Treviso Preseason Game

[kpj tiger]

The game should be streamed here for those who aren't making the trip:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKYbfA ... 07A/videos

Also what sort of team are we expecting to see? Mike Williams seems likely to be involved but are we likely to put out our 1st XV like other teams have ?

[JP14]

Cheers for the link KPJ

[JP14]

I've changed my mind slightly from the initial team I said in another thread. I'm still going for a young but talented front row, followed by a very powerful back 5, good mixture of young and experienced players in the backline. Lot’s of seniors on the bench to get them back into the mixture of things.

1. Hills
2. Kerr
3. Heyes
4. Jordan
5. Spencer
6. Kalamafoni
7. O'Connor (c)
8. Tuilagi
9. Simmons
10. Hardwick
11. Holmes
12. Eastmond
13. Olowofela
14. Thompstone
15. Worth
16. T.Youngs
17. Bateman
18. Cortes
19. Williams
20. Mapapalangi
21. White
22. J.Ford
23. M.Tait

[RagingBull]

Leicester Tigers (v Benetton Rugby, Friday 8.30pm local time / 7.30pm UK time)

15 Telusa Veainu

14 Adam Thompstone

13 Brendan Macken

12 Kyle Eastmond

11 Jonah Holmes

10 Tom Hardwick

9 Sam Harrison

1 Campese Ma’afu

2 Jimmy Stevens

3 Gaston Cortes

4 Mike Fitzgerald (c)

5 James Voss

6 Mike Williams

7 Tommy Reffell

8 David Denton

Replacements from
Facundo Gigena
Sam Grahamslaw
Ross McMillan
Jake Kerr
Joe Heyes
Cameron Jordan
Sam Lewis
Henri Lavin
Thom Smith
Ben White
Harry Simmons
Joe Ford
Sam Aspland-Robinson
Mathew Tait
George Worth
Matt Smith
Jordan Olowofela

Hardwick starting!!!

In fact Hardwick starting in what looks like the senior team nearly.

[baz1664]

Brendan Macken ex Wasps centre?

[jgriffin]

My feeling was......BOC? Evans, Mapapalangi, Kalamafoni, Thopson, Spencer.......?

[RagingBull]

My feeling was......BOC? Evans, Mapapalangi, Kalamafoni, Thopson, Spencer.......?

Evans is just coming of the back of a major injury and is most likely still rehabbing.
Spencer prob don't feel like rushing him either.
Mapapalangi was playing for Tonga.

[POSTIGER]

Brendan Macken ex Wasps centre?

Yep. He's on trial apparently. Played in the Cardiff friendly and by all accounts didn't play too well. A last opportunity maybe?

[JP14]

I think we’ll struggle, I reckon old friend Pasquali will give Ma’afu a thrashing in the scrum, while I like the look of that back five I think the backrow will have its work cut out with the likes of Seb Negri and Tongan international Nasi Manu in the backrow. Backline looks good, but would have liked to have Olowofela starting and more senior players on the bench to get them back into the groove.

[kpj tiger]

Just a quick PSA, from what I understand the game WILL NOT be streamed on the link I provided but the game will be uploaded in full afterwards

[JP14]

Just a quick PSA, from what I understand the game WILL NOT be streamed on the link I provided but the game will be uploaded in full afterwards

Still good to be fair.

[RagingBull]

Well i'm glad I decided against going to italy

[Big Dai]

Doesn't sound good. Anybody watching who can give comment. Looks like the cork is staying in the Remy bottle.

[Rugbyflanker]

Smashed by the sounds of it!

[RagingBull]

Maybe since Tigers won all their preseason games last year and had a poor start the plan is to now lose in Preseason instead.....

800 IQ play by Tigers.