Summer Tournament Round Two

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Pool A

Leicester Tigers v Harlequins
at Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Sunny, 9 degrees, 12 mph winds.

Leicester Tigers
Manager – LukeLovesLuka

01. Gethin Jenkins	09. Kahn Fotuali'i
02. Stephen Moore	10. Brock James
03. Dan Cole
04. Pascal Pape	11. Ugo Monye
05. James Horwill (c)	12. Billy Twelvetrees (k)
06. Francois Louw	13. Mathieu Bastareaud
07. Jacques Burger	14. Napolini Nalaga
08. JMF Lobbe	15. Mike Brown

16. Christopher Tolofua 17. Alex Corbisiero 18. Paul Doran-Jones 19. Kearnan Myall 20. Tom Johnson  21. Dwayne Peel 22. Pat Lambie 23. Alex Cuthbert

Harlequins
Manager – Steven_Sharks

01. Tony Woodcock	09. Ruan Pienaar
02. Schalk Brits	10. Quade Cooper
03. John Afoa
04. Bakkies Botha	11. Jack Nowell
05. Jim Hamilton	12. Jamie Roberts
06. Tom Wood	13. Jonathan Joseph
07. Michael Hooper	14. Yoann Huget
08. Nick Easter	15. Rob Kearney

16. Rob Buchanan 17. Steven Kitchoff 18. Kieran Brookes 19. George Kruis 20. Mamuka Gorgodze 21. Karl Dickson 22. Steven Myler 23. Jan Serfontein

This is close to full strength for me I think. Feedback on weaknesses really.

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Sale Sharks v Exeter Chiefs
at Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Sunny, 13 degrees, 16 mph winds.

Sale Sharks
Manager – SJE

01. Jack McGrath	09. Danny Care
02. Benjamin Kayser	10. Johnny Sexton
03. Davit Zirakishvilli
04. Dave Attwood	11. Simon Zebo
05. Iain Henderson	12. Francois Steyn
06. Matt Garvey	13. George Pisi
07. Matt Todd	14. Keith Earls
08. Louis Picamoles	15. Nick Abendanon

16. Vasil Kakovin 17. David Paice 18. Rabah Slimani 19. Christian Day 20. Matt Kvesic 21. Kieran Marmion 22. JJ Hanrahan 23. Kyle Eastmond

Exeter Chiefs 

Manager – Fluxy

01. Ryan Grant	09. Connor Murray
02. Sean Cronin	10. Toby Flood
03. James Johnston
04. Paul O'Connell (c)	11. David Strettle
05. Michael Paterson	12. Luther Burrell
06. Yannick Nyanga	13. Florian Fritz
07. Justin Tipuric	14. Andrew Trimble
08. Toby Faletau	15. James O'Connor (k)

16. Jack Yeandle 17. Richard Barrington 18. Davit Kubriashvili 19. Kane Douglas 20. Carl Fearns 21. Chris Cook 22. Ian Madigan 23. Tom Varndell

Tactics:

• Use of heavy carriers, and mobile support runners in the pack to create forward momentum. 
  
• Phase play with half backs dictating play. Look for territory when need to gain field position.
  
• Counter attack whenever possible.
  

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Newcastle Falcons v Bath Rugby
at Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
Sunny, 11 degrees, 15 mph winds.

Newcastle Falcons

1.Matt Mullen 
2.Huia Edmonds
3.Scott Wilson
4.Ed Slater (c)
5.Geoff Parling
6.Ben Mowen
7.Will Fraser
8.Dave Ewers

9.Nick Phipps
10.Dan Bigger
11.Tim Visser
12.Brad Barritt
13.Robbie Frueen
14.Charlie Sharples
15.Rob Miller

16.George McGuigan 17.Soana Tonga'uhia 18.Owen Franks 19.Yoaan Maestri 20.Dan Lydiate 21.Dave Lewis 22.Owen Farrell 23.Luke Marshall

Bath Rugby
Manager – inthefastlane

01. Cian Healy	09. Richard Wigglesworth
02. Richard Hibbard	10. Charlie Hodgson
03. Ben Tameifuma
04. Graham Kitchener	11. Christian Wade
05. Andries Bekkerl	12. Damien De Allende
06. James Haskell	13. Stuart Hogg
07. Sean O'Brien	14. George North
08. Edwin Maka	15. Alex Goode

16. Mikey Haywood 17. Been Robinson 18. Jake Cooper Wollsey 19. Luke Charteris 20. Max Northcote Green 21. George Di Cothi 22.  Rob Horne 23. Sitiveni Sivivatu

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Pool B

Saracens v London Irish
at Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth
Sunny, 14 degrees, 14 mph winds.

