire	13. Manu Tuilagi
07. Calum Clark	14. Christian Wade
08. Opeti Fonua	15. Jordan Williams

Subs: 16. Mike Haywood 17. Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi 18. Davit Kubrashvill 19. Stephen Uren 20. Sam Cane 21. Alex Day 22. Jamie Elliott 23. Oliver Deveto

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Saracens
Manager – Pooly

01. Alex Waller	09. Chris Cook
02. Chris Whitehead	10. Tom Taylor
03. Clement Ric
04. Julian Pierre	11. Miles Benjamin
05. Tom Jubb	12. Sonny Bill Williams
06. Brad Shields	13. Nick Tompkins
07. Matt Hankin	14. Adam Thompstone
08. Chris Masoe	15. Lee Byrne

16. Tiaan Liebenberg  17. Max Lahiff  18. Paul Hill 19. Louis Deacon  20. Carl Fearns 21. Luke Burgess  22. Gareth Steenson  23. Ryan Crotty

Tactics:

General - We've selected a team packed with power and physicality and will look to dominate the contact and get over the gain line. We'll be playing a high tempo physical game from the off, look to smash the opposition back and get into the rucks/maul's and drive through. We'll look to tie the opposition in and then get at their backline, more so in the their half. Look to keep it tight in the forward pack and grind through work.

Scrum - Look to get a platform from the off with a strong scrummaging unit. Strong front 5 with big locks will look for the big push once the ball is in and drive the opposition back. Our LH and Hooker will look to target TH and try to get between him and Hooker to allow TH to work on LH If no weakness seen will use as restart.

Line out - Look to play it safe and use the rolling maul to good effect. Our big pack should have a lot of joy here and will tie in the opposition defence. We'll look to contest on opp throw especially when sub get on the pitch as we feel we can really pressure him.

Defence - High intensity and big hits, looking to drive past the ball player. Huge physical pack that can look to dominate the collision and breakdown allowing Henry etc a chance to slow down/steal ball. Scrum half to sweep behind the defensive line.

Attack - Keep things simple in our own half then look to unleash backs in opp territory. Scrum half to inject pace from the breakdown and have Lowe on his shoulder. SBW to run at 10 channel and target possible weakness. SBW also to be used as decoy running at OC looking to take him out of the defensive line to free up space for Lowe to get at the outside.

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Cardiff Blues v Harlequins
Location - Cardiff Arms Park
Light Rain, 7 Degrees, 17mph Winds

Cardiff Blues

01. Thomas Davies	09. Lewis Jones
02. Rhys Williams	10. Simon Humberstone
03. Benoit Bourrust
04. Chris Dicomidis	11. Chris Czekaj
05. James Down	12. Dafydd Hewitt
06. Rory Watts-Jones	13. Owen Williams
07. Ellis Jenkins	14. Tom Williams
08. Luke Hamilton	15. Dan Fish

16 Kristian Dacey 17 Lewis Smout 18 Callum Lewis 19 Miles Normandale 20 Ben Roach 21 Lloyd Williams 22 Gavin Evans 23 Owen Jenkins

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Harlequins
Manager – Steven_Sharks

01. Ben Franks	09. Karl Dickson
02. Rob Buchanan	10. Dan Bowden
03. Kieran Brookes
04. George Kruis	11. Chris Feauai-Sautia
05. Hugh Pyle	12. Stuart Olding (k)
06. Lappies Labushagne	13. Anthony Faainga
07. Luke Braid	14. Tom Brady
08. Pierre Spies (c)	15. Santiago Cordero

16. Gary Botha 17. Edward Byrne 18. Kyle Sinckler 19. Charlie Matthews 20. Jack Clifford 21. Luke McGrath 22. Freddie Burns 23. Jason Emery

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Leicester Tigers v Bath
Location - Welford Road
Light Cloud, 4 Degrees, 11mph Winds
Leicester Tigers
Manager – LukeLovesLuka

01. Benn Robinson	09. Micky Young
02. Chiliboy Ralepelle	10. Brock James (k)
03. Craig Mitchell
04. Edwin Maka	11. Paul Sackey
05. James Horwill (c)	12. Paul Jordaan
06. Steve Mafi	13. Dominc Waldouck
07. James Scaysbrook	14. Vincent Clerc
08. Joe van Niekerk	15. Kurtley Beale

