WRL5 - Week Two

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Biarritz Olympique 18 - 25 Crusaders

Biarritz Olympique
Manager - Fluxy

01. Fabian Barcella	09. Dimitri Yachvilli
02. Romain Terrain	10. Damian Traille (k)
03. Sylvain Marconnet
04. Manual Carriza	11. Tommy Bowe
05. Erik Lund	12. Marcelo Bosch
06. Daniel Lydiate	13. Aurelien Rougerie
07. Sam Warburton (c)	14. George North
08. Raphael Lakafia	15. Adam Ashley-Cooper

Subs: 16. Campbell Johnstone, 17.Benoit August, 18. Pelu Ian Taele, 19. Talaelei Gray, 20. Jean-Pascal Barraque, 21. Jerome Peyrelongue, 22. Iain Balshaw

Crusaders
Manager - Driver

01. Ben Franks	09. Kahn Fotuali'i
02. Matthew Rees	10. Dan Carter (k)
03. Owen Franks
04. Brad Thorn	11. Zac Guildford
05. Christian Day	12. Sonny Bill Williams
06. Adam Thomson	13. Robbie Freaun
07. Richie McCaw (c)	14. Sean Maitland
08. Kieren Read	15. Israel Dagg

Subs: 16.Quinton McDonald 17. Wyatt Crockett 18.Luke Romero 19.Tu Umanga Marshall 20.Fredéric Michalak 21 Tyler Bleyendaal 22. Brent Ward

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Sharks 21 - 20 Leicester Tigers

Sharks
Manager - Prop_Lyd

01. Tendai Mtwarira	09. Mike Phillips
02. Bismark Du Plessis	10. Rhys Priestland (k)
03. Jannie Du Plessis
04. Ross Skeate	11. Lwazi Mvovo
05. Steven Sykes	12. Adi Jacobs
06. Jean Deysel	13. Stefan Terblanche
07. Keegan Daniel	14. JP Pieterson
08. Toby Faletau	15. Patrick Lambie

Subs: 16. J.Smit 17. E.Van Staden 18. Marco Mama 19. R.Kankowski 20. C.McLeod 21. O.Ndungane 22. R.Swanepoel

Leicester Tigers
Manager - LukeLovesLuka

01. Marcos Ayerza	09. Ben Youngs
02. Stephen Moore	10. Toby Flood (k)
03. Martin Castrogiovanni
04. Louis Deacon	11. Alesana Tuilagi
05. Chris Jack (c)	12. Matt Giteau
06. Tom Croft	13. Billy Twelvetrees
07. Heinrich Brussow	14. Ryan Crotty
08. Thomas Waldrom	15. Geordan Murphy

Subs: 16. Boris Stankovich, 17. Tom Youngs, 18. Dan Cole, 19. George Skivington, 20. Jordan Crane, 21. James Grindal, 22. George Ford

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Toulouse 22 - 22 Hurricanes

Toulouse
Manager - Steven_Sharks

01. Soane Tonga'uhia	09. Byron Kelleher
02. William Servat (c)	10. Jean Marc Doussain (k)
03. Nicolas Mas
04. Romain Millo-Chulski	11. Vincent Clerc
05. Yohan Maestri	12. Yannick Jauzion
06. Yannick Nyanga	13. Florian Fritz
07. Matt Todd	14. Cedric Heymans
08. Louis Picamoles	15. Clement Poitrenaud

Subs: 16. Virgil Lacombe 17. Census Johnston 18. Shaun Sowerby 19. Jean Bouilhou 20. Nicolas Bezy 21. Joe Ansbro 22. Vilamoni Delasau

Hurricanes
Manager - Bathite

01. Thomas Domingo	09. Piri Weepu
02. Andrew Hore	10. Aaron Cruden (k)
03. Anthony Perenise
04. Victor Matfield (c)	11. Hosea Gear
05. Jason Eaton	12. Ma'a Nonu
06. Jerome Kaino	13. Conrad Smith
07. David Pocock	14. Julia Savea
08. Victor Vito	15. Cory Jane

Subs: 16. L.Coles, 17. J.Schwalger, 18. J.Thrush, 19. R.So'aliao, 20. T.Keats, 21. B.Barrett, 22. A.Taylor

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Waratars 19 - 24 Northampton Saints

