Tigers Vs Gloucester

[Mark62]

No mention of the back line of the scrum Noddy

[Scott11]

Sounds like Evans at 7 according to MoC. Id go Hamilton at 6, Kalamofoni at 8 and Williams and Barrow in the second row. Croft and Mapapalangi on the bench.

[Clowbeck]

Kalamofoni seems to be getting a hard time by some on this forum, remember he's new to the club, had been out injured for some time, and is playing under a head coach that is also new to the club. Hamilton really grew into the No 8 role last season after a mediocre start. Kalamofoni had a pretty good pre-season, yes he's not quite the live wire Hamilton is but I'm sure we'll see his performances improve game by game.

[Leicestertinytiger]

Agree with the above, given the lack of quality no.8s in the market to get, I've no doubt that Kalamafoni will prove to Ben a shrewd signing. As the season goes on he will improve with ball in hand. Furthermore, with Hamilton and Williams playing in the same pack, it will take some of the pressure off him and defences won't be able to mark him out with two or more tacklers.

Him plus the up and coming Mapapalangi are both internationals and will prove their worth!

[Hot_Charlie]

I think we miss McCaffrey. With him and O'connor we had two guys who were useful at the breakdown.

Amen. Doh! No one saw that coming.

[BG01]

McCaffrey would be the perfect player to step up to the plate this weekend.

But then again Slater would be the perfect player to add a bit of ballast and passion to the 2nd row, yet here we are.

Hopefully Evans and Croft come in to the 23 and do a great job - as I'm sure they can.

[ourla]

Leicester Tigers (v Gloucester Rugby, Welford Road, Saturday 3.00pm)

15 Telusa Veainu
14 Nick Malouf
13 Matt Smith
12 Matt Toomua
11 Jonny May
10 George Ford
9 Ben Youngs
1 Ellis Genge
2 Tom Youngs (c)
3 Dan Cole
4 Harry Wells
5 Joe Maksymiw
6 Mike Williams
7 Luke Hamilton
8 Sione Kalamafoni

Replacements

16 Harry Thacker
17 Greg Bateman
18 Logovi’i Mulipola
19 Valentino Mapapalangi
20 Dominic Ryan
21 Sam Harrison
22 Joe Ford
23 Mathew Tait

[Grimlish]

Wow! Two newbies in the second row and neither Dom or Kitch on the bench. Injured? On the naughty step?

[Chobbsy]

Wow! Two newbies in the second row and neither Dom or Kitch on the bench. Injured? On the naughty step?

Very worried about our second row !!!!

[ourla]

Wow! Two newbies in the second row and neither Dom or Kitch on the bench. Injured? On the naughty step?

Official website says they have "knocks"

[Bundy]

I wasn't expecting that!!

[ourla]

Gloucester Rugby:

15. Jason Woodward; 14. Charlie Sharples, 13. Matt Scott, 12. Billy Twelvetrees, 11. Ollie Thorley; 10. Billy Burns, 9. Willi Heinz; 1. Josh Hohneck, 2. Motu Matu'u, 3. John Afoa; 4. Ed Slater, 5. Jeremy Thrush; 6. Lewis Ludlow, 7. Jacob Rowan, 8. Ruan Ackermann

Replacements:

16. Richard Hibbard, 17. Val Rapava Ruskin, 18. Gareth Denman, 19. Tom Savage, 20. Freddie Clarke, 21. Ben Vellacott, 22. Henry Trinder, 23. Henry Purdy

Unavailable for selection:

Mark Atkinson, Fraser Balmain, Callum Braley, Mariano Galarza, Tom Marshall, Paddy McAllister, Ben Morgan, Ross Moriarty, Andy Symons, Owen Williams

[RagingBull]

Whilst i'm happy to see Wells and Maksymiw getting a chance early on, i was kind of hoping they would be with a more experienced lock next to them.

[Grimlish]

Official website says they have "knocks"

A bruising week in training then!

[Coops]

Now is as good a time as any to get experience & game time!

What's the worse that can happen? We lose?