Aviva Premiership - Round 12

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Bath Rugby vs Sale Sharks
The Rec
Light Cloud, 5 degrees, 11mph South Easterly Winds

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Bath

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Sale

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Exeter Chiefs vs Northampton Saints
Sandy Park
Light Rain, 6 degrees, 12mph Southerly Winds

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Chiefs

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Saints

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Gloucester Rugby vs Wasps
Kingsholm Stadium
Light Rain, 5 degrees, 8mph South Easterly Winds

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Glaws

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Wasps

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Harlequins vs Newcastle Falcons
Twickenham Stoop
Light Cloud, 7 degrees, 9mph South Easterly Winds

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Quins

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Falcons

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London Irish vs Worcester Warriors
Madejski Stadium
Light Cloud, 6 degrees, 11mph South Easterly Winds

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Irish

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Warriors

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Saracens vs Leicester Tigers
Allianz Park
Light Cloud, 6 degrees, 9mph South Easterly Winds

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Sarries

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Tigers

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Saracens
Manager – Pooly

01. Richard Barrington	09. Ben Spencer
02. Schalk Brits	10. Alex Lozowski
03. Vincent Koch
04. Will Skelton	11. Chris Wyles
05. Eben Etzebeth	12. Brad Barritt
06. Michael Rhodes	13. Damian Penaud
07. Schalk Burger	14. Nathan Earle
08. Billy Vunipola	15. Mike Ellery

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16. Christopher Tolofua 17. Hayden Thompson-Stringer 18. Juan Figallo 19. Nick Isiekwe 20. Callum Clark 21. Henry Taylor 22. Max Malins 23. Harry Mallinder

Bath Rugby
Manager – 

01. Beno Obano	09. Kahn Fotuali
02. Tom Dunn	10. Rhys Priestland (k)
03. Ramiro Herrera
04. Dave Attwood	11. Semesa Rokoduguni
05. Charlie Ewels	12. Max Clark
06. Francois Louw (c)	13. Matt Banahan
07. Zac Mercer	14. Aled Brew
08. Toby Faletau	15. Robbie Henshaw

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16. Jack Walker, 17.Nick Auterac, 18. Henry Thomas 19. Matt Garvey, 20. Sam Underhill 21. Chris Cook, 22. Freddie Burns, 23. Tom Homer

Gloucester Rugby
Manager - Prop_Lyd

01. Val Ruskin	09. Aaron Smith
02. Richard Hibbard	10. Richie Mo'unga (k)
03. John Afoa
04. Jeremy Thrush	11. Charlie Sharples
05. Franco Mostert	12. Owen Williams
06. Jake Polledri	13. Jon Davies
07. Ruaan Ackermann	14. Henry Purdy
08. Gareth Evans	15. Jason Woodward

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16. James Hanson 17. Josh Honeck 18. Gareth Denman 19. Tom Savage 20. Ben Morgan 21. Willie Heinz 22. Billy Burns 23. Henry Trinder

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Tactics
*Look to grind them down in the front 5 with a hefty pack not afraid to do dirty work,
*Forwards to work in pods round the corner 2 phases then wide and hit gaps,
*JD2 and Williams to play what's in front of them and look to put runners through,
*Mo'unga to look to get quick ball out, if it isn't on then tactical kicking to corners,
*We have selected Williams as a stronger defensive option to stop the centre's attack,
*Defence led by JD2 and with a back rower on Mo'unga's shoulder to assist tackle and get over the ball,
*Look to slow them down with a well balanced back row,
*Use bench wisely with experience to come on and pace in the backs to target tired legs especially Heinz and Trinder who will be given a run out towards the end,
*Keep the scoreboard ticking over.

Wasps
Manager - Pullthestrings

01. Logovi'i Mulipola	09. Dan Robson
02. Tommy Taylor	10. Danny Cipriani
03. Jake Cooper-Wooley
04. James Gaskell	11. Elliot Daly
05. Scott Barrett	12. Jimmy Gopperth (k)
06. Sean O'Brien	13. Juan De Jongh
07. Thomas Young	14. Christian Wade
08. Guy Thompson	15. Willie Le Roux

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16. Tom Cruse, 17. Matt Mullan, 18. Paul Doran-Jones, 19. Kearnen Myhall, 20. Jack Willis, 21. Joe Simpson, 22. Kyle Eastmond, 23. Josh Bassett

