Worcester Warriors v Leicester Tigers

Warriors
15 Chris Pennell (c), 4 Marcel Garvey, 13 Alex Grove, 12 Dale Rasmussen, 11 Miles Benjamin, 10 Joe Carlisle, 9 Shaun Perry
1 Matt Mullan, 2 Ed Shervington, 3 Tevita Taumoepeau, 4 James Percival, 5 Craig Gillies, 6 Sam Betty, 7 Jake Abbott, 8 Chris Jones

Replacements
16 Bruce Douglas, 17 Aleki Lutui, 18 Oliver Tomaszczyk, 19 Ben Gulliver, 20 Matt Kvesic, 21 Jonny Arr, 22 Andy Goode, 23 Ravai Fatiaki




Tigers
15 Scott Hamilton, 14 Horacio Agulla, 13 Manu Tuilagi, 12 Billy Twelvetrees, 11 Matt Smith, 10 Toby Flood, 9 Ben Youngs
1 Boris Stankovich, 2 George Chuter, 3 Dan Cole, 4 Louis Deacon (c), 5 Ed Slater, 6 Tom Croft, 7 Ben Woods, 8 Thomas Waldrom

Replacements
16 Rob Hawkins, 17 Martin Castrogiovanni, 18 Julian White, 19 Steve Mafi, 20 Julian Salvi, 21 Micky Young, 22 Jeremy Staunton, 23 Niall Morris


Looks like a full strength Warriors line-up, with Kvesic being eased back in via the bench following injury. Tigers opt to give well deserved rests to Geordan, Alesanna & Salvi. Bobo continues to deputise for the injured Ayerza. Twelvetrees gets a rare opportunity to start while Mickey Young makes a welcome appearance on the bench after proving his fitness for the "A" team.


This is the sort of match Tigers have to win to keep their season on track - I just have a feeling that Warriors spirit will prevail at a sell-out Sixways.

When was teh last time Tigers first 13 were all EQ?

It really is a game Tigers should win.... but Hamiltons been woeful this season so far, Smith has never been much of a threat on the wing, and Agulla is just a bit fat and useless. The pack should get the win, but a BP may be hard to come by.

Peter Seabiscuit Wheeler wrote:When was teh last time Tigers first 13 were all EQ?

It really is a game Tigers should win.... but Hamiltons been woeful this season so far, Smith has never been much of a threat on the wing, and Agulla is just a bit fat and useless. The pack should get the win, but a BP may be hard to come by.

13? Why 13?

players from positions 1-13 i presume

Good win for Tigers - worrying injuries for Manu and Deacon.

Unlucky PSW, Hamilton was much more his old self, Smith played very well in a reliable sort of way with Agulla showing some pace and great footballing skills for his tries.

Tigers played well but were not quite clinical enough. Some real positives to take away though especially with some big names missing. The injury to Deacon is a massive worry. Manu looks set to miss one or two games.

To be fair, Agulla does look a bit porky at the moment. However regular visitors to these pages know I do really rate the lad.

Hamilton was better today. Attacked effectively, making lots of good yards. Smith and Agulla were excellent I though. Smith is probably our most improved player. Really growing in value to the club every year. Very hard working, defensive rock and not short of pace. Can't believe the 'useless' comment about Agulla. One of our best players of 2011. The man must be made of rubber or something!

Great performance from the Tigers today. The pack bossed it for the most part. Nearly faultless set piece. Solid defence. Looked a bit more threatening in attack with Twelvetrees' distribution at 12. Flood also had his best game in a fair while.

Valuable 5 points. Well in the title race, and improving. Another couple of wins will hopefully cement us in the top 4, and propel us into a crucial clash at Ravenhill.