Heineken Cup Round Two

 
 

---

 
Pool 1 - Gloucester Rugby vs Ospreys
Location - Kingsholm

---

---

Gloucester 

Manager – Mat

01. Guthro Steenkamp	09. Dan Robson
02. Joe Grey	10. Dan Carter
03. Nicola Mas
04. Eben Etzbeth	11. Jonny May
05. George Robson	12. Andrea Masi
06. Tom Croft	13. Juan De Jongh
07. Qera	14. Matt Banahan
08. Willem Alberts	15.Iain Balshaw

16. Coenie Ousthuizen 17. James johnstone 18. Jamie George 19. Tom Palmer 20. Jamie Heaslip 21. Will Genia 22. Ryan Mills  23. Rhaymond Rhule

---

Ospreys

01. Duncan Jones	09. Tito Tebaldi
02. Richard Hibbard	10. Dan Biggar
03. Adam Jones
04. Alun Wyn Jones (c)	11. Eli Walker
05. James King	12. Ashley Beck
06. Ryan Jones	13. Andrew Bishop
07. Justin Tipuric	14. Ben John
08. Joe Bearman	15. Richard Fussell

Replacements: 16 Scott Baldwin, 17 Ryan Bevington, 18 Aaron Jarvis, 19 Tyler Ardron, 20 Sam Lewis, 21 Tom Habberfield, 22 Matthew Morgan, 23 Jeff Hassler.

---

---

 
Pool 2 - Glasgow Warriors vs Northampton Saints
Location - Scotstoun Stadium

---

---

Glasgow Warriors

01. Ryan Grant	09. Henry Pyrgos
02. Dougie Hall	10. Ruaridh Jackson
03. Jon Welsh
04. Jonny Gray	11. Niko Matawalu
05. Al Kellock (c)	12. Alex Dunbar
06. Tim Swinson	13. Mark Bennett
07. Chris Fusaro	14. Tommy Seymour
08. Josh Strauss	15. Sean Maitland

Replacements: 16 Pat MacArthur, 17 Moray Low, 18 Ed Kalman, 19 James Eddie, 20 Richie Vernon, 21 Duncan Weir, 22 Byron McGuigan, 23 DTH van der Merwe.

---

Northampton Saints

Manager – Dammit Chris

01. Thomas Domingo	09. Joe Simpson
02. Dylan Hartley(c)	10. Rhys Priestland
03. Carl Hayman
04. Joe Launchbury	11. Leigh Halfpenny(k)
05. Courtney Lawes	12. Matt Giteau
06. Steve Luatua	13. Manu Tuilagi
07. Liam Gill	14. Tommy Bowe
08. Billy Vunipola	15. Ben Foden

16. Mikey Haywood 17. Mako Vunipola 18. Henry Thomas 19. Samu Manoa 20. Sergio Parisse 21. Mike Phillips 22. Jordan Williams 23. Elliot Daly

Tactics: After Glasgow's defeat against Toulon we've seen that their defence can be got at with strike runners and they can concede tries. We will look to go on the offensive and play a high intensity, tempo game and aim to get Giteau and Tuilagi on the ball early so they can assert some dominance in the midfield. We've picked a really strong, mobile pack to ensure we can play the game at pace and put Glasgow undre pressure as soon as they have the ball. Halfpenny to take all shots at goal, but will look to control the game and really test the Glasgow defence - we've got try scorers all over the backline and can bring on an impact bench to really finish strongly if the bp is on we will look for it.

---

---

 
Pool 3 - Leicester Tigers vs Toulouse
Location - Welford Road

---

---

Leicester Tigers

Manager – LukeLovesLuka

01. Gethin Jenkins (c)	09. Kahn Fotuali'i
02. Tom Youngs	10. Jonny Wilkinson (k)
03. Craig Mitchell
04. Nathan Hines	11. Ugo Monye
05. Kearnan Myall	12. Dominic Waldouck
06. Steve Mafi	13. Tamati Ellison
07. James Scaysbrook	14. Drew Mitchell
08. Ryan Jones	15. Mike Brown

16. Charlie Clare 17. Andrew Sheridan 18. Dan Cole 19. Ian Evans 20. Edwin Maka 21. Dwayne Peel 22. Brock James 23. Henry Speight