16. Charlie Clare 17. Harry Rudkin 18. Neale Farthing 19. Tom Price 20. Jacques Burger 21. Kahn Fotuali'i 22. Rory Lyn 23. Josh Bassett

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Bath Rugby
Manager – inthefastlane

01. Carl Rimmer	09. Maxime Machenaud
02. Mike Haywood	10. Rhys Patchell
03. Euan Murray
04. Luke Romano	11. Jake Arnott
05. Andries Bekker	12. Sam Hill
06. Will Skuse	13. Ashley Beck
07. Will Welch	14. Hallan Amos
08. James Gaskell	15. Rob Miller

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16. Chris Brooker 17. Ben Tameifuma 18. Charlie Faumuania 19. Graham Kitchener 20. Liam Gill 21. Richard Wigglesworth 22. Joel Tomkins 23. Richard Lane

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Ospreys v Sale Sharks
Location - Liberty Stadium
Light Rain, 7 Degrees, 19mph Winds

Ospreys

01. Marc Thomas	09. Tom Habberfield
02. Matthew Dwyer	10. Matthew Morgan
03. Dan Suter
04. Lloyd Peers	11. Dafydd Howells
05. Rhodri Hughes	12. Matthew Jenkins
06. Tyler Ardron	13. Jonathan Spratt
07. Arthur Ellis	14. Tom Grabham
08. Morgan Allen	15. Ross Jones

16 Rhys Hutchinson 17 Nicky Smith 18 Joe Rees 19 Adam Beard 20 Dan Baker 21 Lloyd Evans 22 Luke Price 23 Aisea Natoga

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 Sale Sharks
Manager – SJE

01. Vasil Kakovin	09. Kieran Marmion
02. Tommy Taylor	10. Beauden Barrett
03. Phil Swainston
04. Kane Douglas	11. Semesa Rokoduguni
05. Christian Day	12. Corry Allen
06. Luke Whitelock	13. Robbie Freuen
07. Matt Todd	14. Keith Earls
08. Alex Tulou	15. Jared Payne

16. Jefferson Poirot 17. David Paice 18. Ross Harrison 19. Mario Itoje 20. Tom Savage 21. Callum Braley 22. JJ Hanrahan 23. Sam Smith

- Use the boots of our halfbacks and look to build territory initially and put the squeeze on Ospreys at the breakdown and set piece.
- As it opens up look to get our back three on the ball more and more running off the shoulders of the midfield.
- Barrett to test the fringe defence with his electric running game. 
- Blitz on defence with Marmion playing the sweeper role to clear up chips and grubbers.

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Worcester Warriors v Exeter Chiefs
Location - Sixways 
Light Cloud, 5 Degrees, 13mph Winds


Worcester Warriors
Manager - Nick


1 nathan catt
2 matthew rees
3 bj botha 
4 mouritz botha
5 johan muller
6 danie russouw
7 shane jennings
8 thomas waldrom
9 tawera kerr barlow
10 remi tales
11 sailosi tagicakibau
12 kyle godwin
13 casey laulala
14 mark cueto
15 ben ransom

16 tendai mtawrira
17 dave ward
18 halani aulika
19 james hudson
20 phil dowson
21 michael classens
22 olly barkley
23 tom casson

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Exeter Chiefs 

Manager – Fluxy

01. Richard Barrington	09. Morgan Parra (k)
02. Jack Yeandle	10. Toby Flood
03. Logovii Mulipola
04. Brad Thorn	11. Olly Woodburn
05. Alistair Hargreaves	12. Bundee Aki
06. Jackson Wray	13. Aurelien Rougerie
07. Sam Jones	14. Dom Shipperley
08. Semisi Taulava	15. Juan Martin Hernandez

16. Sean Cronin 17. Charles Beech 18. Kieran Davies 19. Patricio Albacete 20. Nick Williams 21. Hadyn Thomas 22. Stephen Myler 23. Marcelo Bosch

Harlequins
Manager – Steven_Sharks

01. Ben Franks	09. Karl Dickson
02. Rob Buchanan	10. Dan Bowden
03. Kieran Brookes
04. George Kruis	11. Chris Feauai-Sautia
05. Hugh Pyle	12. Stuart Olding (k)
06. Lappies Labushagne	13. Anthony Faainga
07. Luke Braid	14. Tom Brady
08. Pierre Spies (c)	15. Santiago Cordero

16. Gary Botha 17. Edward Byrne 18. Kyle Sinckler 19. Charlie Matthews 20. Jack Clifford 21. Luke McGrath 22. Freddie Burns 23. Jason Emery

Tactics

Just a quick round up off the groups as I haven't the time to update the tables on here.

