London Irish vs Tigers

[voice of the crumbie]

JP Doyle is the man in the middle

Did you have to spoil what has so far been a good week?

[chewbacca]

JP Doyle is the man in the middle

Did you have to spoil what has so far been a good week?

Could be worse. Probably.

[fentiger]

JP Doyle is the man in the middle

London based Irishman, what could possibly go wrong?

[voice of the crumbie]

JP Doyle is the man in the middle

Did you have to spoil what has so far been a good week?

Could be worse. Probably.

True. We could have got Craig Maxwell Keyes or Ian Tempest.

[Jimmy Skitz]

if Genge feels ready to play get him back in the team, the rest of the England boys will get the next couple of weeks off but Genge doesn't really need it

[fentiger]

if Genge feels ready to play get him back in the team, the rest of the England boys will get the next couple of weeks off but Genge doesn't really need it

I imagine he's champing at the bit!

[JP14]

I have no doubt Genge is chomping at the bit, it’ll depend on how well he adjusts to the jet lag. But Bateman and Gigena have been playing well too.

[CitizenSmiff]

Fingers crossed the Irish cavalry hasn't arrived by Sunday, the squad they put out v Sarries looks very beatable; no Naholo, O'Brien, Coleman, Veitokani, Phipps, Campbell or Mafi.

[JP14]

Unless new signings are injured, I would imagine the Aussie signings and Veitokani could feature.

[strawclearer]

Geordan Murphy confirms that Telusa Veianu has been stood down for a HIA and won’t be available for the game this weekend against London Irish. Kyle Eastmond has a calf problem and won’t be available and both Tommy Reffell and Will Spencer will be unavailable.

Jordan Taufua in a Tigers shirt?

Murphy: “Pretty soon. We want to get him involved as quickly as we can, along with Tomas Lavinini. The best time to integrate people is in match environments, so he’ll travel with the 23 this weekend”

What’s the contact you’ve had with the England players?

Murphy: “They landed on Tuesday and I’ve given them a week off. We expect to see them next Tuesday or Wednesday and we’ll make an assessment from there about who will feature against Pau”

[Jimmy Skitz]

Holmes to 15 and Thompstone on the right wing then

[Leicestertinytiger]

Murphy on his best back row: “I know my best 3. They all give you something different which is great, but how that fits together will take a little bit of trial and error. It gives us permutations to play with in training to get the style right”

Interesting given that Kalamafoni, Thompson, Taufua and Liebenberg are all class players. Kalamafoni player very well last weekend so wonder which one drops to the bench.

[Jimmy Skitz]

don't see Taufua starting this week, easy to start him in Europe

[TTRITH]

So something like

15. Jonah Holmes
14. Adam Thompstone
13. Andy Forsyth
12. Noel Reid
11. Jordan Olowofela
10. Tom Hardwick
9. Sam Harrison
1. Facundo Gigena
2. Jake Kerr
3. Joe Heyes
4. Harry Wells
5. Tomas Lavanini
6. Sione Kalamafoni
7. Guy Thomson
8. Hanro Liebenberg

16. Tom Youngs
17. Greg Bateman
18. Nephi Leitigaga
19. Calum Green
20. Jordan Taufau
21. Ben White
22. George Worth
23. EW Viljeon

[Jimmy Skitz]

is Reid fit he went off with a calf problem last week?

not sure I want Forsyth playing at 13 either made all his tackles but I don't remember him doing much in attack