Anglo-Welsh Cup Round One

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Worcester Warriors vs Bristol Rugby
Sixways Stadium
Sunny, 8 degrees, 14mph North Westerly Winds

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Worcester Warriors
Manager - Prop

01. Ali Dickinson	09. Sam Harrison
02. Ross Batty	10. Owen Williams (k)
03. WP Nel
04. Leone Nakawara	11. Adam Thompstone
05. Yohann Maestri	12. David Havili
06. Mike Williams	13. Mark Bennett
07. Sam Warburton ©	14. Sergeal Petersen
08. Ben Morgan	15. Brice Dulin

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16. Jack Walker 17. Val Ruskin 18. Henry Thomas 19. Kieran Tredwell 20. Jackson Wray 21. Rory Kockott 22. Jules Plisson 23. Jonah Placid

Season's Attributes-
Offloading in the Tackle
Breakdown (Turnovers)
Blitz Defence
Choke Tackle

*Looking to use the balance of back row to disrupt opposition ball and have strong carrys off of 10 and 12.
*Mix up first receivers to keep them guessing.
*Heads up rugby with strike moves when on with wingers coming off their wing and Dulin looking to run onto offloads.
*Bench to make an impact with control for the backs and the form of Petersen
*Bennett to lead the defence with one of back 5 alongside Williams in the 10 channel to implement the choke tackle.

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Bristol Team 
Manager: CJ

01. David Kilcoyne	09. Ben Spencer
02. Richardt Strauss	10. Rhys Patchell (k)
03. Mike Ross
04. Sam Carter	11. Rene Ranger (c)
05. Kearnan Myall	12. Kyle Godwin
06. Mitch Eadie	13. Nick Tompkins
07. Judicaël Cancoriet	14. Jordan Williams
08. Lawrence Pearce	15. Jesse Mogg

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16. Tom West 17. Rob Buchanan  18. James Johnston 19. Jordan Ononaife 20  Max Deegan, 21. Andy Uren 22. Callum Sheedy 23. Sione Tuipolutu

Tactics:

Attributes:

Attacking:
1) Breakdown - Clearing: Ensuring the possession is clean and quick with quick support to the breakdown
2)  Phase Attack: Attacks build momentum until an opportunity arises. 
Defending:
1) Breakdown - Slowing up ball: The defenders can get over the ball to slow it up and prevent the attack from building momentum and allowing your defence to set. 
2) Breakdown - Organised Ruck defence: with guards and body guards set, allowing the rest of the line to set off them.

Tactics 

1) Twin playmakers with Godwin helping out Patchell to keep a playmaker always available
2) look to Spoil Harrison as a weak link in the Worcester line using Cancoriet
3) as Worcester focus on the offloading game usually, look to tackle 2 on 1 in the backs with increased coverage from the pack
4) heavy focus on te breakdown as a whole pack unit
5) Blitz defence led by Godwin

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Bath Rugby vs Leicester Tigers
The Rec
Sunny, 8 degrees, 13mph North Westerly Winds

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Bath Rugby
Manager – CJB

01. Eddy Ben Arous	09. Richard Wigglesworth
02. Mikey Haywood	10. Finn Russell
03. Nepo Laulala
04. Will Skelton	11. Juan Imhoff
05. Graham Kitchener	12. Damian De Allende
06. James Gaskell	13. Sam Hill
07. Josh Beaumont	14. Christian Wade
08. Toby Falateu	15. Andy Goode

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16. Ellis Genge 17. Leni Apisai 18. Scott Wilson 19. Mitch Lees 20. - 21. Takera Kerr Barlow 22. - 23. Liam Williams

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Leicester Tigers
Manager – Fluxy

01. Max Lahiff	09. Antoine Dupont
02. Dave Ward	10. Freddie Burns (k)
03. Brian Mujati
04. Pascal Pape (c)	11. Henry Purdy
05. Stan South	12. Ben Te'o
06. Sam Jones	13. Damien Penaud
07. Hienrich Brussow	14. Drew Mitchell
08. Calum Chick	15. Jack Maddocks

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Subs: 16. Neale Farthing 17. Hika Elliott 18. Lasha Tibadze 19. Tom Wells 20. Don Armand 21. Micky Young 22. James Lang 23. Billy Twelvetrees

