Anglo-Welsh Cup Round Three

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Scarlets vs Saracens
Parc y Scarlets
Light Rain Showers, 8 degrees, 16 mph South Westerly Winds

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Scarlets

01. Rob Evans	09. Gareth Gavies
02. Ryan Elias	10. Dan Jones
03. Samson Lee
04. Jake Ball	11. Steffan Evans
05. Tadhg Beirne	12. Hadleigh Parkes
06. Aaron Shingler	13. Jonathan Davies
07. James Davies	14. DTH Van Der Merwe
08. John Barclay	15. Aled Thomas

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16. Emyr Phillips, 17. Wyn Jones, 18. Werner Kruger, 19. Tom Price, 20. Will Boyde, 21. Aled Davies, 22. Tom Williams, 23. Steffan Hughes

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Saracens
Manager – Pooly

01. Alex Waller	09. Brad Weber
02. Richard Hibbard	10. Tom Taylor
03. Paul Hill
04. Patrick Tuipultou	11. Teddy Thomas
05. Brad Davies	12. Ollie Devoto
06. Akira Ioane	13. Lionel Mapoe
07. Sam Underhill	14. Nathan Earle
08. Dave Denton	15. Aaron  Morris

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16. Scott Spurling 17. Dylan Smith 18. Ben Franks 19. Ed Slater 20. James Haskell 21. Lee Dickson 22. Pat Lambie 23. George Perkins

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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Bath Rugby vs Gloucester Rugby
The Rec
Light Rain Showers, 8 degrees, 11 mph South Westerly Winds

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Bath Rugby
Manager – CJB

01. Eddie Ben Arous	09. Richard Wigglesworth
02. Mikey Haywood	10. Finn Russell
03. Samson Lee
04. Will Skelton	11. Liam Williams
05. Alexandre Flanquardt	12. Sam Hill
06. Dan Lydiate	13. George Moala
07. Rhys Ruddock	14. Lolagi Visnia
08. Toby Falateu	15. Alex Goode

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16. Ellis Genge 17. Leni Asipai 18. Nepo Laulala 19. Graham Kitchener 20. Josh Beaumont 21. Aaron Smith 22. - 23. Christian Wade
* Bench one man short - Beauden Barrett is injured

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Gloucester Rugby
Manager - Anonmattyt

01. Rob Evans	09. TJ Perenara
02. Luke Cowan-Dickie	10. Danny Cipriani
03. Uini Atonio
04. Richie Gray	11. Will Addison
05. Tomas Lavanini	12. Matt Toomua
06. Ross Moriarty	13. Tevita Kurindrani
07. Ardie Savea	14. Charlie Walker
08. Jaime Heaslip	15. Israel Folau

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Subs: 16. Tendai 'Beast' Mtawarira, 17. Joe Gray, 18. -, 19. Elliott Stooke, 20. Willem Alberts, 21. Dan Robson, 22. Dan Carter, 23. Billy Burns
* Bench one man short - Coenie Ouusthuizen is injured

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Sale Sharks vs Cardiff Blues
AJ Bell Stadium
Light Rain Showers, 7 degrees, 12 mph South Easterly Winds

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 Sale Sharks
Manager – SJE

01. Ross Harrison	09. Kieran Marmion
02. Benjamin Kayser	10. Bernard Foley
03. Atu Moli
04. Dave Attwood	11. Tevita Li
05. Christian Day	12. Jonathan Danty
06. Issac Curtis Harris	13. Gary Rinrose
07. Matt Kvesic	14. Keith Earls
08. Steven Luatua	15. Willie Le Roux

Subs:
16. Malcolm Marx 17. Tau Koloamatangi 18. Martin Moore 19. Rob Leota 20. Lewis Ludlam 21. James Mitchell 22. Bill Johnstone 23. Curwin Bosch

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Cardiff Blues

01. Rhys Gill	09. Lloyd Williams
02. Kristian Dacey	10. Gareth Anscombe (k)
03. Anton Peikrishvilli
04. Jarad Hoeata	11. Blaine Scully
05. Macauley Cook	12. Steve Shingler
06. Josh Navidi	13. Reynold Lee-Lo
07. Sam Warburton	14. Alex Cuthbert
08. Nick Wlliams	15. Matthew Morgan

