European Challenge Cup - Tigers vs Connacht Sat 03 Apr 21 at 2000

[AngusMcCoatup]

In the Injuries thread Raging Bull suggested that Montoya may be out for the season unfortunately Montoya is not in the Tigers Euro squad but Dolly is. RB also thought Leatigaga too might be out but he is in the squad.
Full details of Tigers players in the Euro squad is here. Enjoy! - https://www.epcrugby.com/club/leicester-tigers/#players

[kk20gb30]

Rather than cross post the 'European Rugby' contains details for the change of venue for 2021's European finals.....

[ourla]

Not sure if posted elsewhere in this thread but:

Change of ref was announced last Friday:

https://www.epcrugby.com/2021/03/26/ref ... cht-rugby/

Pascal Gauzère is not available to referee the Challenge Cup, Round of 16 fixture between Leicester Tigers and Connacht Rugby on Saturday, 3 April. Gauzère has been replaced by Adam Jones (Wales) for the match at Mattioli Woods Welford Road.

The match Leicester Tigers – Connacht Rugby will take place on Saturday, April 3rd at 20:00 local time. The match officials will be :

Referee: Adam Jones (Wal); Assistant referees: Jack Makepeace (Eng), Phil Watters (Eng); TMO: Sean Brickell (Wal)

[JP14]

https://twitter.com/LeicesterTigers/sta ... 57121?s=20

[OakhamTiger32]

Not sure if posted elsewhere in this thread but:

Change of ref was announced last Friday:

https://www.epcrugby.com/2021/03/26/ref ... cht-rugby/

Pascal Gauzère is not available to referee the Challenge Cup, Round of 16 fixture between Leicester Tigers and Connacht Rugby on Saturday, 3 April. Gauzère has been replaced by Adam Jones (Wales) for the match at Mattioli Woods Welford Road.

The match Leicester Tigers – Connacht Rugby will take place on Saturday, April 3rd at 20:00 local time. The match officials will be :

Referee: Adam Jones (Wal); Assistant referees: Jack Makepeace (Eng), Phil Watters (Eng); TMO: Sean Brickell (Wal)

Yep has already been posted but no harm in posting again

[tigerburnie]

A bit to read from our opponents
https://www.connachtrugby.ie/preview-le ... -connacht/

[Noggs]

Team's up:

Tigers XV
[club appearances in brackets / * denotes club debut]

15 Zack Henry [19]

14 Harry Potter [10]

13 Matías Moroni [9]

12 Matt Scott [16]

11 Guy Porter [14]

10 Johnny McPhillips [15]

9 Ben Youngs (c) [254]

1 Luan de Bruin [10]

2 Charlie Clare [24]

3 Joe Heyes [61]

4 Cameron Henderson [10]

5 Tomás Lavanini [29]

6 George Martin [8]

7 Luke Wallace [13]

8 Jasper Wiese [9]

Replacements

16 Nic Dolly *

17 James Whitcombe [3]

18 Will Hurd *

19 Harry Wells [114]

20 Tommy Reffell [40]

21 Ben White [70]

22 Dan Kelly [11]

23 Freddie Steward [25]

[RagingBull]

Wasn't expecting that team honestly

[TigerFeetSteve]

Wasn't expecting that team honestly

Not at all, still it shows our depth that it's still a quality side littered with internationals.

[tigercub21]

slightly gutted by that selection as it seems Connacht have gone all out. That being said it still has a strong core and hopefully put in a good showing.

[fortysix]

Thats a surprise ??
Surely he isnt writing the Euro Challenge Cup off, is he ?

[RunTigerRun]

Wasn't expecting that team honestly

Guess Borthwick has sights firmly set on a Top 6 Prem finish.

Intrigued to see what would happen if* we make it through to the next round with team selection...

What a test for this team to show what they’re made of.

[RichieB]

When I first saw the side I thought it is day late for April Fools. On reflection that is a bit unfair, but nevertheless I did think and expect us to put out our strongest available team.

[JP14]

Didn't expect that at all, but I have to say that back five is still really impressive, and congrats to Dolly and Will Hurd who are in line for their Tiger debuts, be interesting to see how they get on.

[Noggs]

The surprise for me is the lack of experience in the replacement front row. Clearly he has confidence in the young guns.

Starting Henry at full back allows him to move to fly half when Steward come on for the final 20.

Clearly some big players are getting a week off so I guess he knows what he id doing.