Waratars
Manager - Inthefastlane

01. Benn Robinson	09. Luke Burgess
02. Tatadu Polota Nau	10. Berrick Barnes (k)
03. Al Baxter
04. Dean Mumm	11. Soseni Anese
05. Paat O'Conner	12. Brackin Karauria-Henry
06. Sean O'Brien	13. Rob Horne
07. Phil Waugh (c)	14. Lachie Turner
08. Wycliff Palu	15. Kurtley Beale

Subs: 16 Damien Fitzpatrick, 17 Jeremy Tilse, 18 Kane Douglas, 19 Dave Dennis 20 Pat McCutcheon, 21 Ben Mowen 22 Josh Holmes

Northampton Saints
Manager - Pullthetrings

01. Jean-Baptiste Poux	09. Will Genia
02. Dylan Hartley (c)	10. Nick Evans
03. Brian Mujati
04. Courtney Lawes	11. Paul Diggen
05. Patricio Albacete	12. James Downey
06. Tom Wood	13. Jacque Fourie
07. Phil Dowson	14. Bruce Reihana
08. Sergio Parisse	15. Maxime Medard

Subs: 16. Brett Sharman 17. Tom Mercey 18. Mark Sorenson 19. Calum Clark 20. Stuart Commins 21. Shane Geraghty 22. Jon Clarke

Crusaders team

1.Ben Franks
2.Matthew Rees
3.Owen Franks
4.Brad Thorn
5.Christian Day
6.Adam Thomson
7.Richie McCaw (c)
8.Kieron Read
9.Kahn Fotuali'i
10.Dan Carter (c)
11.Zac Guidford
12.Sonny Bill Williams
13.Robbie Freuan
14.Sean Maitland
15.Isreal Dagg

16.Quinton McDonald
17.Wyatt Crockett
18.Luke Romero
19.Tu Umanga Marshall
20.Freddie Micilak
21.Tyler Bleyendaal
22.Brent Ward

01. Tendai Mtwarira 09. Mike Phillips
02. Bismark Du Plessis 10. Rhys Priestland (k)
03. Jannie Du Plessis
04. Ross Skeate 11. Lwazi Mvovo
05. Steven Sykes 12. Adi Jacobs
06. Jean Deysel 13. Stefan Terblanche
07. Keegan Daniel 14. JP Pieterson
08. Toby Faletau 15. Patrick Lambie

Subs: 16. J.Smit 17. E.Van Staden 18. TBA 19. R.Kankowski 20. C.McLeod 21. O.Ndungane 22. R.Swanepoel

HURRICANES

01. Thomas Domingo	09. Andrew Ellis
02. Andrew Hore	10. Aaron Cruden (k)
03. Anthony Perenise
04. Victor Matfield (c)	11. Hosea Gear
05. Jason Eaton	12. Ma'a Nonu
06. Jerome Kaino	13. Conrad Smith
07. David Pocock	14. Julia Savea
08. Victor Vito	15. Cory Jane

Subs: 16. L.Coles, 17. J.Schwalger, 18. J.Thrush, 19. R.So'aliao, 20. T.Keats, 21. B.Barrett, 22. A.Taylor

Day starts at 5 with Romero dropping to bench

Biarritz bring in new signing Dan Lydiate to an all action backrow, and call upon experienced Puma Manuel Carriza to cover the injury of Jerome Thion. With an injury free backline, Biarritz look to take the game to the wounded Crusaders.

Leicester Tigers:

1. Marcos Ayerza
2. George Chuter
3. Martin Castrogiovanni
4. Louis Deacon
5. Chris Jack (c)
6. Tom Croft
7. Heinrich Brussow
8. Thomas Waldrom

09. Ben Youngs
10. Toby Flood (k)
11. Alesana Tuilagi
12. Matt Giteau
13. Billy Twelvetrees
14. Ryan Crotty
15. Geordan Murphy

16. Boris Stankovich
17. Tom Youngs
18. Dan Cole
19. George Skivington
20. Jordan Crane
21. James Grindal
22. George Ford

1. Jean-Baptise Poux
2. Dylan Hartley (c)
3. Brian Mujati
4. Courtney Lawes
5. Patricio Albacete
6. Tom Wood
7. Phil Dowson
8. Sergio Parisse

9. Will Genia
10. Nick Evans (k)
11. Bruce Reihana
12. James Downey
13. Jacques Fourie
14. Paul Diggen
15. Maxime Medard

16. Brett Sharman
17. Tom Mercey
18. Mark Sorenson
19. Calum Clark
20. Stuart Commins
21. Shane Geraghty
22. Jon Clarke

Wounded Crusaders? We've just bought in the best lineout operator in the HC from last season and have a fully fit team besides the Whitelocks.