---

Toulouse

01. Guthro Steenkamp	09. Sebastien Bezy
02. Christopher Tolofua	10. Jean-Pascal Barraque
03. Yohan Montes
04. Romain Millo-Chulski	11. Maxime Medard
05. Joe Tekori	12. Yann David
06. Gregorey Lamboley	13. Florian Fritz
07. Yannick Nyanga (c)	14. Yoann Huget
08. Gillian Galan	15. Clement Poitrenaud

Replacements: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 Schalk Ferreira, 18 Census Johnston, 19 Louis Picamoles, 20 Patricio Albacete, 21 Jean-Marc Doussain, 22 Hosea Gear, 23 Thierry Dusautoir.

---

---

 
Pool 3 - Zebre v London Wasps
Location - Stadio XXV Aprile

---

---

Zebre

01. Salvatore Perugini	09. Brendon Leonard
02. Davide Giazzon	10. Tommaso Iannone
03. Carlo Fazzari
04. Mike Van Vuren	11. Dion Berryman
05. Marco Bortolami (c)	12. Gonzalo Garcia
06. Mauro Bergamasco	13. Kameli Ratuvou
07. Dries van Schalkwyk	14. Giulio Toniolatti
08. Samu Vunisa	15. Ruggero Trevisan

Replacements: 16 Tommaso D'Apice, 17 Matias Aguero, 18 Dario Chistolini, 19 Emiliano Caffini, 20 Filippo Cristiano, 21 Alberto Chillon, 22 Luciano Orquera, 23 Roberto Quartaroli

---

London Wasps

Manager  Ozzy3213

01. Alex Corbisiero	09. Nathan Fowles
02. Bismarck du Plessis	10. Owen Farrell
03. Martin Castrogiovanni
04. Romain Millo-Chluski	11. Bryan Habana
05. George Skivington ©	12. Christian Lealiifano
06. Tom Johnson	13. JJ Englebrecht
07. Steffon Armitage	14. Marland Yarde
08. Duane Vermeulen	15. Gareth Anscombe

16. Deon Fourie 17. Fraser Balmain 18. Tom Mercey 19. Sebastien Vahaamahina 20. Luke Wallace 21. Sebastien Tillous-Borde 22. Michele Campagnaro 23. Tim Nanai-Williams

Basic Game Plan
Basic tactical premise will be to dominate possession.  We will go through the phases were possible and look to starve Zebre of the ball for long periods.  We will look for gaps and as the tackles come in make the offload to support runners, with the aim being to continually shift the point of attack and move Zebre players around.  Huge focus for us will be winning the collisions and dominating the breakdown.

In defence, as always we will be running a blitz defence.  Our focus will be on the gain line collisions and driving back in the tackle.  Line speed and no dog-legs will be key components for us.  Fowles will sweep in behind the defensive line to counter any chips/grubbers.

---

---

 
Pool 4 - Clermont Auvergne vs Newcastle Falcons
Location - Parc des Sports Marcel Michelin

---

---

Clermont Auvergne

01. Thomas Domingo	09. Morgan Parra
02. Benjamin Kayser	10. Brock James
03. Davit Zirakashvili
04. Julien Pierre	11. Napolioni Nalaga
05. Nathan Hines	12. Wesley Fofana
06. Julien Bonnaire	13. Aurelien Rougerie (c)
07. Julien Bardy	14. Sitiveni Sivivatu
08. Damien Chouly	15. Lee Byrne

Replacements: 16 Ti'i Paulo, 17 Vincent Debaty, 18 Daniel Kotze, 19 Loic Jacquet, 20 Gerhard Vosloo, 21 Thierry Lacrampe, 22 Benson Stanley, 23 Jean-Marcel Buttin.