Pool 1 - Sarries can top the group with a draw or better. Defeat leaves the door open for Glaws.
Pool 2 - Wide open. Sale 8 points, Exeter 7 points, Tigers 6 points.
Pool 3 - Win for Quins sees them through. Anything less leaves the door open for Worc.
Pool 4 - Straight shoot out between Wasps & Saints both on 13 points each

Know its only AW but getting this out now for the 6 nations!

If a player is called up changes have to be made by 9am Friday so the thread can be updated. If not done so punishments apply!

Sale Sharks
Manager – SJE

01. Vasil Kakovin	09. Kieran Marmion
02. Tommy Taylor	10. Beauden Barrett
03. Phil Swainston
04. Kane Douglas	11. Semesa Rokoduguni
05. Christian Day	12. Corry Allen
06. Luke Whitelock	13. Robbie Freuen
07. Matt Todd	14. Keith Earls
08. Alex Tulou	15. Jared Payne

16. Jefferson Poirot 17. David Paice 18. Ross Harrison 19. Mario Itoje 20. Tom Savage 21. Callum Braley 22. JJ Hanrahan 23. Sam Smith

- Use the boots of our halfbacks and look to build territory initially and put the squeeze on Ospreys at the breakdown and set piece.
- As it opens up look to get our back three on the ball more and more running off the shoulders of the midfield.
- Barrett to test the fringe defence with his electric running game. 
- Blitz on defence with Marmion playing the sweeper role to clear up chips and grubbers.

Mark

Northampton Saints
Manager: Dammit Chris

01. Sona Taumalolo	09. Joe Simpson
02. Tatafu Polota-Nau	10. Matt Toomua
03. Carl Hayman
04. Dean Mumm	11. Siti Siviatu
05. Cadeyn Neville	12. Matt Giteau (c)(k)
06. Julian Bonnaire	13. Manu Tuilagi
07. Calum Clark	14. Christian Wade
08. Opeti Fonua	15. Jordan Williams

Subs: 16. Mike Haywood 17. Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi 18. Davit Kubrashvill 19. Stephen Uren 20. Sam Cane 21. Alex Day 22. Jamie Elliott 23. Oliver Deveto

Taken Mako, Henry Thomas & Domingo out due to likely call ups. Deveto comes onto the bench for Blyendal (sp) to keep EQ limits

Ford likely to be on England bench Johnny?

 
Toomua in at 10. Uren comes onto the bench for EQ

Newcastle Falcons

Manager – Driver

01.Soana Tonga'uhai	09.Dave Lewis
02.George McGuigan	10.Henry Slade (K)
03.Scott Wilson
04.Adam Sinclair	11.Charlie Sharples
05.Jonny Grey	12.Luke Marshall
06.Joel Coelan	13.Chris Farrell
07.Andy Saull (c)	14.Zack Kirbridge
08.Dave Ewers	15.James O'Connor

16.Darren Dawiduik 17.Matt Mullen 18.Owen Franks 19.Jonny Hill 20.Curtis Browning 21.Franscois Houghard 22.Joel Hodgson23.Cory Jane

Falcons to play a high tempo game based around plenty of width and moving the ball to the spaces to exploit any gaps which will appear.

We've picked players too suit our high tempo plan with several gainline forwards and some serious gas in the backs.

Get Sharples and Kirbridge in a 1 on 1 in attack and use there pace to make most of the space

01. Jerome Schuster	09. Ruan Pienaar
02. Tom Lindsay	10. Owen Williams (k)
03. Matt Stevens
04. Nick Kennedy	11. Sergeal Petersen
05. Craig Clarke	12. Serieli Naqaveluki
06. Mamuka Gorgodze	13. Henry Trinder
07. Will Fraser	14. Nick Cummins
08. Laurence Pearce	15. Niall Morris

16. Hika Elliot 17. Antoine Guillamon 18. Tom Smallbone. 19. Stuart Hooper 20. David Sisi 21. Jack Moates 22. Tommy Bell 23. Conrad Smith 
 
 
 
Tactics:
Front 5 build to hold their own and win quick lineout ball,
Backrow looking for turnover ball and running options,
Experience and youthfulness at 9-10 brings a cool head and creativity,
Strong centres both looking to be influential-Naqa smashing and Trinder with creativity,
Quick back 3 all looking to continue our fast paced game plan,
Looking for quick ball but, if conditions don't allow it the front 5 will play up the jumper before playing a tight game with backs off 10-12,
Strong defence looking to slow down or steal ball,
Good bench with experience, raw power and youthful energy

Just to check that Matthew Morgan is eq?