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16. Kirby Myhill 17. Corey Domachowski 18. Scott Andrews 19. James Down 20. Seb Davies 21. Tomos Williams 22. Garyn Smith 23. Rhun Williams

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Worcester Warriors vs Harlequins
Sixways Stadium
Light Cloud, 8 degrees, 12 mph South Westerly Winds

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Worcester Warriors
Manager - Prop

01. Val Palma Ruskin	09. Sam Harrison
02. Ken Owens	10. Dan Biggar (k)
03. Henry Thomas
04. Tom Savage	11. Perry Humphreys
05. Yoaan Maestri	12. Jamie Roberts
06. Mike Williams	13. Huw Jones
07. Sam Warburton (c)	14. Sergeal Petersen
08. Warren Whiteley	15. Mathew Tait

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16. Jack Walker 17. Joe Moody 18. WP Nel 19. Kieran Tredwell 20. Jackson Wray 21. Gareth Davies 22. Owen Williams 23. Brice Dulin

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Harlequins
Manager – Steven_Sharks

01. Ethan Waller	09. Luke McGrath
02. Scott Baldwin	10. Ihaia West
03. Kieran Brookes
04. Luke Romano	11. Jack Nowell
05. Ultan Dillane	12. Bundee Aki
06. Jean Luc Du Preez	13. Robbie Henshaw
07. Jaco Kriel	14. Keelan Giles
08. Damien Chouly	15. Mike Haley

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16. Rob Webber 17. Gurthro Steenkamp 18. Dillon Lewis 19. Will Witty 20. Jamie Gibson 21. Zach Mercer 22. Stuart Townsend 23. Stuart Olding

Tactics

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Exeter Chiefs vs Wasps
Sandy Park
Light Rain Showers, 9 degrees, 10 mph South Westerly Winds

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Exeter Chiefs
Manager – StNick

01. Nathan Catt	09. Greg Laidlaw
02. Dane Coles	10. Alex Lozowski
03. Ben Tameifuna
04. Courtney Lawes	11. Noa Nakaitaci
05. James Horwill	12. Ma'a Nonu
06. Dave Ewers	13. Francis Saili
07. Teimana Harrison	14. Chris Ashton
08. Sergio Parisse	15. Maxime Medard

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Subs: 16. Jefferson Poirot, 17. Jack Yeandle, 18. Kyle Sinckler, 19. Kane Douglas, 20. Charles Ollivon, 21. Nic White, 22. Camille Lopez, 23. JP Pietersen

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

We have picked a big pack and are targeting the forward battle as key to the win. We have a solid scrum to build from and two big locks who are both good lineout options.

The set piece will be important and we will look to use this as a weapon to attack from and gain territory. Our back row are all big carriers and we will use them all to gain hard yards and tire out opposition defenders. Ewers, Coles, Sinckler, Parisse, Harrison are all good strong ball carriers and will look to get us front foot ball for Lopez to work with.

In the backs we will use Nonu as a crash ball option and a decoy runner to open up space for the likes of Mermoz, Nakaitaci and Medard to exploit. Laidlaw will kick all pens for goal if in range and if not look to kick deep to gain territory.

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Wasps
Manager - Pullthestrings

01. Joe Marler	09. Maxime Machenaud
02. Bismark Du Plessis	10. Aaron Cruden (k)
03. Frans Malherbe
04. Sebastien Vahamahina	11. Bryan Habana
05. Alun Wyn-Jones (c)	12. Brad Barritt
06. Tom Wood	13. Jonathan Davies
07. Sean O'Brien	14. Anthony Watson
08. Louis Picamoles	15. Rob Kearney

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16. Harry Thacker, 17. Marcos Ayerza, 18. Fraiser Bailmen, 19. Andrew Kitchener, 20. Jerome Kaino, 21. Sebastien Tillous-Borde, 22. Henry Slade, 23. Tim Nanai-Williams

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Tactics
Attack:
- Good mobility in the back row to get round the park
- Mix up forward runners off 9 and 10 to give go forward and tie in defence. When space opens up, go wide and utilise pace of back three.
Defence:
- Nullify the midfield threat, looking for big hit opportunities and wrap tackles to prevent the offloads
- Good line speed to put pressure on their handling and ability to go round our blitz defence
Breakdown:
- Be disciplined at the breakdown and do not give away penalties in our half
- If ruck is lost, don't compete and fan out in D
Bench:
- Good quality on the bench with a number of options. Slade can open up the attack in the latter stages.