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Sale Sharks vs Wasps
AJ Bell Stadium
Sunny, 7 degrees, 14mph North Westerly Winds

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 Sale Sharks
Manager – SJE

01. Ross Harrison	09. Faf De Klerk
02. Benjamin Kayser	10. Otere Black
03. Atu Moli
04. Brodie Retalick	11. Tevita Li
05. Christian Day	12. Jonathan Danty
06. Matt Garvey	13. Joe Marchant
07. Matt Kvesic	14. Ratu Joe Cokanasiga
08. Rob Leota	15. Nick Abendanon

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Subs:16. Julien Marchand 17. Tau Koloamatangi 18. Martin Moore 19. Iain Henderson 20. Lewis Ludlam 21. James Mitchell 22. Curwin Bosch 23. Jacob Stockdale

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Wasps
Manager - Pullthestrings

01. Marcos Ayerza	09. Sebatien Tillous-Borde
02. Harry Thacker	10. Rhys Preistland (k)
03. Frans Malherbe
04. Sebastian Vahaamahina	11. Marland Yarde
05. Jim Hamilton	12. Brad Barritt
06. Tom Wood	13. Henry Slade
07. Fulgence Quedraogo	14. Bryan Habana
08.  Sean O'Brien	15. Anthony Watson

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16. Bismark Du Plessis, 17. Ben Moon, 18. Dave Wilson, 19. Dom Barrow, 20. Louis Picamoles, 21. Mitchell Drummond, 22. Luther Burrell, 23. Tim Nanai-Williams

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Gloucester Rugby vs Saracens
Kingsholm Stadium
Sunny Intervals, 8 degrees, 13mph North Westerly Winds

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Gloucester 
Manager – Matt

01. Coenie Oosthuizen	09. Will Genia
02. Andries Strauss	10. Billy Burns (k)
03. Juan Figallo
04. Elliott Stooke	11. Jonny May
05. Tomas Lavanini	12. Matt Scott
06. Willem Alberts	13. Juan De Jongh
07. Cyle Brink	14. Will Addison
08. Ruan Ackermann	15. Johan Goosen

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Subs: 16. Rob Evans , 17. Joe Grey, 18. Uini Atonio, 19. Sam Dickinson, 20. Ben Curry, 21. Dan Robson, 22. Handre Pollard, 23. Charlie Walker

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Saracens
Manager – Pooly

01. Simon McIntyre	09. Brad Weber
02. Scott Spurling	10. Tom Taylor
03. Paul Hill
04. Marcos Kremer	11. Teddy Thomas
05. Geoff Parling	12. Ollie Devoto
06. Thierry Dusatoir	13. Conrad Smith
07. Will Fraser	14. Hosea Gear
08. Dave Denton	15. Delon Armitage

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16. Richard Hibbard 17. Alex Waller 18. Ben Franks 19. Ed Slater 20. Sam Underhill 21. Lee Dickson 22. Pat Lambie 23. Lionel Mapoe

Tactics:

Defensive:
Blitz Defence - Get in the face of the opposition and allow them very little time on the ball.
Breakdown - Turnover possession: Your side is recognised to pick off turnovers at the breakdown, by getting the ball and gaining the penalty

Attacking:
Territorial Kicking: Looking to pin back sides and kick for open spaces or touch
Offloading in the tackle: Moving the point of attack preventing a defence to set and keeping play fluid

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Harlequins vs Exeter Chiefs
Twickenham Stoop
Light Cloud, 8 degrees, 10mph North Westerly Winds

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Harlequins
Manager – Steven_Sharks

01. Ethan Waller	09. Ruan Pienaar
02. Rob Webber (c)	10. Ihaia West (k)
03. John Afoa
04. Lukhan Tui	11. Leolin Zas
05. Luke Romano	12. Stuart Olding
06. Jean Luc Du Preez	13. Bundee Aki
07. Jamie Gibson	14. Keelan Giles
08. James Chisholm	15. Mike Haley

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16. Scott Baldwin 17. Richard Barrington 18. Billy Walker 19. Will Witty 20. Dan Leavy 21. Stuart Townsend 22. Dan Jones 23. Alex Lewington

Attributes

Phase Attack - Attacks build momentum until an opportunity arises. 
Counter Attack - Receiving the ball down field, your players will look to attack with ball in hand, thriving in the broken field and open spaces. 