Saracens
Manager – Pooly

01. Alex Waller	09. Morgan Parra
02. Jamie George	10. Freddie Burns
03. Clement Ric
04. Bradley Davies	11. Zak Guildford
05. Flip van der Merwe	12. Scott Williams
06. Dave Denton	13. Jonathan Davies
07. Thierry Dusatoir	14. Chris Ashton
08. Jonnie Beattie	15. Matt Tait

16. Ross Batty 17. Max Lahiff 18. JdP 19. Louis Deacon 20. Nathan Hughes 21. Henry Taylor 22. Bernard Foley 23. George Lowe

London Irish

01. Ben Franks	09. Rory Kockott
02. Marc Jones	10. Owen Williams
03. Will Collier
04. Dean Mumm	11. Nick Cummins
05. Stuart Hooper	12. Luke McAlister
06. Jackson Wray	13. Conrad Smith
07. George Smith	14. JP Pietersen
08. Scott Higginbotham	15. Rob Cook

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16. Tom Lindsay 17. Tom Smallbone 18. Rhodri Jones 19. David Sisi 20. Jordan Taufua 21. Neil De Kock 22. Nick Evans 23. JSD

Looking at feedback in combos with a different backrow on show. Also any feedback on bench players who could make the step up/should stay away! This is a 6n squad but some areas could be changed.

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London Welsh v Northampton Saints
at Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua
Sunny, 10 degrees, 18 mph winds.

London Welsh

01. Nathan Catt	09. Ben Spencer
02. Dave Ward	10. Olly Barkley
03. Oliver Tomaszczyk
04. George Skivington	11. Nemani Nadolo
05. Mouritz Botha	12. Jordan Turner-Hall
06. Tom Guest	13. Nick Tompkins
07. John Barclay	14. Mark Cueto
08. Thomas Waldrom	15. Chris Pennell

16. Koree Britton 17. Brett Sturgess 18. BJ Botha 19.James Percival 20. Victor Vito 21. Oliver Claxton 22. Tom Casson 23. Jesse Mogg

Northampton Saints

1. Mako Vunipola
2. Dylan Hartley (c)
3. Carl Hayman
4. Lood de Jager
5. Courtney Lawes
6. Chris Robshaw
7. David Pocock
8. Billy Vunipola
9. Mike Phillips
10. James Hook
11. Julian Savea
12. Matt Giteau
13. Manu Tuilagi
14. Tommy Bowe
15. Elliot Daly

16. Rob Webber 17. Thomas Domingo 18. Logi Mulipola 19.  Joe Launchbury 20. Manu Samoa 21. Joe Simpson 22. Oliver Devoto 23. Liam Williams

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London Wasps v Gloucester
at Eden Park, Auckland
Sunny, 12 degrees, 17 mph winds.

London Wasps
Manager  Ozzy3213

01. Joe Marler	09. Ben Youngs
02. Tom Youngs	10. Henry Slade
03. David Wilson
04. Romain Millo-Chluski	11. Henry Speight
05. Sebastien Vahaamahina	12. Berrick Barnes
06. Rynhardt Elstadt	13. Paul Jordaan
07. Steffon Armitage	14. Marland Yarde
08. Luke Narraway (c)	15. Delon Armitage

16. Deon Fourie 17. Paul James 18. Frans Malherbe 19. Sitaleki Timani 20. Luke Wallace 21. Sebastien Tillouse-Borde 22. Gareth Anscombe 23. Anthony Watson

Tactics

• Standard tactics of a possession based game and looking to through the phases with pace and intesity.
  
• Offloading in or just before the tackle to keep the ball alive and move the opposition defence around.
  
• Blitz defence with scrum half sweeping to cover.
  

Predictions
Would like to know where people see the biggest weaknesses being please.

Gloucester

01. Nick Wood	09. Dan Robson
02. Joe Gray	10. Danny Cipriani
03. Nicola Mas
04. Roman tamofuifuna	11. Hosea Gear
05. Richie Grey	12. Matt Scott
06. Tom Croft	13. Ryan Crotty
07. Qera	14. Johnny May
08. Jaimie Heaslip	15. Andrea Masi

16. LCD 17. Juan Figallo 18. LH Sebastian Adeniran-Olule 19.Elliot Stooke 20. Ardie Savea 21. Rhodri Morgan  22. Goosen 23. Charlie Walker [/quote]

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