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Leicester Tigers vs Northampton Saints
Welford Road
Light Cloud, 8 degrees, 13 mph Southerly Winds

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Leicester Tigers
Manager – Fluxy

01. Gethin Jenkins	09. Nick Phipps
02. Hika Elliott	10. Freddie Burns
03. Owen Franks
04. Dominic Bird	11. Henry Purdy
05. Stanley South	12. Billy Twelvetrees
06. Don Armand (c)	13. Damien Penaud
07. Hienrich Brussow	14. Drew Mitchell
08. Thomas Waldrom	15. Kurtley Beale

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Subs: 16. Stephen Moore 17. Mikheil Nariashvili 18. Brian Mujati 19. Tom Price 20. Calum Chick 21. Thierry Lacrampe 22. James Lang 23. Alex Cuthbert


Tigers Attributes
Defensive Traits

• Blitz Defence: Your side is known for Blitz and excels at it
  
• 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. 
  

Attacking Traits

• Offloading in the tackle: Moving the point of attack preventing a defence to set and keeping play fluid.
  
• Breakdown - Clearing: Ensuring the possession is clean and quick with quick support to the breakdown
  

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Northampton Saints
Manager: Dammit Chris

01. Wyatt Crockett	09. Joe Simpson (c)
02. Dylan Hartley	10. Lima Sopoaga (k)
03. Jake Cooper-Wooley
04. Paul Jedrasiak	11. Rieko Ioane
05. Scott Cummings	12. Harry Mallinder
06. Luke Wallace	13. Tyler Morgan
07. Ollie Griffiths	14. Matt Banahan
08. Dan du Preez	15. Ben Foden

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Replacements
16. Julien Marchand 17. Logi Mulipola 18. Conan O'Donnell 19. James Ryan 20. George Nott 21. Jamie Shillcock 22. Scott Hastings 23. Owen Watkins

Attributes:
Breakdown - Clearing: Ensuring the possession is clean and quick with quick support to the breakdown
First phase attack/strike moves: Will look to break the defence, with either a bust through or a clever move to create a gap.

Blitz Defence: Your side is known for Blitz and excels at it
Breakdown - Turnover possession: Your side is recognised to pick off turnovers at the breakdown, by getting the ball and gaining the penalty.

Tactics
We've picked a very young side, scattered with experienced heads and bolstered by the return of Hartley. We have picked a strong front five to provide us with a platform to build attacks and have picked a powerful backline to get us over the gain line. Tigers have a more experienced side, so we have picked our best kicking combination at no9, no10 and no12 to ensure we can put the ball deep into the home sides territory. Our aim is to put emphasis on the collisions and physicality and give our youngsters a chance to impress.

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Ospreys vs Bristol Rugby
Liberty Stadium
Light Rain Showers, 8 degrees, 15 mph South Westerly Winds

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Ospreys

01. Gareth Thomas	09. Rhys Webb
02. Scott Baldwin	10. Sam Davies (k)
03. Rhodri Jones
04. Adam Beard	11. Dafydd Howells
05. Rory Thornton	12. Josh Matavesi
06. Olly Cracknell	13. Keiron Fonotia
07. Sam Underhill	14. Henrik Dirksen
08. James King	15. Dan Evans

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16. Scott Otten 17. Nicky Smith 18. Dan Suter 19. Lloyd Ashley 20. Rob McCusker 21. Brendon Leonard 22. Jonathan Spratt 23. Ben John

