Challenge Cup Quarter final 2021 v Newcastle

[Noggs]

Both sounds good to me

[Noggs]

Team's up:

TIGERS XV
[club appearances in brackets]

15 Freddie Steward [26]

14 Harry Potter [11]

13 Matías Moroni [10]

12 Matt Scott [17]

11 Kini Murimurivalu [13]

10 Johnny McPhillips [16]

9 Richard Wigglesworth (c) [9]

1 Luan de Bruin [11]

2 Charlie Clare [25]

3 Joe Heyes [62]

4 Harry Wells [115]

5 Cameron Henderson [11]

6 George Martin [9]

7 Tommy Reffell [41]

8 Hanro Liebenberg [27]

REPLACEMENTS

16 Tom Youngs [207]

17 Ellis Genge [80]

18 Dan Cole [255]

19 Tomás Lavanini [30]

20 Jasper Wiese [10]

21 Jack Van Poortvliet [16]

22 George Ford [99]

23 Dan Kelly [12]

[OakhamTiger32]

Newcastle Falcons team to face Leicester Tigers (Saturday, 12.30pm, Mattioli Woods Welford Road, BT Sport 2)

15 Tom Penny

14 George Wacokecoke

13 Matias Orlando

12 Pete Lucock

11 Ben Stevenson

10 Brett Connon

9 Michael Young

1 Trevor Davison

2 George McGuigan

3 Logovi’i Mulipola

4 Greg Peterson

5 Sean Robinson

6 Will Welch

7 Mark Wilson (captain)

8 Callum Chick

Replacements

16 Jamie Blamire

17 Kyle Cooper

18 Mark Tampin

19 Rob Farrar

20 Gary Graham

21 Louis Schreuder

22 Joel Matavesi

23 Cooper Vuna

Referee: Romain Poite (France).

[Scott1]

Our bench is monstrous!

[Noggs]

Ben gets a week off which is well deserved.

[tigercub21]

That bench

[OakhamTiger32]

Our bench is monstrous!

Was just thinking exactly that! That's possibly the strongest bench I've seen.. Genge, Youngs, Cole, Ford, Wiese, Lavanini..

[TigerFeetSteve]

Like retaining the core of the team that won last week...

Salivating at that bench though!

[Chobbsy]

That bench

Our bench or theirs?

[tigercub21]

That bench

Our bench or theirs?

Ours of course!

[trendylfj]

I really like this selection and as others have said - the bench, the bench, the bench means we are going to try and win this competition. I also like that McP is at SO and in my mind has overtaken or is very close to overtaking Zac in the pecking order.

[Chobbsy]

That bench

Our bench or theirs?

Ours of course!

There are only 709 Tiger appearances between them

[OakhamTiger32]

My initial thoughts are I like this selection a lot.

15 Freddie Steward - First choice

14 Harry Potter - First choice

13 Matías Moroni - First choice

12 Matt Scott - arguably first choice but it's a close call with Kelly in fine form

11 Kini Murimurivalu - Very strong first or second choice and with Nadolo out gives us another great option in the back 3

10 Johnny McPhillips - deserves to keep his place after an excellent showing against Connacht. Strong back up on the bench

9 Richard Wigglesworth (c) - very experienced 9 who hopefully can control the game and has a quality 10 alongside him

1 Luan de Bruin - arguably first choice although close call with Ellis but he's been in excellent form

2 Charlie Clare - deserves to keep his place after an excellent showing against Connacht.

3 Joe Heyes - has been playing well and we have a quality replacement on the bench for added impact second half

4 Harry Wells - First choice

5 Cameron Henderson - deserves to keep his place after an excellent showing against Connacht.

6 George Martin - deserves to keep his place after an excellent showing against Connacht.

7 Tommy Reffell - First choice

8 Hanro Liebenberg - First choice back rower but maybe not at 8 but he's more than accomplished there

REPLACEMENTS - wow.. just fantastic impact off the bench.

16 Tom Youngs - club captain and hugely experienced.

17 Ellis Genge - potentially first choice but will add huge impact off the bench

18 Dan Cole - first choice but will add huge impact off the bench

19 Tomás Lavanini - can be hit and miss regarding discipline but will add huge impact off the bench

20 Jasper Wiese - first choice 8 and will add huge impact off the bench

21 Jack Van Poortvliet - very exciting replacement who will add great pace to the game and hopefully find holes in a tiring Falcons back line

22 George Ford - what a player to be able to bring on to control the game or potentially chase it if required

23 Dan Kelly - has been in fine form and my first choice 12 at the moment. Great sub to have.

This is a very exciting side. Massive impact off the bench and a handful of payers deservedly retaining their place from last weekend against Connacht. No Flood in the Falcons side but a few ex-Tigers in there. Will be a very different game to the league meeting a few weeks ago but with this side we should be winning this one. COYT

And this I guess is Ben Youngs second rest week so expect him back for the run in.

[Wayne Richardson Fan Club]

McP needs to back up last week, the service from 9 will be rather different though...

[Tigerbeat]

Leicester 3/10 for the win
Newcastle 11/4 for the win

8 point winning margin for Tigers is what Betfair are quoting