---

No Falcons Side

---

---

 
Pool 5 - Harlequins vs Treviso
Location - Twickenham Stoop

---

---

Harlequins

Manager – Steven_Sharks

01. Joe Marler	09. Karl Dickson
02. Rob Buchanan	10. Greig Laidlaw
03. John Afoa
04. Bakkies Botha	11. Luke Morahan
05. George Kruis	12. Stuart Olding
06. Tom Wood	13. Florian Fritz
07. Jamie Gibson	14. Topsy Ojo
08. Pierre Spies	15. Yoann Huget

16. Gary Botha 17. Ed Byrne 18. Kieran Brookes 19. Hugh Pyle 20. Nick Easter 21. Lee Dickson 22. Dan Bowden 23. Jonathan Joseph

---

Benetton Treviso

01. Michele Rizzo	09. Tobias Botes
02. Enrico Ceccato	10. Luke McClean
03. Lorenzo Cittadini
04. Antonio Pavanello (c)	11. Michele Campagnaro
05. Marco Fuser	12. Alberto Sgarbi
06. Simone Favaro	13. Luca Morisi
07. Alessandro Zanni	14. Ludovico Nitoglia
08. Robert Barbieri	15. Brendan Williams

Replacements: 16 Giovanni Maistri, 17 Ignacio Fernandez Rouyet, 18 Pedro di Santo, 19 Valerio Bernabo, 20 Dean Budd, 21 Christian Loamanu, 22 Fabio Semenzato, 23 James Ambrosini.

---

---

 
Pool 6 - Munster vs Sale Sharks  
Location - Thomond Park

---

---

Munster

01. David Kilcoyne	09. Connor Murray
02. Mike Sherry	10. Ian Keatley
03. Stephen Archer
04. Donnacha Ryan	11. Simon Zebo
05. Paul O'Connell (c)	12. James Downey
06. Paddy Butler	13. Casey Lualala
07. Niall Ronan	14. Keith Earls
08. James Coughlan	15. Felix Jones

Replacements: 16 Damien Varley, 17 James Cronin, 18 BJ Botha, 19 Donncha O'Callaghan, 20 CJ Stander, 21 Duncan Williams, 22 JJ Hanrahan, 23 Denis Hurley.

---

 Sale Sharks

Manager – SJE

01. Vasil Kakovin	09. Danny Care
02. David Paice	10. Johnny Sexton
03. Luc Ducalcon
04. Christian Day	11. Kyle Eastmond
05. Dave Attwood	12. Gael Fickou
06. Yannick Nyanga	13. George Pisi
07. Fulgence Quedragao	14. Tom Brady
08. Alex Tulou	15. Nick Abendanon

16. Ross Harrison 17. Benjamin Kayser 18. Phil Swainston 19. Iain Henderson 20. Matt Todd 21. Ben Spencer 22. James Hook 23. Craig Gilroy

We will play a fast paced, high intensity offloading game looking to create space for our halfbacks and to get our back three onto the ball as much possible.

- Conditions show Light Clouds, 14 Degrees, 13 mph Winds 

- Fortress Thomond is no more. Munster are not the force of old and have been breached at Thomond more and more often in recent years.

- Target the scrum. Good technical front row supported by plenty of grunt will look to get on top and win penalties. 

- Attack from the lineout. Five genuine jumping options allows us to mix it up and really use the lineout as an attacking platform. Look to get the ball to Sexton and Eastmond with space outside. 

- Look to mix up play. Sexton & Eastmond to interchange at first receiver and change the point of attack. Care provides a threat snipping around the base.

- Get the back three involved. Zebo, Gilroy and Mogg all to run lines looking for the inside ball or offload to get in behind the opposition defence. 

- Hit the breakdown hard. Look to our dynamic front five to clear the ruck and allow the likes of Nyanga & Quedragao to really attack the breakdown.

- Win the backrow battle. Munster looked a different team without captain POM at 6 last week and this is an area we can really dominate with him & O'Donnell injured.

- Straight line blitz defence focusing on a quick line speed to isolate the ball carrier before the gain line. Quedragao will defend on Eastmonds shoulder to double up and also be first on the scene at the breakdown. Care to sweep in behind to cover chips and grubbers.