Breakdown (Turnover Possession) -  Your side is recognised to pick off turnovers at the breakdown, by getting the ball and gaining the penalty
Chop Tackle: Tacklers look to get low and chop down attackers before gaining momentum or metres over the gain line. 

Game Plan

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Exeter Chiefs
Manager – StNick

01. Nathan Catt	09. Nic White
02. Jack Yeandle (c)	10. Richie Mo'unga (k)
03. Harry Williams
04. Jake Ball	11. Andrew Trimble
05. Juandre Kruger	12. Stuart McCloskey
06. Brad Shields	13. Francis Saili
07. Marcell Coetzee	14. Olly Woodburn
08. Fritz Lee	15. Maxime Medard

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Subs: 16. Thomas Domingo, 17. Tom Youngs, 18. Ben Tameifuna, 19. Courtney Lawes, 20. Teimana Harrison, 21. Chris Cook, 22. Colin Slade, 23. James Lowe

Offloading in the tackle: Moving the point of attack preventing a defence to set and keeping play fluid.
First phase attack/strike moves: Will look to break the defence, with either a bust through or a clever move to create a gap.

Breakdown - Slowing up ball: The defenders can get over the ball to slow it up and prevent the attack from building momentum and allowing your defence to set.
Chop Tackle: Tacklers look to get low and chop down attackers before gaining momentum or metres over the gain line.

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Newcastle Falcons vs Northampton Saints
Kingston Park
Light Rain Shower, 7 degrees, 18mph North Westerly Winds

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 Newcastle Falcons
Manager – Bambam

01. Alec Hepburn	09. Will Chudley
02. George McGuigan	10. Ian Madigan
03. Davit Kubriashvili
04. Flip Van Der Merwe	11. Luke Morahan
05. Matt Symons	12. Vince Aso
06. Callum Clark	13. Luke Marshall
07. Will Evans	14. Zac Kibirige
08. Jack O'Donaghue	15. Rob Miller

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16.Ricky Riccitelli 17. Nic Auterac 18. Dillon Lewis 19. Rory Thornton 20. Ellis Jenkins 21. Sam Hidalgo Clyne 22. Sam James 23. Gabriel Ibitoye

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Northampton Saints
Manager: Dammit Chris

01. Logi Mulipola	09. Joe Simpson
02. Schalk Brits	10. Patricio Fernandez (k)
03. Jake Cooper-Wooley
04. Paul Jedrasiak	11. Matt Banahan
05. Michael Paterson	12. Harry Mallinder
06. Jack Lam	13. Tyler Morgan
07. James Davies	14. Paolo Odogwu
08. Luke Wallace (c)	15. Ben Foden

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Replacements
16. Ashley Johnson 17. - 18. Conan O'Donnell 19. Vaea Fifita 20. Ollie Griffiths 21. Jamie Shillcock 22. Adam Hastings 23. Owen Watkin

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Just to reiterate, starting XV requires 4 EQ, and 4 EQ on the bench - as per an Aviva game.

Northampton Saints
Manager: Dammit Chris

01. Logi Mulipola	09. Joe Simpson
02. Schalk Brits	10. Patricio Fernandez (k)
03. Jake Cooper-Wooley
04. Paul Jedrasiak	11. Matt Banahan
05. Michael Paterson	12. Harry Mallinder
06. Jack Lam	13. Tyler Morgan
07. James Davies	14. Paolo Odogwu
08. Luke Wallace (c)	15. Ben Foden

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Replacements
16. Ashley Johnson 17. Enrique Pieretto Heiland 18. Conan O'Donnell 19. Vaea Fifita 20. Ollie Griffiths 21. Jamie Shillcock 22. Adam Hastings 23. Owen Watkin

Harlequins
Manager – Steven_Sharks

01. Ethan Waller	09. Ruan Pienaar
02. Rob Webber (c)	10. Ihaia West (k)
03. John Afoa
04. Lukhan Tui	11. Leolin Zas
05. Luke Romano	12. Stuart Olding
06. Jean Luc Du Preez	13. Bundee Aki
07. Jamie Gibson	14. Keelan Giles
08. James Chisholm	15. Mike Haley

16. Scott Baldwin 17. Richard Barrington 18. Billy Walker 19. Will Witty 20. Dan Leavy 21. Stuart Townsend 22. Dan Jones 23. Alex Lewington

Attributes

Phase Attack - Attacks build momentum until an opportunity arises. 

