Summer Tournament - Shield and Bowl Semi Finals

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SHIELD


Newcastle Falcons vs. Worcester Warriors

Newcastle Falcons
Manager – Bambam

01. Matt Mullan	09. Rhys Webb
02. George McGuigan	10. Gareth Anscombe (k)
03. Luc Ducalcon
04. Ed Slater (c)	11. Charlie Sharples
05. Flip Van Der Merwe	12. Stuart McCloskey
06. Rhys Ruddock	13. Jonathan Davies
07. Callum Clark	14. David Strettle
08. David Ewers	15. Charles Piutau

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16.Malcolm Marx 17.Soana Tonga'huia 18. Matt Stevens 19. Dom Barrow 20. Jack O'Donaghue 21.Dave Lewis 22. Otere Black 23. Tom Stephenson

Worcester Warriors

1.Joe Moody
2.Ken Owens (C)
3.Henry Thomas
4.Dean Mumm
5.Devin Toner
6.Mike Williams
7.Sam Warburton
8.Ben Morgan

9.Lee Dickson
10.Dan Bigger
11.Waisake Nahola
12.Jamie Roberts
13.Jared Payne
14.Nehe Milner-Skinner
15.Brice Dulin

16.Val Ruskin 17.Ross Batty 18.Will Collier 19.Jaques Potieguer 20.Jackson Wray 21.Gareth Davies 22.Jules Pillison 23.Niki Goneva

-Gone for a physical , defensive forward pack. Looking to smash the opposition in the tight and drive them back.
-Keep the ball between the 10ms and grind the chiefs down waiting for odd matchs with Chiefs front 5 being caught in the wider channels.
I thought this would be a good oppertunity to test out props best starting 15 for me.


Sharks vs. Exeter Chiefs

Sharks
Manager – Gary Gold

01. Tendai Mtawarira	09. Cobus Reinach
02. Bismarck du Plessis	10. Patrick Lambie
03. Jannie du Plessis
04. Pieter-Steph du Toit	11. Lwazi Mvovo
05. Stephan Lewies	12. Francois Steyn
06. Marcell Coetzee	13.Waylon Murray
07. Willem Alberts	14. JP Pietersen
08. Ryan Kankowski	15. SP Marais

Subs:
16 Kyle Cooper 17 Thomas du Toit 18 Lourens Adriaanse 19 Marco Wentzel 20 Renaldo Bothma 21 Michael Claassens 22 Fred Zeilinga 23 Odwa Ndungane

Exeter Chiefs 

Manager – Fluxy

01. Nic Auterac	09. Nic White
02. Jack Yeandle	10. Nick Evans (k)
03. Vincent Koch
04. James Horwill	11. Cory Jane
05. Juandre Kruger	12. Toby Flood
06. Brad Shields	13. Adam Ashley-Cooper
07. Steffon Armitage	14. Andrew Trimble
08. Fritz Lee	15. James O'Connor

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16. Camille Chat 17. Jefferson Poirot 18. Jake Cooper-Wooley 19. Sam Skinner 20. Luke Wallace 21. Chris Cook 22. Camille Lopez 23. Mike Haley

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BOWL


Highlanders vs. Chiefs


Bath Rugby vs. Saracens

Bath Rugby
Manager – CJB

01. Steven Kitchoff	09. Fourie Du Preez
02. Richard Hibbard	10. Christian Lealifano
03. Scott Wilson
04. Graham Kitchener	11. Hallam Amos
05. Sam Whitelock	12. Kurtley Beale
06. Siya Kolisi	13. Francis Saili
07. Liam Gill	14. Christian Wade
08. Josh Beaumont	15. Liam Williams

16. Jack Innard 17. James Slipper 18. Samson Lee 19. James Gaskell 20. Liam Messam 21. Tawera Kerr Barlow 22. Nicholas Sanchez 23. George North


Saracens
Manager – Pooly

01. Alex Waller	09. Brad Weber
02. Jack Walker	10. Tom Taylor
03. Paul Hill
04. Patrick Tuipultou	11. Hosea Gear
05. Patrico Albacete	12. Maxime Mermoz
06. Akira Ioane	13. Henry Trinder
07. Heinrich Brussow	14. Chris Ashton
08. Nathan Hughes	15. Simon Hammersley

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16. Rory Best 17. Xavier Chocci 18. Dan Cole 19. Will Fraser 20. Ben Mowen 21. Sam Harrison 22. Miles Benjamin 23. Jack Sharp

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World Cup sides for this one Driver?