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Bristol Team 
Manager: CJ

01. Loni Uhila	09. Kahn Fotuali'i
02. Manuel Montoya	10. Rhys Patchell(k)
03. Sekope Kepu
04. Donnacha Ryan	11. Charlie Sharples
05. Grant Gilchrist	12. Piers Francis
06. Chris Robshaw	13. Nick Tompkins
07. Josh Van Der Flier	14. Craig Gilroy
08. Victor Vito (c)	15. Jesse Mogg

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16. James Johnston 17. Rob Buchanan  18. Tom West 19.  Kearnan Myall 20  Max Deegan 21. Tomas Cubelli  22. Jimmy Gopperth 23. Sam Apsland-Robinson

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:

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Newport Gwent Dragons vs Newcastle Falcons
Rodney Parade
Light Rain Showers, 7 degrees, 15 mph South Westerly Winds

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Newport Gwent Dragons

01. Sam Hobbs	09. Tavis Knoyle
02. T Rhys Thomas	10. Angus O'Brien
03. Lloyd Fairbrother
04. Nick Crosswell	11. Pat Howard
05. Cory Hill	12. Adam Warren
06. Lewis Evans	13. Sam Beard
07. Ollie Griffiths	14. Adam Hughes
08. Ed Jackson	15. Carl Meyer

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16. Rhys Buckley 17. Phil Price 18. Craig Mitchell 19. Rynard Landman 20. Nic Cudd 21. Sarel Pretorious 22. Dorian Jones 23. Harrison Keddie

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 Newcastle Falcons
Manager – Bambam

01. Alec Hepburn	09. Sam Hidalgo-Clyne
02. George McGuigan	10. Ian Madigan
03. Charlie Faumuina
04. Rory Thornton	11. Zac Kibirige
05. Matt Symons (c)	12. Vince Aso
06. Tom Curry	13. Michele Campagnaro
07. Will Evans	14. Luke Morahan
08. Jack O'Donaghue	15. Rob Miller

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16.Camille Chat 17.Nic Auterac 18. Davit Kubriashvili 19. Jacques Potgeiter 20. Jordi Murphy 21. Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi 22. Lloyd Evans 23. Gabriel Ibitoye

Attributes
Counter Attacking: Receiving the ball down field, your players will look to attack with ball in hand, thriving in the broken field and open spaces.
Phase Attack: Attacks build momentum until an opportunity arises.
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.
Blitz Defence: Your side is known for Blitz and excels at it

Please could I have feedback on whether any of my youngsters are ready to start during the 6N? (Thornton/Curry/Evans/JOD/Aso)

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Saracens
Manager – Pooly

01. Alex Waller	09. Brad Weber
02. Richard Hibbard	10. Tom Taylor
03. Paul Hill
04. Patrick Tuipultou	11. Teddy Thomas
05. Brad Davies	12. Ollie Devoto
06. Akira Ioane	13. Lionel Mapoe
07. Sam Underhill	14. Nathan Earle
08. Dave Denton	15. Aaron  Morris

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16. Scott Spurling 17. Dylan Smith 18. Ben Franks 19. Ed Slater 20. James Haskell 21. Lee Dickson 22. Pat Lambie 23. George Perkins

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

Exeter Chiefs
Manager – StNick

01. Nathan Catt	09. Greg Laidlaw
02. Dane Coles	10. Alex Lozowski
03. Ben Tameifuna
04. Courtney Lawes	11. Noa Nakaitaci
05. James Horwill	12. Ma'a Nonu
06. Dave Ewers	13. Francis Saili
07. Teimana Harrison	14. Chris Ashton
08. Sergio Parisse	15. Maxime Medard

Subs: 16. Jefferson Poirot, 17. Jack Yeandle, 18. Kyle Sinckler, 19. Kane Douglas, 20. Charles Ollivon, 21. Nic White, 22. Camille Lopez, 23. JP Pietersen

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

We have picked a big pack and are targeting the forward battle as key to the win. We have a solid scrum to build from and two big locks who are both good lineout options.

The set piece will be important and we will look to use this as a weapon to attack from and gain territory. Our back row are all big carriers and we will use them all to gain hard yards and tire out opposition defenders. Ewers, Coles, Sinckler, Parisse, Harrison are all good strong ball carriers and will look to get us front foot ball for Lopez to work with.

