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Re: 1 Round to go what we need

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Personally I’d prefer the Champions Cup Competition.

Would be great to see the big French teams again at WR. I think our pack would relish the opportunity to have a go at a La Rochelle or Racing 92. Mouthwatering!

After our performances against Montpellier, Ulster and more recently Bristol, though I don’t see us getting out of the group stages if we get in the Champions Cup,, I do see us competing, fearing no one, causing an occasional shock, and being better for it. Which is amazing when you think what SB took over not that long ago.
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aslongaswebeatsaints wrote: Sun Jun 06, 2021 9:53 pm Personally I’d prefer the Champions Cup Competition.

Would be great to see the big French teams again at WR. I think our pack would relish the opportunity to have a go at a La Rochelle or Racing 92. Mouthwatering!

After our performances against Montpellier, Ulster and more recently Bristol, though I don’t see us getting out of the group stages if we get in the Champions Cup,, I do see us competing, fearing no one, causing an occasional shock, and being better for it. Which is amazing when you think what SB took over not that long ago.
Yes,I wanna see our pack against one of the monsters!
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Scott1 wrote: Sun Jun 06, 2021 9:54 pm
aslongaswebeatsaints wrote: Sun Jun 06, 2021 9:53 pm Personally I’d prefer the Champions Cup Competition.

Would be great to see the big French teams again at WR. I think our pack would relish the opportunity to have a go at a La Rochelle or Racing 92. Mouthwatering!

After our performances against Montpellier, Ulster and more recently Bristol, though I don’t see us getting out of the group stages if we get in the Champions Cup,, I do see us competing, fearing no one, causing an occasional shock, and being better for it. Which is amazing when you think what SB took over not that long ago.
Yes,I wanna see our pack against one of the monsters!
Agreed, to properly catch up to the top teams we need to face them and measure ourselves against them.
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Re: 1 Round to go what we need

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Bristol v Irish
Bristol
15. Max Malins; 14. Luke Morahan, 13. Semi Radradra, 12. Siale Piutau (co-capt), 11. Henry Purdy; 10. Ioan Lloyd, 9. Harry Randall; 1. Yann Thomas, 2. Harry Thacker, 3. Max Lahiff, 4. Dave Attwood, 5. Joe Joyce, 6. Steven Luatua (co-capt), 7. Dan Thomas, 8. Ben Earl.

System players: 16. Will Capon, 17. Jake Woolmore, 18. John Afoa, 19. Chris Vui, 20. Jake Heenan, 21. Andy Uren, 22. Callum Sheedy, 23. Alapati Leiua.

London Irish:
15 Tom Parton, 14 James Stokes, 13 Curtis Rona, 12 Terrence Hepetema, 11 Ollie Hassell-Collins, 10 Paddy Jackson, 9 Nic Groom, 1 Will Goodrick-Clarke, 2 Agustin Creevy, 3 Lovejoy Chawatama, 4 Adam Coleman, 5 Rob Simmons, 6 Sean O’Brien, 7 Blair Cowan (c), 8 Albert Tuisue.

Replacements:
16 Matt Cornish, 17 Facundo Gigena, 18 Ollie Hoskins, 19 George Nott, 20 Jack Cooke, 21 Matt Rogerson, 22 Nick Phipps, 23 Jacob Atkins.

Saints v Bath
Saints
15 Tommy Freeman
14 Tom Collins
13 Fraser Dingwall
12 Rory Hutchinson
11 Taqele Naiyaravoro
10 James Grayson
9 Alex Mitchell

1 Nick Auterac
2 Mike Haywood
3 Paul Hill
4 Alex Coles
5 Alex Moon
6 Courtney Lawes
7 Lewis Ludlam (capt)
8 Tom Wood

Replacements:
16 James Fish
17 Alex Waller
18 Ehren Painter
19 Api Ratuniyarawa
20 Ollie Newman
21 Connor Tupai
22 Matt Proctor
23 Josh Gillespie


BATH RUGBY TEAM TO PLAY NORTHAMPTON SAINTS
15. Tom de Glanville, 14. Anthony Watson, 13. Jonathan Joseph, 12. Max Ojomoh, 11. Joe Cokanasiga, 10. Rhys Priestland, 9. Ben Spencer; 1. Beno Obano, 2. Jacques du Toit, 3. Christian Judge, 4. Josh McNally, 5. Charlie Ewels ©, 6. Miles Reid, 7. Sam Underhill, 8. Taulupe Faletau

REPLACEMENTS
16. Tom Doughty, 17. Juan Schoeman, 18. Henry Thomas, 19. Will Spencer, 20. Zach Mercer, 21. Josh Bayliss, 22. Will Chudley, 23. Orlando Bailey

Also Exeter and Sale both gone full strength
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'System players' AKA: gamesmanship replacements :smt044
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It's a good Bristol team reckon they are fully aware that Chiefs could get a TBP win v Sale.
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I'm quietly confident we will get top 8,especially after Chiefs win at Saints.
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Scott1 wrote: Fri Jun 11, 2021 12:48 pm I'm quietly confident we will get top 8,especially after Chiefs win at Saints.
That was key.. left it late but they got the job done. That's a strong Bristol side and should be enough to beat Irish but nothing is certain. Bristol at home too so my money is on them.
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EXETER: 15. Stuart Hogg; 14. Alex Cuthbert, 13. Henry Slade, 12. Ollie Devoto, 11. Tom O’Flaherty; 10. Joe Simmonds (capt) 9. Jack Maunder; 1. Alec Hepburn, 2. Luke Cowan-Dickie, 3. Harry Williams, 4. Sam Skinner, 5. Jonny Hill, 6. Dave Ewers, 7. Jannes Kirsten, 8. Sam Simmonds. Reps: 16. Jack Yeandle, 17. Ben Moon, 18. Marcus Street, 19. Sean Lonsdale, 20. Richard Capstick, 21. Stu Townsend, 22. Harvey Skinner, 23. Ian Whitten.

SALE: 15. Simon Hammersley; 14. Byron McGuigan, 13. Sam James, 12. Manu Tuilagi, 11. Arron Reed; 10. AJ MacGinty, 9. Faf de Klerk; 1. Ross Harrison, 2. Akker van der Merwe, 3. Coenie Oosthuizen, 4. Cobus Wiese, 5. Jean-Luc du Preez, 6. Cameron Neild, 7. Tom Curry (capt) 8. Daniel du Preez. Reps: 16. Curtis Langdon, 17. Bevan Rodd, 18. Will-Griff John, 19. James Phillips, 20. Ben Curry, 21. Will Cliff, 22. Robert du Preez, 23. Rohan Janse van Rensburg.

I’ll be watching this live with the live league table as it happens open on an iPad tab. I’ll watch our game later on without the stress!
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if that gets called off that would seal top 8 for us wouldn't it?
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Jimmy Skitz wrote: Fri Jun 11, 2021 4:27 pm if that gets called off that would seal top 8 for us wouldn't it?
Yes
London Irish have to win and for us to get 0 Bonus points.
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Jimmy Skitz wrote: Fri Jun 11, 2021 4:27 pm if that gets called off that would seal top 8 for us wouldn't it?
Technically Newcastle could overturn a whopping points difference to get ahead of us, would need a 78 point swing between the two games, so 39 points per game. Tough ask.
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Re: 1 Round to go what we need

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I would HATE to qualify like that!
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