---

Harlequins
Manager – Steven_Sharks

01. Joe Marler	09. Karl Dickson
02. Rob Buchanan	10. Greig Laidlaw
03. John Afoa
04. Bakkies Botha	11. Luke Morahan
05. George Kruis	12. Stuart Olding
06. Tom Wood	13. Florian Fritz
07. Jamie Gibson	14. Topsy Ojo
08. Pierre Spies	15. Yoann Huget

16. Gary Botha 17. Ed Byrne 18. Kieran Brookes 19. Hugh Pyle 20. Nick Easter 21. Lee Dickson 22. Dan Bowden 23. Jonathan Joseph

Tactics

Northampton Saints team to play Glasgow Warriors
Manager – Dammit Chris

01. Thomas Domingo	09. Joe Simpson
02. Dylan Hartley(c)	10. Rhys Priestland
03. Carl Hayman
04. Joe Launchbury	11. Leigh Halfpenny(k)
05. Courtney Lawes	12. Matt Giteau
06. Steve Luatua	13. Manu Tuilagi
07. Liam Gill	14. Tommy Bowe
08. Billy Vunipola	15. Ben Foden

16. Mikey Haywood 17. Mako Vunipola 18. Henry Thomas 19. Samu Manoa 20. Sergio Parisse 21. Mike Phillips 22. Jordan Williams 23. Elliot Daly

Tactics: After Glasgow's defeat against Toulon we've seen that their defence can be got at with strike runners and they can concede tries. We will look to go on the offensive and play a high intensity, tempo game and aim to get Giteau and Tuilagi on the ball early so they can assert some dominance in the midfield. We've picked a really strong, mobile pack to ensure we can play the game at pace and put Glasgow undre pressure as soon as they have the ball. Halfpenny to take all shots at goal, but will look to control the game and really test the Glasgow defence - we've got try scorers all over the backline and can bring on an impact bench to really finish strongly if the bp is on we will look for it.

Mark

London Wasps welcome back Alex Corbisiero, Bismarck du Plessis, Martin Castrogiovanni, Romain Millo-Chluski and Duane Vermeulen intothe pack for this weeks trip to Italy to face Zebre. Bryan Habana and JJ Englebrecht also return from international duty in the back line. Australian international Christian Lealiifano and academy star Nathan Fowles are handed first starts for the club.

London Wasps
Manager Ozzy3213

01. Alex Corbisiero	09. Nathan Fowles
02. Bismarck du Plessis	10. Owen Farrell
03. Martin Castrogiovanni
04. Romain Millo-Chluski	11. Bryan Habana
05. George Skivington ©	12. Christian Lealiifano
06. Tom Johnson	13. JJ Englebrecht
07. Steffon Armitage	14. Marland Yarde
08. Duane Vermeulen	15. Gareth Anscombe

16. Deon Fourie 17. Fraser Balmain 18. Tom Mercey 19. Sebastien Vahaamahina 20. Luke Wallace 21. Sebastien Tillous-Borde 22. Michele Campagnaro 23. Tim Nanai-Williams

Basic Game Plan
Basic tactical premise will be to dominate possession. We will go through the phases were possible and look to starve Zebre of the ball for long periods. We will look for gaps and as the tackles come in make the offload to support runners, with the aim being to continually shift the point of attack and move Zebre players around. Huge focus for us will be winning the collisions and dominating the breakdown.

In defence, as always we will be running a blitz defence. Our focus will be on the gain line collisions and driving back in the tackle. Line speed and no dog-legs will be key components for us. Fowles will sweep in behind the defensive line to counter any chips/grubbers.

Leicester Tigers
Manager – LukeLovesLuka

01. Gethin Jenkins (c)	09. Kahn Fotuali'i
02. Tom Youngs	10. Jonny Wilkinson (k)
03. Craig Mitchell
04. Nathan Hines	11. Ugo Monye
05. Kearnan Myall	12. Dominic Waldouck
06. Steve Mafi	13. Tamati Ellison
07. James Scaysbrook	14. Drew Mitchell
08. Ryan Jones	15. Mike Brown

16. Charlie Clare 17. Andrew Sheridan 18. Dan Cole 19. Ian Evans 20. Edwin Maka 21. Dwayne Peel 22. Brock James 23. Henry Speight


Tactics:

TBC

Glos
Manager – Mat

01. Guthro Steenkamp	09. Dan Robson
02. Joe Grey	10. Dan Carter
03. Nicola Mas
04. Eben Etzbeth	11. Jonny May
05. George Robson	12. Andrea Masi
06. Tom Croft	13. Juan De Jongh
07. Qera	14. Matt Banahan
08. Willem Alberts	15.Iain Balshaw

16. Coenie Ousthuizen 17. James johnstone 18. Jamie George 19. Tom Palmer 20. Jamie Heaslip 21. Will Genia 22. Ryan Mills 23. Rhaymond Rhule


Sorry for late team. Been manic since Octoberfest and had a 3 day hangover/depression

is that the actual Ospreys side these days?? Not a great team on paper in any way. Not seen any Rabo this year

They looked pretty good last week, seem a better team without the big names tbh. Certainly better than the Blues....awful!