In the backs we will use Nonu as a crash ball option and a decoy runner to open up space for the likes of Mermoz, Nakaitaci and Medard to exploit. Laidlaw will kick all pens for goal if in range and if not look to kick deep to gain territory.

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Bristol Team 
Manager: CJ

01. Loni Uhila	09. Kahn Fotuali'i
02. Manuel Montoya	10. Rhys Patchell(k)
03. Sekope Kepu
04. Donnacha Ryan	11. Charlie Sharples
05. Grant Gilchrist	12. Piers Francis
06. Chris Robshaw	13. Nick Tompkins
07. Josh Van Der Flier	14. Craig Gilroy
08. Victor Vito (c)	15. Jesse Mogg

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16. James Johnston 17. Rob Buchanan  18. Tom West 19.  Kearnan Myall 20  Max Deegan 21. Tomas Cubelli  22. Jimmy Gopperth 23. Sam Apsland-Robinson

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:

Northampton Saints Team:

1. Wyatt Crockett
2. Dylan Hartley
3. Jake Cooper-Wooley
4. Paul Jedrasiak
5. Scott Cummings
6. Luke Wallace
7. Ollie Griffiths
8. Dan du Preez
9. Joe Simpson (c)
10. Lima Sopoaga (k)
11. Rieko Ioane
12. Harry Mallinder
13. Tyler Morgan
14. Matt Banahan
15. Ben Foden

Replacements
16. Julien Marchand 17. Logi Mulipola 18. Conan O'Donnell 19. James Ryan 20. George Nott 21. Jamie Shillcock 22. Scott Hastings 23. Owen Watkins

Attributes:
Breakdown - Clearing: Ensuring the possession is clean and quick with quick support to the breakdown
First phase attack/strike moves: Will look to break the defence, with either a bust through or a clever move to create a gap.

Blitz Defence: Your side is known for Blitz and excels at it
Breakdown - Turnover possession: Your side is recognised to pick off turnovers at the breakdown, by getting the ball and gaining the penalty.

Tactics
We've picked a very young side, scattered with experienced heads and bolstered by the return of Hartley. We have picked a strong front five to provide us with a platform to build attacks and have picked a powerful backline to get us over the gain line. Tigers have a more experienced side, so we have picked our best kicking combination at no9, no10 and no12 to ensure we can put the ball deep into the home sides territory. Our aim is to put emphasis on the collisions and physicality and give our youngsters a chance to impress.

Newcastle Falcons
Manager – Bambam

01. Alec Hepburn	09. Sam Hidalgo-Clyne
02. George McGuigan	10. Ian Madigan
03. Charlie Faumuina
04. Rory Thornton	11. Zac Kibirige
05. Matt Symons (c)	12. Vince Aso
06. Tom Curry	13. Michele Campagnaro
07. Will Evans	14. Luke Morahan
08. Jack O'Donaghue	15. Rob Miller

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16.Camille Chat 17.Nic Auterac 18. Davit Kubriashvili 19. Jacques Potgeiter 20. Jordi Murphy 21. Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi 22. Lloyd Evans 23. Gabriel Ibitoye

Attributes
Counter Attacking: Receiving the ball down field, your players will look to attack with ball in hand, thriving in the broken field and open spaces.
Phase Attack: Attacks build momentum until an opportunity arises.
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.
Blitz Defence: Your side is known for Blitz and excels at it

Please could I have feedback on whether any of my youngsters are ready to start during the 6N? (Thornton/Curry/Evans/JOD/Aso)

Weather Conditions updated.

Amended for injury

Harlequins
Manager – Steven_Sharks

01. Ethan Waller	09. Luke McGrath
02. Scott Baldwin	10. Ihaia West
03. Kieran Brookes
04. Luke Romano	11. Jack Nowell
05. Ultan Dillane	12. Bundee Aki
06. Jean Luc Du Preez	13. Robbie Henshaw
07. Jaco Kriel	14. Keelan Giles
08. Damien Chouly	15. Mike Haley

16. Rob Webber 17. Gurthro Steenkamp 18. Dillon Lewis 19. Will Witty 20. Jamie Gibson 21. Zach Mercer 22. Stuart Townsend 23. Stuart Olding

Tactics

Will get team in later. Steve, ok to.go no tactics?!

