Gloucester 23

[MikeR]

Yes John , but a lot of those would be nowhere near our 1st choice 23 - and that's being charitable .

[Scott1]

Sale 15-10 Sarries

[Scott1]

Sale 18-13 Sarries HT

[JP14]

A few of the Leicester squad not available, Tom Youngs, Spencer, Smith, Tait, Veainu, Thompson, Thompstone, Denton, Stevens, Hardwick, Fred Tuilagi and probably a few others I have not thought of.
Nice to see so many home produced players in our matchday squad.

Fred is fit and training, I was thinking he would be on the bench if Kalamafoni had failed his HIA.

[Scott1]

No thanks JP! Would rather Williams at 8 if it came to it!!

[Ian Cant]

Unlike MikeR, I would think Denton, Spencer, Vianu, Thompson and Thompstone would be in the 23 if not the first 15: Denton and Thompson bring energy to the team, are good over the ball and tackle!
This could be close in which case Slater and Bannahan could prove to be the difference!
Come on Tigers - an 80 minute performance please!

[markharbtiger]

I'm confident of a Tigers bonus point win.

Let’s hope you’re right, but I doubt many others will share that conviction!
Personally, I’d be happy with four points. And not dramatically adding to the 339 scored against us...even my diehard Saints friend was incredulous at that statistic.

[JP14]

No thanks JP! Would rather Williams at 8 if it came to it!!

Well, it’s only because I saw him frequently in the training photos a lot this week, I reckon we might see him train today, which will be a first for a Prem fixture at Welford Road, though not his first he trained with the 1st team at the London Irish game. I think he’s close to a Prem debut.

[wellstiger]

Well....I'm looking forward to a good game with needle and grit...
The potential is for us to break our hoodoo and play as a team.
Both sides will be missing key players, but still have squads capable of winning games. Cherry Whites have momentum, we have lack of confidence and poor skill sets.
No better time to take on Glouc. - Either a W or TBP is no more than I expect. A LBP or L is not acceptable..

[cowmadiddy]

It'll be good to see Eastmond come on in the back line, we are better at breaking the line with him in it and when Ben White comes on at scrum half and we get some fast ball out to the backs is when we will win the game.

[Scott1]

Never been as nervous about a game haha!

[G.K]

I caught the first half hour of the Radio Leicester rugby show last night. George Chuter was on with Ian Cockerill.

I've not heard it for a few weeks, but I was quite shocked by the negativity of both Ian and Chutes. Both were very clear that we don't have enough good players with sufficient quality, especially when obvious first choices are unavailable. The obvious conclusion was that our recruitment has been poor (at best). Their concern for the 6Ns period was palpable.

I was only surprised at the comments because both Ian and Chutes are usually very positive, often following very bad results, but their obvious concern and Ian's comment that "I would take top 6 now", left me realising that we do really have a massive problem at Tigers, and Murphy has one hell of a rebuilding job to do.

I wish him well, but I felt quite dejected after that half hour listen!!

Well they're not wrong are they!

[Scott1]

It's not all doom and gloom,packs still quite good with Bateman back and Heyes looking a good prospect. Back 5 will be untouched bar Denton. Can still put a backline of
White
Toomua
Olowefella
Eastmond
Owen
Sarto
Worth

Not brilliant but we won games with Harrison/Toomua running things last season so why can't we nick a win and points here and there?

[longlivethecrumbie]

Interesting warm ups from Glaws - cricket and tennis!

[WhitecapTiger]

Try Holmes, lovely running lines from Toomua and Holmes.

Tigers 20-6 Glaws

45 mins gone