Ok.. so lots of chat about players missing and the impact on Tigers.. I posted earlier about the matches we will be without our England players for but I wanted to look into it in a bit more detail to try and work out the impact on our Premiership fixture list:
Players called up so far:
England - Genge, Dolly, Martin, B Youngs, Steward
Tonga - Saumaki
Players likely to be called up:
Argentina - Montoya, Moroni
South Africa - Van Staden, Wiese
Fiji - Nadolo, Murimurivalu
Fixtures and commitments:
England
25-30 Oct 21 (Training Camp)
06 Nov 21 (vs Tonga)
13 Nov 21 (vs Australia)
20 Nov 21 (vs South Africa)
Argentina
06, 13, 21 Nov 21 (Autumn International Fixtures)
Fiji
06 Nov 21 (International Fixture vs Spain)
14 Nov 21 (Autumn International Fixtures)
Tonga
30 Oct 21, 06, 13, 20 Nov 21 (Autumn International Fixtures)
South Africa
06, 13, 20 Nov 21 (Autumn International Fixtures)
Tigers Fixture List:
Round 7: Sat 30 Oct - Saints (A)
Round 8: Fri 05 Nov - Bath (H)
Sat 13 Nov - Sale (H) *Prem Cup
Sat 20 Nov - Wasps (A) *Prem Cup
Round 9: We then have our rest week in Round 9
Sat 30 Oct - Saints (A) - We are likely to be without Genge, Dolly, Martin, B Youngs, Steward, Saumaki
Potential Side vs Saints
Van Wyk, Montoya, Cole, Wells, Snyman, Liebenberg, Van Staden, Wiese, JvP, Ford, Nadolo, Scott, Moroni, Potter, Murimurivalu
Fri 05 Nov - Bath (H) - We are likely to be without Genge, Dolly, Martin, B Youngs, Steward, Saumaki, Montoya, Moroni, Nadolo, Murimurivalu, Van Staden, Wiese. *I'm guessing on current form Bath will be pretty happy about this!
Potential Side vs Bath
Van Wyk, Clare, Cole, Wells, Snyman, Chessum, Reffell, Liebenberg, JvP, Ford, Potter, Scott, Kelly, Porter, Hegarty
Premiership Cup matches I expect something like
Whitcombe, Cowen-Dickie, Hurd, Green, Henderson, Chessum, Brink, Smith, Wigglesworth, Lancaster, Van Wyk, Socino, Taute, Porter, Hegarty with Leatigaga, Heyes, Reffell, Burns perhaps adding some experience as required.
Of course, there is every chance that I have missed something so forgive me, just my thoughts on the potential impact of the upcoming International fixtures. Idle ramblings on a Monday night
Oakham lad born and bred, Tigers season ticket holder who is enjoying steady progression back towards the good old days!