Not our finest team, worried about the centres and the cover for the centres, not been to Welford Road in a very long time, lets hope its a good return for me tomorrow :(TigerFeetSteve wrote: ↑Fri Mar 24, 2023 12:03 pm STARTING XV
15 Mike Brown [4]
14 Anthony Watson [11]
13 Matt Scott [62]
12 Jimmy Gopperth [12]
11 Harry Potter [61]
10 Handré Pollard [9]
9 Ben Youngs [298]
1 Tom West [5]
2 Julián Montoya (c) [38]
3 Joe Heyes [118]
4 George Martin [53]
5 Cameron Henderson [31]
6 Hanro Liebenberg [79]
7 Olly Cracknell [19]
8 Jasper Wiese [55]
REPLACEMENTS
16 Charlie Clare [73]
17 James Cronin [11]
18 Dan Cole [304]
19 Eli Snyman [30]
20 Tommy Reffell [94]
21 Jack van Poortvliet [60]
22 Charlie Atkinson [13]
23 Freddie Steward [67]
Tigers v Bristol (H) - Saturday 25th March 2023 - KO 12:30pm
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Re: Tigers v Bristol (H) - Saturday 25th March 2023 - KO 12:30pm
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Re: Tigers v Bristol (H) - Saturday 25th March 2023 - KO 12:30pm
Re: the bench, how do you like them apples! Should see us finishing strongly in the last quarter.TigerFeetSteve wrote: ↑Fri Mar 24, 2023 12:03 pm STARTING XV
15 Mike Brown [4]
14 Anthony Watson [11]
13 Matt Scott [62]
12 Jimmy Gopperth [12]
11 Harry Potter [61]
10 Handré Pollard [9]
9 Ben Youngs [298]
1 Tom West [5]
2 Julián Montoya (c) [38]
3 Joe Heyes [118]
4 George Martin [53]
5 Cameron Henderson [31]
6 Hanro Liebenberg [79]
7 Olly Cracknell [19]
8 Jasper Wiese [55]
REPLACEMENTS
16 Charlie Clare [73]
17 James Cronin [11]
18 Dan Cole [304]
19 Eli Snyman [30]
20 Tommy Reffell [94]
21 Jack van Poortvliet [60]
22 Charlie Atkinson [13]
23 Freddie Steward [67]
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Re: Tigers v Bristol (H) - Saturday 25th March 2023 - KO 12:30pm
No Porter and Wells is a shame, otherwise that's about as strong as we could put out.
Should be a close fought match.
Should be a close fought match.
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Re: Tigers v Bristol (H) - Saturday 25th March 2023 - KO 12:30pm
Gopperth looked good at 12 alongside Pollard, he struggled next to Burns, but in some ways could be considered unlucky to drop out when Porter was fit.Chobbsy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 24, 2023 12:06 pmNot our finest team, worried about the centres and the cover for the centres, not been to Welford Road in a very long time, lets hope its a good return for me tomorrow :(TigerFeetSteve wrote: ↑Fri Mar 24, 2023 12:03 pm STARTING XV
15 Mike Brown [4]
14 Anthony Watson [11]
13 Matt Scott [62]
12 Jimmy Gopperth [12]
11 Harry Potter [61]
10 Handré Pollard [9]
9 Ben Youngs [298]
1 Tom West [5]
2 Julián Montoya (c) [38]
3 Joe Heyes [118]
4 George Martin [53]
5 Cameron Henderson [31]
6 Hanro Liebenberg [79]
7 Olly Cracknell [19]
8 Jasper Wiese [55]
REPLACEMENTS
16 Charlie Clare [73]
17 James Cronin [11]
18 Dan Cole [304]
19 Eli Snyman [30]
20 Tommy Reffell [94]
21 Jack van Poortvliet [60]
22 Charlie Atkinson [13]
23 Freddie Steward [67]
Bench cover:
Pollard has played a lot at 12, plus Atkinson came off the bench there a couple of weeks back.
Biggest concern is 13 cover, but Potter covered there well earlier in the season.
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Re: Tigers v Bristol (H) - Saturday 25th March 2023 - KO 12:30pm
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Re: Tigers v Bristol (H) - Saturday 25th March 2023 - KO 12:30pm
I'd have JVP, Cole and Steward all starting. Not sure why, with not many games left and Top 4 not secured, you'd want to leave your best players (arguably) on the bench ? Dan Cole has been picking his nose for 6 weeks ! [Broken record]......they don't need a rest, they're well managed these days and not flogged like in the 2000s.
Re: Tigers v Bristol (H) - Saturday 25th March 2023 - KO 12:30pm
To be fair I don’t think the lads who have turned it round should be left out.
Porter and Kelly out is a blow but Scott and Gopperth more than good enough. Was Porter injured training with England, us or is his concussion injury still hanging around? Wells too a massive loss along with Green.
The England lads have to earn the shirt.
We will need to keep their electric back line quiet as well as Harry Thacker!
Both he and Genge would love to score against us.
Apart from a couple of players Bristol have their strongest team out and like us are full of confidence.
We all need to make more noise than at any other game this season.
I will obviously take any win, then it’s a case of trying to beat Exeter and Quins.
An exciting end to the season.
Porter and Kelly out is a blow but Scott and Gopperth more than good enough. Was Porter injured training with England, us or is his concussion injury still hanging around? Wells too a massive loss along with Green.
The England lads have to earn the shirt.
We will need to keep their electric back line quiet as well as Harry Thacker!
Both he and Genge would love to score against us.
Apart from a couple of players Bristol have their strongest team out and like us are full of confidence.
We all need to make more noise than at any other game this season.
I will obviously take any win, then it’s a case of trying to beat Exeter and Quins.
An exciting end to the season.
Re: Tigers v Bristol (H) - Saturday 25th March 2023 - KO 12:30pm
Gopperth is a little bit of a concern vs Bristols backs but on our pitch it should minimize that risk a bit, otherwise I'm pretty happy with how things look, we should have the edge at scrum time and our bench looks the stronger of the 2 which will hopefully carry us through
Re: Tigers v Bristol (H) - Saturday 25th March 2023 - KO 12:30pm
Yeah Freddie had half a match rest last weekwestwinds31 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 24, 2023 12:41 pm I'd have JVP, Cole and Steward all starting. Not sure why, with not many games left and Top 4 not secured, you'd want to leave your best players (arguably) on the bench ? Dan Cole has been picking his nose for 6 weeks ! [Broken record]......they don't need a rest, they're well managed these days and not flogged like in the 2000s.
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Re: Tigers v Bristol (H) - Saturday 25th March 2023 - KO 12:30pm
Radrada against Gopperth lets see how that goes
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Re: Tigers v Bristol (H) - Saturday 25th March 2023 - KO 12:30pm
Agree IMO only Chessum, Kelly & Porter get into a stronger 23, possibly Whitcombe & Wells too.
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Re: Tigers v Bristol (H) - Saturday 25th March 2023 - KO 12:30pm
Centres.....without Kelly.....and Porter. A worry.
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Re: Tigers v Bristol (H) - Saturday 25th March 2023 - KO 12:30pm
Two strong sides but with the Welford Road crowd roaring them on this has home win written all over it.
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Re: Tigers v Bristol (H) - Saturday 25th March 2023 - KO 12:30pm
Kelly and Porter have had virtually nothing to do with our good recent form. Not saying they shouldn’t be in the side when fit, but I don’t see what’s different about this match from the last four that we have won where the centre pairing was Gopperth and Scott.
We’ll probably get tanked now I’ve said that…