Counter Attack - Receiving the ball down field, your players will look to attack with ball in hand, thriving in the broken field and open spaces. 

Breakdown (Turnover Possession) -  Your side is recognised to pick off turnovers at the breakdown, by getting the ball and gaining the penalty

Chop Tackle: Tacklers look to get low and chop down attackers before gaining momentum or metres over the gain line. 

Game Plan

Bristol Team 
Manager: CJ

01. David Kilcoyne	09. Ben Spencer
02. Richardt Strauss	10. Rhys Patchell (k)
03. Mike Ross
04. Sam Carter	11. Rene Ranger (c)
05. Kearnan Myall	12. Kyle Godwin
06. Mitch Eadie	13. Nick Tompkins
07. Judicaël Cancoriet	14. Jordan Williams
08. Lawrence Pearce	15. Jesse Mogg

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16. Tom West 17. Rob Buchanan  18. James Johnston 19. Jordan Ononaife 20  Max Deegan, 21. Andy Uren 22. Callum Sheedy 23. Sione Tuipolutu

Tactics:

Attributes:

Attacking:
1) Breakdown - Clearing: Ensuring the possession is clean and quick with quick support to the breakdown
2)  Phase Attack: Attacks build momentum until an opportunity arises. 
Defending:
1) Breakdown - Slowing up ball: The defenders can get over the ball to slow it up and prevent the attack from building momentum and allowing your defence to set. 
2) Breakdown - Organised Ruck defence: with guards and body guards set, allowing the rest of the line to set off them.

Tactics 

1) Twin playmakers with Godwin helping out Patchell to keep a playmaker always available
2) look to Spoil Harrison as a weak link in the Worcester line using Cancoriet
3) as Worcester focus on the offloading game usually, look to tackle 2 on 1 in the backs with increased coverage from the pack
4) heavy focus on te breakdown as a whole pack unit
5) Blitz defence led by Godwin

Mark

Newcastle Falcons
Manager – Bambam

01. Alec Hepburn	09. Will Chudley
02. George McGuigan	10. Ian Madigan
03. Davit Kubriashvili
04. Flip Van Der Merwe	11. Luke Morahan
05. Matt Symons	12. Vince Aso
06. Callum Clark	13. Luke Marshall
07. Will Evans	14. Zac Kibirige
08. Jack O'Donaghue	15. Rob Miller

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16.Ricky Riccitelli 17.Nic Auterac 18. Dillon Lewis 19. Rory Thornton 20. Ellis Jenkins 21. Sam Hidalgo Clyne 22. Sam James 23. Gabriel Ibitoye

Worcester Warriors
Manager - Prop

01. Ali Dickinson	09. Sam Harrison
02. Ross Batty	10. Owen Williams (k)
03. WP Nel
04. Leone Nakawara	11. Adam Thompstone
05. Yohann Maestri	12. David Havili
06. Mike Williams	13. Mark Bennett
07. Sam Warburton ©	14. Waisake Naholo
08. Ben Morgan	15. Brice Dulin

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16. Jack Walker 17. Val Ruskin 18. Henry Thomas 19. Kieran Tredwell 20. Jackson Wray 21. Rory Kockott 22. Jules Plisson 23. Sergeal Petersen
Season's Attributes-
Offloading in the Tackle
Breakdown (Turnovers)
Blitz Defence
Choke Tackle

*Looking to use the balance of back row to disrupt opposition ball and have strong carrys off of 10 and 12.
*Mix up first receivers to keep them guessing.
*Heads up rugby with strike moves when on with wingers coming off their wing and Dulin looking to run onto offloads.
*Bench to make an impact with control for the backs and the form of Petersen
*Bennett to lead the defence with one of back 5 alongside Williams in the 10 channel to implement the choke tackle.