And some dude called Dan Carter

And him aswell!

Bit more trash talking and mind games this season i notice. Quite entertaining

1. Soane Tonga'uhia
2. William Servat (c)
3. Nicolas Mas
4. Romain Millo-Chuski
5. Yohan Maestri
6. Yannick Nyanga
7. Matt Todd
8. Louis Picamoles
9. Byron Kellaher
10. Jean Marc Doussain
11. Vincent Clerc
12. Yannick Jauzion
13. Florian Fritz
14. Cedric Heymans
15. Clement Poitrenaud

16. Virgil Lacombe
17. Census Johnston
18. Shaun Sowerby
19. Jean Bouilhou
20. Nicolas Bezy
21. Joe Ansbro
22. Vilamoni Delasau

Sharks 28 Leicester 24

T: Jacobs , Mvovo , Phillips ,Lambie ; Crotty (2) , Jack , Waldrom
C: Priestland (4) ; Flood (2)
MOM: Terblance

Toulouse 21 Canes 19

T: Poitrinaud , Jauzion , Mas ; Jane , Sevea
C:Doussian (3) ;
P:Weepu (3)
MOM: Weepu

Waratahs 18 Northampton 21

T:Barnes , O'Brian ; Genia , Parisse
C:Barnes ; Evans
P:Barnes (2); Evans (2)
DG:Gereghty
MOM:Genia

Biarritz 15 - 22 Crusaders
Sharks 19 - 18 Tigers
Waratahs 13 - 19 Saints

Biarritz 17-20 Crusaders
Really don't see Crusaders running away with this one. Fluxy's doing a good job!

Toulouse 18-17 Caines
Stupidly close here!! Do these two even have injuries? Toulouse nick this with home advantage and bench.


Tahs 12-18 Saints
Tahs badly affected here by injuries.

Biarritz Olympique 13 - 15 Crusaders
Bowe

Biarritz's defence was fantastic but the Crusader's pack got them in the right positions for Carter to keep the scoreboard ticking over.

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Sharks 17 - 20 Leicester Tigers
Daniel ; Youngs, Moore

Very even contest up front, with both back rows getting around the park well. Two great half back combo's. I think the Tigers backline has a bit more about it and the bench has talent that can change the game.

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Toulouse 21 - 23 Hurricanes
Servat, Ansbro ; Gear, Kaino

So difficult to call. Front row to Toulouse, ensuring good set piece ball. Back row to the Canes. Have to give the back line to the Canes in terms of form and consistancy. The half back pairing swings it for me.

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Biarittz 23 - 25 Crusaders

Sharks 19 - 19 Leicester

Waratahs 28 - 27 Northampton

Biarritz 20-27 Crusaders
Sharks 15-18 Tigers
Toulouse 20-21 Canes

Natal Sharks 19 - 17 Leicester Tigers
MOTM - Preistland

Both teams have been hit quite hevaily with injuries, but with both packs cancelling each other out viratually - I see the in form half back pairing of Phillips and Preistland steering the Sharks to a deserved win.

Toulouse 23 - 22 Hurricanes
MOTM - Mas
A very solid scrum for Toulouse secures some very handy ball against a very eage 'Canes team with big strike runners in the backs. However Toulouse's backs aren't too shabby so I can see them pinching this one due to home advantage.

Waratahs 18 - 25 Northampton
MOTM - Medard
An injury hit Waratahs struggled against a well rounded Saints team here. They managed some points through the ever impressive SOB, but I feel that if A Jones was signed earlier and perhaps a big name second row - it could've been all in all together a completely different game.

Biarritz Olympique 21 - 25 Crusaders
Motm: Carter


Toulouse 24 - 24 Hurricanes
Motm: Pocock


Waratars 18 - 22 Northampton Saints
Motm: Genia

FINAL RESULTS

Biarritz 18 - 25 Crusaders

Sharks 21 - 20 Tigers

Toulouse 22 - 22 Hurricanes

Waratahs 19 - 24 Northampton

Scorers? (or is that a bit cheeky..?)

No its fine, did it last season. Just planned on doing it this evening, after work.

Get that league table up! Ha

Alright, alright...