Quins game - Teams Up!!

[tigerburnie]

I see the Merc has both Tom Croft and Logi Mulipola as fit for this weekend, great news if we have them on the bench.

[Spicer]

Croft has been fit for the last couple of weeks I believe. He is just being outplayed by Gibson and Barbieri covers the entire back row and he is playing well. Good about Logo :D Bring him on with 20 to go and let him loose.

[RagingBull]

Croft not been fit for a couple of weeks.

He has been training but he was only deemed 100% fit for the bath game.

[Chobbsy]

Croft not been fit for a couple of weeks.

He has been training but he was only deemed 100% fit for the bath game.

The statement last week was he was fit but not selected

[tigerburnie]

Game sold out according to Quinns unoffy

[RagingBull]

Croft not been fit for a couple of weeks.

He has been training but he was only deemed 100% fit for the bath game.

The statement last week was he was fit but not selected

The statements I have seen is he is fit but isn't fully match fit.

[drc_007]

With two European matches coming up I might be tempted to give Salvi a well-deserved rest and play Gibson and Croft on the flanks.

[Noggs]

With two European matches coming up I might be tempted to give Salvi a well-deserved rest and play Gibson and Croft on the flanks.

I think I'd go along with that suggestion but Quins is a big game if we are to make the playoffs and we have a tendency not to change a winning side unless we are plugging a known weakness with a better player returning from, say, injury. Gibson and Salvi are holding their places on merit so I doubt either will be rested.

[Brianf]

Harlequins has named its team for the game, courtesy of the Quins website...

Harlequins team
15. Mike Brown
14. Marland Yarde
13. Matt Hopper
12. George Lowe
11. Ugo Monye
10. Ben Botica
9. Danny Care

1. Joe Marler©
2. Joe Gray
3. Kyle Sinckler
4. Charlie Matthews
5. George Robson
6. Jack Clifford
7. Chris Robshaw
8. Nick Easter

16. Rob Buchanan
17. Darryl Marfo
18. Will Collier
19. Sam Twomey
20. Joe Trayfoot
21. Karl Dickson
22. Tim Swiel
23. Tom Williams

[Rykard]

looks an ok side, glad Evans isn't playing and it will be interesting to see how Robshaw lasts

[RagingBull]

Wallace has been a big player in the previous games glad he isn't in although Clifford playing Very well.

[RagingBull]

Leicester Tigers (v Harlequins, The Twickenham Stoop, Saturday 3.15pm)
15 Mathew Tait
14 Adam Thompstone
13 Vereniki Goneva
12 Anthony Allen
11 Miles Benjamin
10 Owen Williams
9 Ben Youngs (c)
1 Marcos Ayerza
2 Tom Youngs
3 Fraser Balmain
4 Graham Kitchener
5 Geoff Parling
6 Tom Croft
7 Julian Salvi
8 Jordan Crane

Replacements
16 Leonardo Ghiraldini
17 Michele Rizzo
18 Logovi'i Mulipola
19 Sebastian De Chaves
20 Jamie Gibson
21 Sam Harrison
22 Freddie Burns
23 Seremaia Bai

[longlivethecrumbie]

I'll be interested to see how many penalties we get in the scrum - Ayerza v Sinckler should be interesting. From what I've seen of him, he's a penalty machine (a la James last week)

[L Smith]

15 Mathew Tait
14 Adam Thompstone
13 Vereniki Goneva
12 Anthony Allen
11 Miles Benjamin
10 Owen Williams
9 Ben Youngs (c)
1 Marcos Ayerza
2 Tom Youngs
3 Fraser Balmain
4 Graham Kitchener
5 Geoff Parling
6 Tom Croft
7 Julian Salvi
8 Jordan Crane

Replacements
16 Leonardo Ghiraldini
17 Michele Rizzo
18 Logovi'i Mulipola
19 Sebastian De Chaves
20 Jamie Gibson
21 Sam Harrison
22 Freddie Burns
23 Seremaia Bai

[Doghashadhisday]

That has to be the strongest bench we have had for a long time