All Welsh teams look poor at the moment, if you beat them upfront in the pack you can get big scores on any of them. But all seem to have really good backlines if they get some ball.

Still can't believe Quins lost at home to Scarlets! Think Quins needed to bring in a few more players during pre-season, even though they have some great youngsters.

Scarlets looked far from poor, they blew Quins away. Battered them in the scrum and dominated backrow.

Back play was sublime.

Ospreys looked good against Leinster.

Blues were bloody awful except for Cuthbert

Scarlets were great on the day but if you look at how they've played before that it was a surprise that Quins got smashed and were lucky to keep it that close. Aren't many Quins players on form, Robshaw is very lucky that Kvesvic hasnt taken his chance properly at Gloucester.

Blues did well in 2nd half, but absolutely humped by Exeter in first 40mins - Ewers, Hill and Slade all looked very good - think Ewers and Hill would be very unlucky not to feature in Saxons

Ospreys lost at home and didn't even manage a losing bonus point, against a Leinster side that was nowhere near as good as what they've put out over the past couple of seasons. Didn't see the game, but on that basis am not sold on the fact that Ospreys were in any way good.

So you didn't see the game but Ospreys were in no way good? Interesting conclusion.

I watched it, they played well but Leinster put some great patches together and deserved the win although the score line flattered them slightly.

Mate, we all make assessments based on things other than watching games, unless of course you watch every single match that's played, which I think is unlikely.

Sale Sharks
Manager – SJE

01. Vasil Kakovin	09. Danny Care
02. David Paice	10. Johnny Sexton
03. Luc Ducalcon
04. Christian Day	11. Kyle Eastmond
05. Dave Attwood	12. Gael Fickou
06. Yannick Nyanga	13. George Pisi
07. Fulgence Quedragao	14. Tom Brady
08. Alex Tulou	15. Nick Abendanon

16. Ross Harrison 17. Benjamin Kayser 18. Phil Swainston 19. Iain Henderson 20. Matt Todd 21. Ben Spencer 22. James Hook 23. Craig Gilroy

We will play a fast paced, high intensity offloading game looking to create space for our halfbacks and to get our back three onto the ball as much possible.

- Conditions show Light Clouds, 14 Degrees, 13 mph Winds 

- Fortress Thomond is no more. Munster are not the force of old and have been breached at Thomond more and more often in recent years.

- Target the scrum. Good technical front row supported by plenty of grunt will look to get on top and win penalties. 

- Attack from the lineout. Five genuine jumping options allows us to mix it up and really use the lineout as an attacking platform. Look to get the ball to Sexton and Eastmond with space outside. 

- Look to mix up play. Sexton & Eastmond to interchange at first receiver and change the point of attack. Care provides a threat snipping around the base.

- Get the back three involved. Zebo, Gilroy and Mogg all to run lines looking for the inside ball or offload to get in behind the opposition defence.

- Hit the breakdown hard. Look to our dynamic front five to clear the ruck and allow the likes of Nyanga & Quedragao to really attack the breakdown.

- Win the backrow battle. Munster looked a different team without captain POM at 6 last week and this is an area we can really dominate with him & O'Donnell injured.

- Straight line blitz defence focusing on a quick line speed to isolate the ball carrier before the gain line. Quedragao will defend on Eastmonds shoulder to double up and also be first on the scene at the breakdown. Care to sweep in behind to cover chips and grubbers.

Glos 24-21 Ospreys
Osprey’s aren’t pushovers and will give Glos a really tough time here. Feel that Glos have more in the outside backs and half backs to take this.

Glasgow 15-22 Saints
Glasgow do look quite dangerous in their outside backs but Saints have too much quality and tactics are set out for the right game plan here targeting Glasgow’s weaknesses.