Newcastle Falcons
Manager – Bambam

01. Matt Mullan	09. Rhys Webb
02. George McGuigan	10. Gareth Anscombe (k)
03. Luc Ducalcon
04. Ed Slater (c)	11. Charlie Sharples
05. Flip Van Der Merwe	12. Stuart McCloskey
06. Rhys Ruddock	13. Jonathan Davies
07. Callum Clark	14. David Strettle
08. David Ewers	15. Charles Piutau

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16.Malcolm Marx 17.Soana Tonga'huia 18. Matt Stevens 19. Dom Barrow 20. Jack O'Donaghue 21.Dave Lewis 22. Otere Black 23. Tom Stephenson

Gone with RWC side Driver, let me know if you want to change it and I'll amend it

SJE wrong thread

Cheers Bam moved now

Could I put my side in tomorrow morning? Not been near a pc this evening!

If not same as last week please!

Saracens
Manager – Pooly

01. Alex Waller	09. Brad Weber
02. Jack Walker	10. Tom Taylor
03. Paul Hill
04. Patrick Tuipultou	11. Hosea Gear
05. Patrico Albacete	12. Maxime Mermoz
06. Akira Ioane	13. Henry Trinder
07. Heinrich Brussow	14. Chris Ashton
08. Nathan Hughes	15. Simon Hammersley

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16. Rory Best 17. Xavier Chocci 18. Dan Cole 19. Will Fraser 20. Ben Mowen 21. Sam Harrison 22. Miles Benjamin 23. Jack Sharp

Tactics:

Predictions OPEN, predos to SJE please.

Please could I have feedback based on my RWC side, rather than comparing to the Wuss first choice!

Sorry guys been busy

Newcastle Falcons 23 (T:2 C:2 P:3)
Worcester Warriors 29 (T:3 C:1 P:4)

Sharks 28 (T:2 P:6)
Exeter Chiefs 24 (T:2 C:1 P:4)

Bath 31 (T:4 C:4 P:1)
Saracens 24 (T:2 C:1 P:4)

Falcons 24-26 Worc

Falcons 25  - 26 Worcester

Evens Stevens at the scrum.  Evens in lineout, but more from Falcons locks in the loose. Like Worcester backrow, think they edge breakdown. Just about prefer Falcons HBs together, but good pragmatic combo for Worcester and more x-factor in backs. Just enough to steal match for Warriors

Newcastle 22-25 Worcester

Little in the scrum battle but McGuigan's throwing isn't up to standard and this will give Wuss the line out edge. Williams not good enough at 6 but Worcester stronger at 7/8. Not much between Dickson/Webb but Bigger a step up at 10 and Wuss centre combo stronger. Wuss back 3 better and they'll have enough for win. Bamm, McGuinan can be a weakness at hooker but good through the rest bar 12.

Newcastle 24 - 28 Worcester 

Worcester looking very strong here with a powerful pack and well-balanced back line. Newcastle have a good WC side out but it doesn't have enough to trouble Worcester here even at home. 

Sharks 27 - 24 Exeter

Sharks front row is top quality and on form at the moment, and with the big back 5 I think Exeter's RWC pack may struggle a bit. They'll compete well in the back row with Armitage and Lee, but think Sharks are pretty dominant elsewhere up front. Lambie is the best half back, while Exeter's backline is top notch, and will score tries with the ball they get. Don't think they'll have enough though, and Sharks win

Sharks 26-24 Exeter

Sharks 26 - 27 Exeter 

Sharks take the front row, evens in all regards of second row. Good battle in carrying and the breakdown, can't call it. One HB a piece, but think white-Evans works well and covers all bases, if Nev finds form will be great. I like Ex backline with playmakers in Flood, JOC as well as HBs, think just enough for Exeter win

Sharks 25-24 Exeter

One way traffic in the scrum with the Sharks unit a step above. I prefer the Exeter back 5 though and they'll get them into the game. One a piece in the halfbacks but Sharks a better combo. Flood not the best 12 and could be got at but Sharks not too strong. Good back 3 battle.

Sharks 29 - 25 Chiefs

Chiefs look good for a World Cup campaign but struggle against Sharks here. Chiefs front row might struggle during RWC period.

Bath 30 - 27 Saracens

Some green players in both front 5s, with Whitelock obviously the standout player. That Bath back row just looks lightweight to me, and the power of Ioane and Hughes added to the breakdown ability of Brussouw is going to be tough during this RWC period, and think they'll blow the Bath back rowers away. Bath have a lot more quality behind the scrum, and will have enough to win, but Sarries side looks good for the beginning of the season.

Bath 26-23 Sarries

Bath 28 - 24 Saracens

Bath have more experience in scrum and can get joy from it. They take lineout with Whitelock too but Saracens great on the carry and lineout, great World Cup backrow. More safe HBs from Bath, then just prefer the flair of Bath backline and they win, loads of invention all over it.

Bath 25 - 23 Saracens

Bath have a bit more across the 23's here and take a good win. Both sides have good young players who should be able to contribute to there sides causes as the season goes on.