Hes played u20s for Wales which is their 2nd side so is locked to them and non EQ

ok cool cheers

Saracens
Manager – Pooly

01. Alex Waller	09. Chris Cook
02. Chris Whitehead	10. Tom Taylor
03. Clement Ric
04. Julian Pierre	11. Miles Benjamin
05. Tom Jubb	12. Sonny Bill Williams
06. Brad Shields	13. Nick Tompkins
07. Matt Hankin	14. Adam Thompstone
08. Chris Masoe	15. Lee Byrne

16. Tiaan Liebenberg  17. Max Lahiff  18. Paul Hill 19. Louis Deacon  20. Carl Fearns 21. Luke Burgess  22. Gareth Steenson  23. Ryan Crotty

Tactics:

General - We've selected a team packed with power and physicality and will look to dominate the contact and get over the gain line. We'll be playing a high tempo physical game from the off, look to smash the opposition back and get into the rucks/maul's and drive through. We'll look to tie the opposition in and then get at their backline, more so in the their half. Look to keep it tight in the forward pack and grind through work.

Scrum - Look to get a platform from the off with a strong scrummaging unit. Strong front 5 with big locks will look for the big push once the ball is in and drive the opposition back. Our LH and Hooker will look to target TH and try to get between him and Hooker to allow TH to work on LH If no weakness seen will use as restart.

Line out - Look to play it safe and use the rolling maul to good effect. Our big pack should have a lot of joy here and will tie in the opposition defence. We'll look to contest on opp throw especially when sub get on the pitch as we feel we can really pressure him.

Defence - High intensity and big hits, looking to drive past the ball player. Huge physical pack that can look to dominate the collision and breakdown allowing Henry etc a chance to slow down/steal ball. Scrum half to sweep behind the defensive line.

Attack - Keep things simple in our own half then look to unleash backs in opp territory. Scrum half to inject pace from the breakdown and have Lowe on his shoulder. SBW to run at 10 channel and target possible weakness. SBW also to be used as decoy running at OC looking to take him out of the defensive line to free up space for Lowe to get at the outside.

Bath Rugby
Manager – inthefastlane

01. Carl Rimmer	09. Maxime Machenaud
02. Mike Haywood	10. Rhys Patchell
03. Euan Murray
04. Luke Romano	11. Jake Arnott
05. Andries Bekker	12. Sam Hill
06. Will Skuse	13. Ashley Beck
07. Will Welch	14. Hallan Amos
08. James Gaskell	15. Rob Miller

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16. Chris Brooker 17. Ben Tameifuma 18. Charlie Faumuania 19. Graham Kitchener 20. Liam Gill 21. Richard Wigglesworth 22. Joel Tomkins 23. Richard Lane

Leicester Tigers
Manager – LukeLovesLuka

01. Benn Robinson	09. Micky Young
02. Chiliboy Ralepelle	10. Brock James (k)
03. Craig Mitchell
04. Edwin Maka	11. Paul Sackey
05. James Horwill (c)	12. Paul Jordaan
06. Steve Mafi	13. Dominc Waldouck
07. James Scaysbrook	14. Vincent Clerc
08. Joe van Niekerk	15. Kurtley Beale

16. Charlie Clare 17. Harry Rudkin 18. Neale Farthing 19. Tom Price 20. Jacques Burger 21. Kahn Fotuali'i 22. Rory Lyn 23. Josh Bassett

Glos

01. Steenkamp 09. Genia
02. Adriaan Strauss 10. Carter (k)
03. James Johnstone
04. Elliot Stooke 11. Banahan
05. George Robson 12. Juan de Jongh
06. Arno Botha 13.Kuridrani
07. Ardie Savea 14. Charlie Walker
08. Sam Dickinson 15. Israel folau
16. Nick Wood 17. Jamie George  18. Rupert Harden 19. Tom Palmer  20. Immanol Harinordoqoy  21. Tj Pernara  22. Cipriani 23. Gear[/quote]

Keep
Tactics brief as Pete swamped and cannot enter his. As ever win set piece collisions and then play. As game progresses look to open up more and also use bench. Target BP via open rugby and pace and power

Struggling to find time to get a team in as tucked up massively at work. Can I just go with whoever I put out last week please, unless they are on international duty in which case could someone just swap some players in for me.