1. Val Ruskin
2. Ken Owens
3. Henry Thomas
4. Tom Savage
5. Yohann Maestri
6. Mike Williams
7. Sam Warburton
8. Warren Whiteley
9. Sam Harrison
10. Dan Biggar
11. Perry Humphreys
12. Jamie Roberts
13. Huw Jones
14. Sergeal Petersen
15. Mathew Tait

16. Jack Walker 17. Joe Moody 18. WP Nel 19. Kieran Tredwell 20. Jackson Wray 21. Gareth Davies 22. Owen Williams 23. Brice Dulin

I think I've got the right eq??

Sale Sharks
Manager – SJE

01. Ross Harrison	09. Kieran Marmion
02. Benjamin Kayser	10. Bernard Foley
03. Atu Moli
04. Dave Attwood	11. Tevita Li
05. Christian Day	12. Jonathan Danty
06. Issac Curtis Harris	13. Gary Rinrose
07. Matt Kvesic	14. Keith Earls
08. Steven Luatua	15. Willie Le Roux

Subs:
16. Malcolm Marx 17. Tau Koloamatangi 18. Martin Moore 19. Rob Leota 20. Lewis Ludlam 21. James Mitchell 22. Bill Johnstone 23. Curwin Bosch

Bath Rugby
Manager – CJB

01. Eddie Ben Arous	09. Richard Wigglesworth
02. Mikey Haywood	10. Finn Russell
03. Samson Lee
04. Will Skelton	11. Liam Williams
05. Alexandre Flanquardt	12. Sam Hill
06. Dan Lydiate	13. George Moala
07. Rhys Ruddock	14. Lolagi Visnia
08. Toby Falateu	15. Alex Goode

16. Ellis Genge 17. Leni Asipai 18. Nepo Laulala 19. Graham Kitchener 20. Josh Beaumont 21. Aaron Smith 22. Beauden Barrett 23. Christian Wade

1 Evans
2 LCD
3 Antonio
4 Gray
5. Lavanini
6 Moriarty
7 Savea
8 Heaslip
9 Perenara
10 Cipriani
11 Addison
12 Toomua
13 Kurindrani
14 Walker
15 Folau
16 Beast
17 Gray
18 lamisotele
19 Stooke
20 Alberts
21 Robson
22 Carter
23 Burns

After resting the star players for a couple of weeks in the Champions Cup, Pull names a strong side for the Anglo-Welsh Cup, a competition they are targeting this season.
Wasps
Manager - Pullthestrings

01. Joe Marler	09. Maxime Machenaud
02. Bismark Du Plessis	10. Aaron Cruden (k)
03. Frans Malherbe
04. Sebastien Vahamahina	11. Bryan Habana
05. Alun Wyn-Jones (c)	12. Brad Barritt
06. Tom Wood	13. Jonathan Davies
07. Sean O'Brien	14. Anthony Watson
08. Louis Picamoles	15. Rob Kearney

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16. Harry Thacker, 17. Marcos Ayerza, 18. Fraiser Bailmen, 19. Andrew Kitchener, 20. Jerome Kaino, 21. Sebastien Tillous-Borde, 22. Henry Slade, 23. Tim Nanai-Williams

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Tactics
Attack:
- Good mobility in the back row to get round the park
- Mix up forward runners off 9 and 10 to give go forward and tie in defence. When space opens up, go wide and utilise pace of back three.
Defence:
- Nullify the midfield threat, looking for big hit opportunities and wrap tackles to prevent the offloads
- Good line speed to put pressure on their handling and ability to go round our blitz defence
Breakdown:
- Be disciplined at the breakdown and do not give away penalties in our half
- If ruck is lost, don't compete and fan out in D
Bench:
- Good quality on the bench with a number of options. Slade can open up the attack in the latter stages.