Tigers 20-20 Toulouse
Feel Tigers will be equal in front 5 but may struggle when Toulouse’s backrow gets on top of them. At 9-10 Tigers get on top but not sure if they’ll get enough ball. Even out in the backs. Hard to split there two and with Tigers at home I think they’ll sneak a draw.

Zebre 7-35 Wasps
Wasps too strong all over here and will dominate from the off. Easy win.

Clermont 30-0 Falcons
No team.

Quins 30-16 Treviso
Quins too strong, Treviso will put up a fight but that will peter out when the benches are unloaded.

Munster 18-19 Sale
A tough Munster side to come up against here and they are looking pretty strong. Sale will match them man for man and may get an advantage at the half backs. Feel that fortress thomond may play a part but Sale’s tactics pick up on specific weaknesses in Munster well and they will have a snatch and grab victory in an ugly match.

Gloucester 18-17 Ospreys

Ospreys are playing well but see Gloucester having a bit too much in the pack and lineout. Ospreys have the better backline with Gloucester centre combo not really working and poor back 3 bar May but Gloucester be tough to break down and sneak the win.

Glasgow 19-20 Saints

I imagine Glasgow at home would be a different beast from that 1st half performance last week. See Glasgow shading both set pieces with no quality line out op for Saints. Different games in the collision though with Saints providing good ball outside the set piece. Not much in half backs but Saints a step up in backs bar FB. Glasgow will do well from set piece but see Saints sneaking win.

Leicester 20-20 Toulouse

Toulouse will get plenty of joy from the scrum and have a good step in quality in the backrow. Not much in the backlines with Tigers controlling the halfbacks. Toulouse the better side but Tigers at home enough for draw.

Zebre 9-22 Wasps

Zebre won't be a pushover but Wasps control most aspects of the game bar line out. Routine win.

Harlequins 28-9 Treviso

Another routine win from a solid Quins side, too much for Treviso.

Glos 21 - 17 Ospreys
Home advantage and quality of Carter decisive here, probably look at starting Mills at 12 over Masi due to form and also he's injured now too.

Tigers 24-22 Toulouse
Really close game, think Tigers can get back at Toulouse set piece when Sheridan and Cole come on second half and still think Toulofa doesnt provide the exact quality ball that Toulouse would need to win away from home. Class halfback partnership from TIgers too.

Zebre 19-31 Wasps
Wasps very strong here, quality all over but think it will just stop short of being a landslide due to inexperience of their no9. Easy win away from home and will be a bp win.

Clermont 30-0 Falcons
No team.

Quins 32-14 Treviso
Too much from the Quins bench and the game will just run away from Treviso as the game goes on. Another BP win for an English team against the Italians.

Munster 9-12 Sale
Wont be an easy game to win but Munster havent' really impressed me much this season and SJE makes a good point that without two players they have injured in the pack they have shown they can be got at. Wont be high scoring at all and can see Sexton being the most important player in this game.

Munster 22-22 Sale

Another tight game upfront with Munster dominating lineout and Sale getting nudge on in the scrum. Not much in the backrows but Sale control the halfbacks. Munster have the better backline but just can't see them having enough for win.

Glos 26-18 Ospreys
Ospreys aren't exactly push overs but Glaws have more about them in the backs and at home should win out comfortable enough in the end.

Glasgow 17-20 Saints
Saints win out in the pack and stronger in the backs but Priestland stops them from ever really pulling away.

Tigers 19-18 Toulouse
Good pack battle. Toulouse slightly edge the backrow but not much between the sides. Toulouse stronger 11-15 but Tigers a step up at halfback. Real ding dong affair and home advantage takes it.

Zebre 9-35 Wasps
Not much to say. Walk over for Wasps.

Clermont 30-0 Falcons
No team.

Quins 33-20 Treviso
Quins stronger in most areas but the Italians are resilient and make this hard work. At home Quins pick up a bonus point but away they will need more for the 5 points.

Pmd you a team Johnny, im almost certain I did?

Glos 26-23 Ospreys
Glasgow 17-24 Saints
Tigers 20-19 Toulouse
Zebre 15-29 Wasps
Clermont 30-0 Newcastle
Quins 36-14 Treviso
Munster 23-24 Sale

Gloucester 26 - 22 Ospreys

Glos has the power and quality to overpower the O's, but they look a little frail in the back line to Biggar's probing kicks. Should be enough however at home and off the bench to see them to the W.