London Wasps
Manager  Ozzy3213
 

01. Alex Corbisiero	09. Aaron Smith
02. Bismarck du Plessis	10. Christian Lealiifano
03. Dave Wilson
04. Sebastien Vahaamahina	11. Digby Ioane
05. George Skivington©	12. Michele Campagnaro
06. Rynhardt Elstadt	13. JJ Englebrecht
07. Luke Wallace	14. Marland Yarde
08. Fotu Auelua	15. Jaco Taute

16. Rob Hawkins 17. Ben Alexander 18. Fraser Balmain 19. Ruan Botha 20. Marcell Coetzee 21.Nathan Fowles 22. Camille Lopez 23. Tom Collins

Tactics

Kick to the corners.  Tight carrying gameplan close to the rucks using big forwards.  In opposition 22 if it is on we will open up and try to put our back 3 into space.  Big emphasis on the set piece and using the maul to good effect from lineouts.  In defence we will blitz and look to control the gainline with Aaron Smith sweeping behind the line.  FH will take all opportunities for points from penalties.

1 nathan catt
2 matthew rees
3 bj botha
4 mouritz botha
5 johan muller
6 danie russouw
7 shane jennings
8 thomas waldrom
9 tawera kerr barlow
10 remi tales
11 sailosi tagicakibau
12 kyle godwin
13 casey laulala
14 mark cueto
15 ben ransom

16 tendai mtawrira
17 dave ward
18 halani aulika
19 james hudson
20 phil dowson
21 michael classens
22 olly barkley
23 tom casson

CJB Machenaud on France bench   

Replace with Alex Day

Exeter Chiefs 

Manager – Fluxy

01. Richard Barrington	09. Morgan Parra (k)
02. Jack Yeandle	10. Toby Flood
03. Logovii Mulipola
04. Brad Thorn	11. Olly Woodburn
05. Alistair Hargreaves	12. Bundee Aki
06. Jackson Wray	13. Aurelien Rougerie
07. Sam Jones	14. Dom Shipperley
08. Semisi Taulava	15. Juan Martin Hernandez

16. Sean Cronin 17. Charles Beech 18. Kieran Davies 19. Patricio Albacete 20. Nick Williams 21. Hadyn Thomas 22. Stephen Myler 23. Marcelo Bosch

Gloucester 22-22 Wasps

Really tight affair this one. Wasps take the pack, the scrum especially will be sided their way. Gloucester get the edge on in the halfbacks and centres. To close to call with home advantage.

Irish 34-18 Scarlets

Newcastle 30-12 Dragons

Cardiff 17-27 Harlequins

Tigers 28-24 Bath

A little bit more overall for Tigers and at home they'll be difficult to beat. Bath have some kids out which aren't quite at Tigers kevel.

Ospreys 19-28 Sale

Worcester 21-20 Exeter

Another really tight affair with two well set out sides. Overall not a great deal in it with some strong combo's out. See Worcester getting on top in the scrum and home advantage sees them through.

Glaws 26-20 Wasps
Slight edge to Wasps at scrum time but not a lot else between the packs. Midfield and halfback battle goes to Glaws while Wasps are stronger overall in the back three. At home Glaws see this one out.

London Irish 39-20 Scarlets

Falcons 28-15 NGD

Saints 18-17 Sarries
Saints with more spark in the backline but Falcons bench makes it tight. Home advantage decides this one.

Blues 17-30 Quins

Tigers 26-22 Bath
Tigers can get on top in the backrow battle and win the game there.

Worc 28-27 Exeter
Worc with a bit more in the backrow and at home should take a very tight game.

Falcons 30-10 dragons
Blues 12-30 quins
Ospreys 15-28 sale

Glos 24-24 wasps
Tough game to split, both will get messy ball but have the half backs to tidy up, good impact from both benches.