Ousthuizen was subbed Flux ? Assume
That's ok ? Picked it up minutes after submitting team ?

Bit harsh if not ? Particularly for those using mobile as you submit check and then amend

As
Someone who
Almost exclusively uses mobile i often post a team from
Memory and then check back.

Also doing predos hard work as hard to find list of fixtures and then comment( easy for ap as listed on fixtures) not a criticism but it's why I struggle with getting teams in and predicting etc.


If this site was mobile friendly life would be easier.

anonmattyt wrote:Ousthuizen was subbed Flux ? Assume
That's ok ? Picked it up minutes after submitting team ?

Bit harsh if not ? Particularly for those using mobile as you submit check and then amend

It can't have been minutes if I updated the thread at 1620, as that would have been the side I picked up from your comment?

Scarlets 24-23 Saracens

Scarlets 19-20 Saracens

Scarlets 24-25 Saracens 

Scarlets 25 - 23 Saracens 
Sarries unlucky as that is Scarlets first team in the Anglo-Welsh Cup, who are in some v good form.

Scarlets 31-32 Saracens

Scarlets 23 - 24 Saracens
Scarlets will push this talented Saracens squad, but you just get that feeling there is enough in the tank to secure victory away from home. 

Scarlets 23 - 22 Saracens
Scarlets got a decent side out with plenty of quality in the pack, think they have enough to hold on for the win against a young but talented Saracens side

Bath Rugby 28 - 25 Gloucester Rugby
Both sides looking strong in the pack and it'll be a very interesting match up with Bath the stronger scrummagers and the Gloucester front row more handy in the loose. Little in the backlines but Bath wings are a big step up, missing front row bench hurts Gloucester.

Bath Rugby 27 - 26 Gloucester Rugby

Bath Rugby 16 - 15 Gloucester Rugby

Bath Rugby 25 - 28 Gloucester Rugby
Expect Gloucester to pick up some big wins during the 6Nations period. 

Bath Rugby 22 - 23 Gloucester Rugby

Bath Rugby 25 - 24 Gloucester Rugby
Bath have a good impact up front, but just see Gloucester having a better hold of the game. Russell's form holds up the Bath back line and makes this an intriguing contest. The bbath bench swings it, with a better impact, in my own opinion.

Bath Rugby 26 - 24 Gloucester Rugby
Bath have a fairly strong pack out, and think they just have enough to match Glos. Russel's form is a big factor, and leads them to a win at home

Sale Sharks 38 - 15 Cardiff Blues
Routine win here, even for a rotated Sale side. They'll take control in the 2nd and put on a decent score against the Welsh side. 

Sale Sharks 28 - 27 Cardiff Blues

Sale Sharks 27 - 26 Cardiff Blues

Sale Sharks 31 - 30 Cardiff Blues 

Sale Sharks 22 - 19 Cardiff Blues
Cardiff have a close to full strength team out, their backrow will cause a lot of issues, but Sale have the home advantage and a very strong midfield combination. 

Sale Sharks 30 - 29 Cardiff Blues

Sale Sharks 32 - 21 Cardiff Blues
The depth of the Sharks squad is quite striking an even against a valiant Blue team, will do damage and what is needed to secure the win.

Sale Sharks 31 - 20 Cardiff Blues
Even a second string Sale side is too strong for a poor looking Cardiff team, can't see them matching the pack in any area other than at 7, and the backs are well off

Worcester Warriors 27 - 22 Harlequins
Good match ups but overall the home side have the edge in the pack and the set-piece. Worcester halfbacks a good step up in quality but like both centre combos. Quins back 3 better but not sure how much ball they'll see. 

Worcester Warriors 23 - 22 Harlequins

Worcester Warriors 23 - 22 Harlequins

Worcester Warriors 24 - 23 Harlequins 

Worcester Warriors 27 - 23 Harlequins
Great balance to the Worcester team and very attack minded backline, Biggar at no10 gets them the big advantage.

Worcester Warriors 26 - 25 Harlequins
The big old Warriors pack will bully their way into good possession and front foot ball for their strong back line. Quins have pace and guile, but just lack a little something extra to take the victory away from Warriors.

