Tigers v Quinns teamsheet

[tigerburnie]

Leicester Tigers (v Harlequins, away, Saturday 3pm)
15 Scott Hamilton
14 Blaine Scully
13 Matt Smith
12 Terrence Hepetema
11 Adam Thompstone
10 Ryan Lamb
9 David Mele (c)
1 Tom Bristow
2 Rob Hawkins
3 Fraser Balmain
4 Steve Mafi
5 Sebastian De Chaves
6 Michael Noone
7 Pablo Matera
8 Thomas Waldrom

Replacements
16 George Chuter
17 Boris Stankovich
18 Tiziano Pasquali
19 Harry Wells
20 Will Owen
21 Scott Steele
22 Owen Williams
23 Henry Purdy

Have to say I agree with Cockers, good blend of players

[tigerburnie]

15. Ollie Lindsay-Hague
14. Paul Sackey
13. Harry Sloan
12. Jordan Turner-Hall
11. Tom Williams
10. Ben Botica
9. Karl Dickson (C)

1. Mark Lambert
2. Joe Gray
3. Paul Doran Jones
4. George Merrick
5. Nick Kennedy
6. Joe Trayfoot
7. Maurie Fa'asavalu
8. Tom Guest

16. Nic Mayhew
17. Darryl Marfo
18. Kyle Sinckler
19. Kieran Treadwell
20. James Chisholm
21. Sam Stuart
22. Louis Grimoldby
23. Ugo Monye

[longlivethecrumbie]

Interesting that Mele has been named as captain.

[kpj tiger]

Mele as captain is a bold call although he does seem to have a lot of passion and always gets people motivated, The pack looks extremely mobile and should win our own scrums, Backs will be down to how Lamb plays, if he can put Smith, Scully and Thompstone in space we could be deadly, I also have high hopes for Hepetema at 12 (Lets just hope he doesn't tackle JTH like he tried to tackle Billy Vunipola)

[JerryGas]

All things considered amazingly strong looking side - looks like a taxi for Schuster!

[APM16]

David Mélé as captain, must be Cockers way of apologising for bringing him on to late to make a difference last week - the question is - if he plays to the top of his form will he keep his place when an underperforming
Ben Youngs returns(mine and Cockers answers may differ)

[tigerburnie]

I do hope we use the bench and let them all get a go.

COME ON YOU TIGERRrrrrssssss

[MurphysLaw]

[quote="APM16"]David Mélé as captain, must be Cockers way of apologising for bringing him on to late to make a difference last week - the question is - if he plays to the top of his form will he keep his place when an underperforming
Ben Youngs returns(mine and Cockers answers may differ)[/quote]

That's probably why he's the DOR, and you are not. Love your apparent insight into the captaincy appointment tho'!

Both teams with mixtures of youth and experience.
The front row battle will be tough for our guys, as Quins seem to have more experience. If we can get some parity there, it should be interesting.
Good to see Steeeve, Smithy, and Hawkins getting more game time after recent absences; and looking forward to seeing Matera go again.I hope that Stanko gets a run out - those splinters must be hurting!

[MrPartridge]

Happy with that team - certainly good enough to win if they put in a shift.

Let us not forget, despite all the injuries we are still on for the TREBLE!

[sapajo]

Quins team is very strong so clearly they want to end their losing ways in the LV. We are more than capable of winning if we put in a highly committed 15 man performance

[Billb]

Two questions regarding our team.
Why isn't Stanko getting a game. He has been on the bench for the first team for weeks. Surely he needs game time if he is to be effective when we need him.
What's happened to Pohe? He played very well in the first 2 LV (Low Value) cup games, but seems to have disappeared. Is he injured?

[fentiger]

Pohe is injured, ACL, I believe.

[covrich]

13-6 HT to Quins

Sounds like we are struggling a bit at breakdown

Lets hope they sort it out for second half . Only a try behind

[TigerLad]

Martin Crowson is singing Matera's praises.
@martin_crowson: Goodness me, Pablo Matera is a beast and is going to be a serious player.
@martin_crowson: Pablo Matera looking a lot like a bigger version of Toby Flood.

Can't wait to see him play against Bath at WR next week. Hopefully Cockers has just given him time to settle in and we will now see him at something close to his best.

[covrich]

Seem to get the ball ripped from us everytime we get the ball