Saints 23-21 sarries
Feel saints can gain an advantage in the centre's and back row but no tactics and sarries bench keeps it close

Tigers 24-20 bath
Tigers depth is scary here but baths kids are going to give a good fight

Warriors 24-23 chiefs
Warriors are targeting this game and have fielded a strong squad here, not a lot in it but feel they will take the back row battle

Gloucester 20 - 22 Wasps

Really strong front row battle for a AW game, edge to Wasps. Think Wasps look a bit stronger at second row too, and overall look stronger in the front 5. I like the potential in Gloucs' back row, but right now Wasps with more about them. Wasps take the pack. Gloucs take the HB's with quality, and look stronger in the centres too. Prefer Wasps back three. Think Wasps can get on top on the forwards, and nick a great win here.


Irish 32 - 18 Scarlets


Newcastle 37 - 20 Dragons


Saints 29 - 15 Saracens

Decent front row contest that might just edge to Saints. Bit more class in the second row for Saints, but the back row contest is fairly even. Overall I think Saints have a bit more about them in pack. Bit more experience sees Saints win the HB battle, and they dominate in the centres. Back threes a bit more even. Saints have taken this more serious, and get a fairly comfortable win in the end.


Blues 15 - 25 Harlequins


Ospreys 19 - 24 Sale


Worcester 26 - 21 Exeter

Bit more in the Worcs front row, whilst the second row battle looks a really good one with no clear winner. Slightly stronger back row from Worcs, and overall think they edge the pack battle. Prefer Exeter at HB, with centres a fairly good battle. Neither side dominates the back three contest for me. Think at home, Worcs with a stronger pack, edge it.

Campagnaro starting for Italy I think named in Petes lineup

Campagnaro changed out. Theres no punishment for Pete as he didn't name the side this week

Gloucester 22-26 Wasps
Irish 37-15 Scarlets
Newcastle 26-14 Dragons
Saints 27-18 Sarries
Blues 18-25 Quins
Ospreys 17-28 Sale
Worcester 25-24 Exeter

London Irish 35 Scarlets 17
Newcastle Falcons 24 Dragons 18
Northampton Saints 24 Saracens 21
Blues 21 Harlequins 24
Leicester Tigers 23 Bath Rugby 20
Ospreys 20 Sale Sharks 25
Worcester Warrior 22 Exeter Chiefs 21

Gloucester 24 - 22 London Wasps

Cracking contest here. I think Wasps might slightly edge the forwards but Glaws have enough ball for the backs to put Wasps to the sword at home. 

London Irish 30 - 20 Scarlets

Newcastle Falcons 38 - 18 Newport Gwent Dragons


Northampton Saints 25 - 21 Saracens 
Good hard game for Saints, but they have smashes of quality throughout the side which when they get ball in hand, just blow Sarries away.

Cardiff Blues 15 - 29 Harlequins

Leicester Tigers 23 - 20 Bath Rugby

Tigers have a quality side throughout and can control the game and some of the younger boys from the Bath side. Bath look elusive when they get the ball wide but tigers will grind out the win. 

Ospreys 20 - 25 Sale Sharks

RESULTS:

Gloucester 25 (T:3 C:2 P:2)
London Wasps 24 (T:2 C:1 P:4)

London Irish 41 (T:5 C:5 P:2)
Scarlets 18 (P:6)

Newcastle Falcons 34 (T:4 C:4 P:2)
Newport Gwent Dragons 15 (T:2 C:1 P:1)

Northampton Saints 27 (T:3 P:4)
Saracens 18 (T:2 C:1 P:2)

Cardiff Blues 17 (T:1 P:4)
Harlequins 31 (T:4 C:4 P:1)

Leicester Tigers 27 (T:3 C:3 P:2)
Bath 21 (T:2 C:1 P:3)

Ospreys 19 (T:1 C:1 P:4)
Sale Sharks 30 (T:4 C:2 P:2)

Worcester Warriors 28 (T:3 C:2 P:3)
Exeter Chiefs 23 (T:3 C:1 P:2)

Gutted. Just shows how daft the system is in real life for this competition, as I've lost one game by one point in the pool stage and am knocked out.

BONUSES:

Full: CJB, Fluxy, Luke, Prop, Pete, Driver, SJE, Pooly
Excused: Matt & Chris
Fined: Steve & Nick

Agree Pete. You and Worc can feel very hard done by when both myself and Gloucester get through on lower point totals!

Ah them's the rules mate, I knew it was going to be a tough ask when I had Gloucester away and Saints were at home. Worcester can be even more aggrieved than me, they never lost a game and are out!