Bath Rugby
Manager – CJB

01. Eddy Ben Arous	09. Richard Wigglesworth
02. Rory Best	10. Finn Russell
03. Samson Lee
04. Will Skelton	11. Juan Imhoff
05. Graham Kitchener	12. Damian De Allende
06. Dan Lydiate	13. Jonathan Davies
07. Justin Tipuric	14. Christian Wade
08. Toby Falateu	15. Andy Goode

16. Ellis Genge 17. Mikey Haywood 18. Nepo Laulala 19. Mitch Lees 20. Josh Beaumont 21. Takera Kerr Barlow 22. Gwoegw Moala 23. Liam Williams

Gloucester 
Manager – Matt

01. Coenie Oosthuizen	09. Will Genia
02. Andries Strauss	10. Billy Burns (k)
03. Juan Figallo
04. Elliott Stooke	11. Jonny May
05. Tomas Lavanini	12. Matt Scott
06. Willem Alberts	13. Juan De Jongh
07. Cyle Brink	14. Will Addison
08. Ruan Ackermann	15. Johan Goosen

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Subs: 16. Rob Evans , 17. Joe Grey, 18. Uini Atonio, 19. Sam Dickinson, 20. Ben Curry, 21. Dan Robson, 22. Handre Pollard, 23. Charlie Walker

Is my lineup
Compliant ? Wanted to put young uns out but don't have time to flit
Back and forth from squad
On phone.

Pooly fancy no tactics ?

Sale Sharks
Manager – SJE

01. Ross Harrison	09. Faf De Klerk
02. Benjamin Kayser	10. Otere Black
03. Atu Moli
04. Brodie Retalick	11. Tevita Li
05. Christian Day	12. Jonathan Danty
06. Matt Garvey	13. Joe Marchant
07. Matt Kvesic	14. Ratu Joe Cokanasiga
08. Rob Leota	15. Nick Abendanon

Subs:
16. Julien Marchand 17. Tau Koloamatangi 18. Martin Moore 19. Iain Henderson 20. Lewis Ludlam 21. James Mitchell 22. Curwin Bosch 23. Jacob Stockdale

Matt you're not going to want to play the likes of Moriarty or Folau who are likely to be playing this weekend

Fluxy wrote:Matt you're not going to want to play the likes of Moriarty or Folau who are likely to be playing this weekend

Cheers
Fluxy. Lads can I amend tomorrow?

Have space tomorrow but been stacked of late

No worries mate, amend tomorrow

Cheers all
Done.
Could not sleep so up working. Cheers

Matt, more than happy with no tactics

Similar to Matt forgot about the Aussie game. Have replaced Sio, McMahon, Cooper & Hodge in my side 

Who's playing?

Ireland - NZ
Wales - Aus
Japan - Argentina 

Are all playing fully capped games this weekend. Boks v Baa Baas is also on but uncapped as far as I'm aware

Jeez...totally missed this

1 Nathan Catt
2 Jack Yeandle (c)
3 Harry Williams
4 Jake Ball
5 Juandre Kruger
6 Brad Shields
7 Marcell Coetzee
8 Fritz Lee
9 Nic White
10 Richie Mo'unga (k)
11 Andrew Trimble
12 Stuart McCloskey
13 Francis Saili
14 Olly Woodburn
15 Maxime Medard

16 Thomas Domingo
17 Tom Youngs
18 Ben Tameifuna
19 Courtney Lawes
20 Teimana Harrison
21 Chris Cook
22 Colin Slade
23 James Lowe

Offloading in the tackle: Moving the point of attack preventing a defence to set and keeping play fluid.
First phase attack/strike moves: Will look to break the defence, with either a bust through or a clever move to create a gap.

Breakdown - Slowing up ball: The defenders can get over the ball to slow it up and prevent the attack from building momentum and allowing your defence to set.
Chop Tackle: Tacklers look to get low and chop down attackers before gaining momentum or metres over the gain line.

Saracens
Manager – Pooly

01. Simon McIntyre	09. Brad Weber
02. Scott Spurling	10. Tom Taylor
03. Paul Hill
04. Marcos Kremer	11. Teddy Thomas
05. Geoff Parling	12. Ollie Devoto
06. Thierry Dusatoir	13. Conrad Smith
07. Will Fraser	14. Hosea Gear
08. Dave Denton	15. Delon Armitage

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16. Richard Hibbard 17. Alex Waller 18. Ben Franks 19. Ed Slater 20. Sam Underhill 21. Lee Dickson 22. Pat Lambie 23. Lionel Mapoe

Tactics:

Defensive:

Blitz Defence - Get in the face of the opposition and allow them very little time on the ball.