Worcester Warriors 29 - 26 Harlequins
Tough game to call. Both gone with decent looking packs, think front 5s even, Worcester stronger at back row and halfback but Quins with a better set of outside backs. Wuss edge it at home

Exeter Chiefs 25 - 26 Wasps
2 very strong sides on show for the Anglo! Front 5 just shades to the home side but Wasps will get back into it in the backrow. Wasps just shade the backs and with Cruden pulling the strings will just shade the win. 

Exeter Chiefs 26 - 27 Wasps 

Exeter Chiefs 23 - 23 Wasps
Cant split the two, both gone for strong lineups with a lot of internationals on display.

Exeter Chiefs 20 - 20 Wasps

Exeter Chiefs 25 - 27 Wasps
Two teams that are taking this competition very seriously with strong selections. Wasps will edge the battle up front, whilst out wide they provide a more balanced threat, in comparison to Chiefs. Exeter look dangerous ball in hand, but lack a little control in the back three.

Exeter Chiefs 24 - 28 Wasps
Great game with both sides putting out their big hitters. Think Wasps slightly stronger in the pack, and this will lead them to the road win

Leicester Tigers 30 - 26 Northampton Saints
Tigers with more first choices and it shows in the pack, especially the backrow which will dominate proceedings. Saints a little raw in the backline and can see the home side gaining a bit of control as the game goes on. 

Leicester Tigers 25 - 24 Northampton Saints

Leicester Tigers 26 - 25 Northampton Saints

Leicester Tigers 21 - 22 Northampton Saints 

Leicester Tigers 25 - 26 Northampton Saints

Leicester Tigers 27 - 24 Northampton Saints
Saints playing plenty of kids, but they'll be up against it with a grizzled Tigers pack taking the field. Tigers have the playmakers in Burns, 36 and Beale to get into the right areas and hold off a very talented Saints backline

Ospreys 19 - 23 Bristol Rugby
Ospreys a good side this year but will come unstuck against a solid Bristol outfit. The 7 contest and centres would be a great sight but fancy Bristol to come good. 

Ospreys 24 - 25 Bristol Rugby

Ospreys 21 - 22 Bristol Rugby

Ospreys 25 - 26 Bristol Rugby 

Ospreys 23 - 22 Bristol Rugby
Ospreys playing very well in real life and home advantage seals the win in this game.

Ospreys 25 - 26 Bristol Rugby

Ospreys 24 - 26 Bristol Rugby
Ospreys have been playing some good rugby as of late, however as have Bristol. There is just too much experience up front and some clear and patient thinking in the Bristol midfield to secure a home win for the Ospreys.

Ospreys 27 - 29 Bristol Rugby
Another really good game. Ospreys have some very good players, but Bristol's pack is able to dominate the tackle area, and the backs are good enough to take advantage for a really good win

Newport Gwent Dragons 15 - 21 Newcastle Falcons
Rotated side from the high flying Falcons that will gradually take the game by the scruff if the neck. Some good youngsters on show and they'll soon get into the game and come away with a solid win.

Newport Gwent Dragons 22 - 23 Newcastle Falcons

Newport Gwent Dragons 24 - 25 Newcastle Falcons

Newport Gwent Dragons 25 - 26 Newcastle Falcons

Newport Gwent Dragons 25 - 28 Newcastle Falcons
Tough game away, but there is a lot of quality in the Newcastle lineup - another team showing real intent to win this competition.

Newport Gwent Dragons 26 - 27 Newcastle Falcons

Newport Gwent Dragons 24 - 31 Newcastle Falcons
As much as the Dragons will put up a fight here, they are missing a few of their better players. Not to say that Falcons will run away with the contest, but they have enough in their stride. Bam for me Evans and Curry could alternate a flank spot during the six nations. Thornton might be a step down for some games. Aso similar as I don't think many would know him as much as others.

Apologies for no predos over last few weeks. Time has ran away from me!

No worries buddy, trying to get threads up as soon as and predictions likewise to allow more time where possible.