Glasgow Warriors 19 - 25 Northampton Saints

Warriors have the potential to be a bannana skin and also develop into one hell of a team, but you look at the Saints style of game and they blow Glasgow away. Only slight worry is that Simpson and Priestland axis could be got at in the high pressure games.

Leicester Tigers 24 - 22 Toulouse

Toulouse have a large amount of power in the pack, but Tigers have the experience and guile to manipulate their opponents at the breakdown. Again there is more experience down the spine of the Tigers team which will guide them to victory, despite the efforts of the Toulouse back three and front five.

Zebre 17 - 34 London Wasps

Too much in every department from Wasps as they blow Zebre away.

Clermont 30-0 Newcastle

Harlequins 27 - 16 Benetton Treviso

Quins face a decent battle here but as the game wears on and their bench comes into the game, they will secure a strong home win.

Munster 27 - 29 Sale Sharks

Biggest game of the round. Munster have the backs to damage at home, but lack the regular firepower from up front and Sale can take advantage of that secure themselves a historic away win.

Glasgow Warriors 19 - 25 Northampton Saints

Tough away game but saints class shines through. A fit and firing priest land is great but at
Moment he hampers saints

Leicester Tigers 29- 22 Toulouse

Home advantage experience and nous see Leicester take a physical encounter
Zebre 23- 54 London Wasps

Routine win in an open game

Clermont 30-0 Newcastle

Harlequins 30-12Benetton Treviso

Quins will have to scrap to get on top but as game progresses and benches are used they just secure BP
Munster 27 - 28Sale Sharks

Sale have enough up front to get on top and limit the ball to Munsters dangerous backs. Close fought victory

Gloucester 27 - 24 Ospreys
Glasgow 18 - 22 Saints
Leicester 27 - 21 Toulouse
Zebre 15 - 35 Wasps
Munster 24 - 24 Sale

Glos 25-21 Ospreys
Glasgow 19-23 Saints
Zebre 18-23 Wasps
Quins 36-17 Treviso
Munster 20-24 Sale

Gloucester Rugby 35 Ospreys 19
Glasgow Warriors 23 Northampton Saints 25

Leicester Tigers 19 Toulouse 16
Toulouse showed on Friday night how good they are up front, and in particular in the back row, where they can get a real edge here. However, Tigers have a top class half back pairing, which Toulouse don't, and that 8,9,10 axis sees them through to a good home win.

Clermont Auvergne 30 Newcastle Falcons 0
Harlequins 34 Treviso 16
Munster 22 Sale Sharks 24

Driver wrote:Pmd you a team Johnny, im almost certain I did?

 

I'll sort something out today!

Gloucester 27 - 24 Ospreys
Glasgow 15 - 25 Saints
Leicester 25 - 22 Toulouse
Zebre 12 - 31 Wasps
Munster 22 - 21 Sale
Quins 34-9 Treviso

Results:

Gloucester Rugby 30 (T:4 C: 2 P:2)
Ospreys 20 (T:2 C:2 P:2)

Glasgow Warriors 18 (T:2 C:1 P:2)
Northampton Saints 27 (T:3 C:3 P:2)

Leicester Tigers 26 (T:2 C:2 P:3 DG:1)
Toulouse 20 (T:2 C:2 P:2)

Zebre 15 (P:5)
London Wasps 38 (T:6 C:4)

Harlequins 36 (T:5 C:4 P:1)
Treviso 15 (P:5)

Munster 21 (P:5 DG:2)
Sale Sharks 26 (T:3 C:1 P:3)

Nick was out side the deadline so wasn't taken into account

* Gloucester fined 1 point - Genia
* Northampton fined 1 point - Luatua

BONUSES:

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

SJE with Luatua he was called up to replace McCaw on the day of the game because McCaw (I think) was injured and ruled out. Not sure there was a lot I could do about that one as predictions already opened and he wasn't in the NZ team and I wasn't around to change the players.

It's the gamble you take Chris.

This has been mentioned since I've been back, if there's a chance they may be involved selecting them is up to you.