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Tactics
Attack:
- Mix up our lines of attack, sometimes with two lines with forwards as options
- Loose forwards to offer extra pair of hands in the backline when required
- 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:
- Quick line speed, getting up to the 10 and putting pressure on.
- Only step out of the line for big hit opportunities.
Breakdown:
- Be disciplined at the breakdown and do not give away penalties in our half
- Compete for the turnover if it's on, even if it's only too slow down the ball
- If ruck is lost, don't compete and fan out in defence
Territory:
- Use box kicks from 9 and nudges from 10 out of hand to pin them back.
- Play rugby in their half and make them attack from deep
- Full back to marshall the back 3 and make sure our positioning is spot on for kick returns

Harlequins
Manager – CJ

01. Joe Marler	09. Will Chudley
02. Dane Coles	10. Marcus Smith
03. Kyle Sinckler
04. James Horwill (c)	11. Alex Lewington
05. George Merrick	12. Jamie Roberts
06. Mat Luamanu	13. Francis Saili
07. Sam Cane	14. Tim Visser
08. Renaldo Bothma	15. James Lowe

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16.  Lewis Boyce  17.  Dave Ward 18. Will Collier  19. Johnny Gray 20. Jack Lam  21. Danny Care 22. James Lang 23. Charlie Walker

Tactics:

Breakdown: Group effort, Cane aiming at turnovers and tracking the ball in attack to keep it quick, the others hitting rucks hard to speed things up

Attack: Phase attack, moving focus of attack. Slow ball kept in carries in the pack and smashed up with Roberts  and Visser, quicker ball spread out and kept moving across the backline led by Smith

Utilise kicking game out wide and kick chase

Defence: Blitz, led by Roberts, tight fringe defence, Luamanu singling out their 10

Set piece: Looking to dominate the scrum with a top class frontrow and safety on their lineout with Coles throwing in

Subs: They may be tired from 6N but emergency world class attackers on the bench

Sale Sharks
Manager – Steven_Sharks

01. Ross Harrison	09. Faf Du Klerk
02. Malcolm Marx	10. Nicolas Sanchez (k)
03. Halani Aulika
04. Josh Beaumont	11. James O'Connor
05. Pieter Steph Du Toit	12. Sam James
06. Judicael Cancoriet	13. Jack Goodhue
07. Tom Curry	14. Denny Solomona
08. Josh Strauss	15. Mike Haley

16. Rob Webber 17. Greg Bateman 18. Will Griff John  19. Jono Ross 20 Ben Curry 21. Antoine Dupont 22. Will Addison 23. Byron McGuigan

Tactics

Look to move the ball around the park. In good conditions, we want to move Bath around the pitch and keep ball in hand with our very mobile and strong carrying pack.

Du Klerk will set the tempo and look to play at a real pace. He will look for runners off 9 and will constantly be looking to snipe for gaps.

We have loads of ball players in the back line to keep the ball alive, Sanchez, James, JOC and Haley are all comfortable with ball in hand and we will look to vary who stands at pivot in order to keep Bath honest in defence.

Whilst we want to play quickly, we will be alive to space behind and will use chip and chases to gain territory and ensure Bath sweepers remain honest and in position.

We will look to put huge pressure on the Bath lineout who we feel really lack jumpers. In Du Toit, Beaumont, Strauss, Cancoriet and Curry we have 5 genuine jumping options who can get up quickly and steal the ball from Bath.
In defence, we will look to chop and get the first man over the ball to force a turnover/penalty. In Curry, Strauss and Marx we have three really strong jacklers.

Use the boot pinpoint of Sanchez to keep the scoreboard ticking over.

Keeping this open until midday tomorrow, so get your sides in.

Exeter Chiefs 
Manager – Fluxy

01. Alec Hepburn	09. Nic White
02. Luke Cowan-Dickie	10. Gareth Steenson (k)
03. Greg Holmes
04. Mitch Lees	11. Olly Woodburn
05. Sam Whitelock	12. Henry Slade
06. Don Armand (c)	13. Michele Campagnaro
07. Matt Kvesic	14. James Short
08. Dave Ewers	15. Lachlan Turner

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16. Jack Yeandle, 17. Ben Moon, 18. Moray Low, 19. Jonny Hill 20. Thomas Waldrom, 21. Jack Maunder 22. Ollie Devoto, 23. Sam Hill