Breakdown - Turnover possession: Your side is recognised to pick off turnovers at the breakdown, by getting the ball and gaining the penalty

Attacking:

Territorial Kicking: Looking to pin back sides and kick for open spaces or touch

Offloading in the tackle: Moving the point of attack preventing a defence to set and keeping play fluid

Amended side as had forgotten kiwi game also

Wasps
Manager - Pullthestrings

01. Marcos Ayerza	09. Aaron Smith
02. Harry Thacker	10. Rhys Preistland (k)
03. Frans Malherbe
04. Sebastian Vahaamahina	11. Marland Yarde
05. Jim Hamilton	12. Brad Barritt
06. Tom Wood	13. Henry Slade
07. Fulgence Quedraogo	14. Bryan Habana
08.  Sean O'Brien	15. Anthony Watson

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16. Bismark Du Plessis, 17. Ben Moon, 18. Dave Wilson, 19. Dom Barrow, 20. Louis Picamoles, 21. Sebatien Tillous-Borde, 22. Luther Burrell, 23. Tim Nanai-Williams

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Guys,

Any schoolboy errors with the above... ?

Cheers!

Only if the likes of Ayerza, Smith and Habana are picked to play this weekend buddy!

What about English Internationals (e.g. Marler) Away with the camp but available to play this weekend?

They're fine mate

Chris are you doing tactics?

Are you doing tactics CJ?

Don't mind, prop

Want to do attributes and like 5 short bullet points?

Fine by me

Sam Carter is playing for the BaaBaas, may I still pick him?

I'm not sure on the ruling mate, as it is an uncapped game. SJE or someone can advise, what happened in the past - that would be appreciated.

Cheers, just done mine!

Also just remembered, weather added!

Just seen Petersen named in S.A squad announced today. I will switch him out for Placid if that is ok.

Fine by me. If Carter can't play, Gilchrist takes his place for me

We never counted uncapped games in the past so the Boks, BaaBaas, NZ Maori players etc should all be available

Cheers mate

Oh right!! I will try to swap back in Petersen the !!

Bam - currently working in Eindhoven and won't have a chance of doing tactics for this one mate.

Fine by me, will just stick attributes on too

Guys I have updated the page, but changes that need to be made are as follows:

Worcester - Naholo starting for ABs
Bath - Best starting for Ireland, Lee, Lydiate, Tipuric and JD2 starting for Wales, and Moala for the ABs
Wasps - Aaron Smith starting for ABs
Saracens - Bradley Davies is starting for Wales
Northampton - Enrique Pieretto Heiland is benching for Argentina


Lads I'm allowing until midday for changes, can you post after this, to let me know you have made the amendment.
Otherwise I will put bench players in (where applicable) and your bench will be short for the match day squad.

Sorry I thought Naholo was injured...my bad!

Petersen to start and Placid to come onto the bench.

Good spot Flux.

Updated, Kremer in for Davies

Apologies, new side below:

pullthestrings wrote:Wasps
Manager - Pullthestrings

01. Marcos Ayerza	09. Sebatien Tillous-Borde
02. Harry Thacker	10. Rhys Preistland (k)
03. Frans Malherbe
04. Sebastian Vahaamahina	11. Marland Yarde
05. Jim Hamilton	12. Brad Barritt
06. Tom Wood	13. Henry Slade
07. Fulgence Quedraogo	14. Bryan Habana
08.  Sean O'Brien	15. Anthony Watson

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16. Bismark Du Plessis, 17. Ben Moon, 18. Dave Wilson, 19. Dom Barrow, 20. Louis Picamoles, 21. Mitchell Drummound, 22. Luther Burrell, 23. Tim Nanai-Williams

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Sorry lads, been a bit busy!

Predictions Open

Thanks to the lads that updated their sides

I have amended the Bath side, so that they at least have a starting 15 and cover on the bench - but are still two short on the bench.
Saints will be a man short on the bench.