Leicester vs Sale

[Puja]

Leicester Tigers (v Sale Sharks, Welford Road, Sunday 3.00pm)

15 Telusa Veainu
14 Nick Malouf
13 Matt Smith
12 Gareth Owen
11 Adam Thompstone
10 Joe Ford
9 Sam Harrison
1 Greg Bateman
2 Tom Youngs (c)
3 Pat Cilliers
4 Dom Barrow
5 Graham Kitchener
6 Mike Williams
7 Will Evans
8 Valentino Mapapalangi

Replacements
16 Harry Thacker
17 Ellis Genge
18 Chris Baumann
19 Mike Fitzgerald
20 Brendon O’Connor
21 Harry Simmons
22 Tom Hardwick
23 Jonah Holmes

Sale Sharks: 15 Mike Haley, 14 Denny Solomona, 13 Sam James, 12 Mark Jennings, 11 Marland Yarde, 10 James O’Connor, 9 Faf De Klerk; 1 Ross Harrison, 2 Rob Webber, 3 Will-Griff John, 4 Bryn Evans, 5 Andre Ostrikov, 6 Jono Ross (c), 7 Ben Curry, 8 Josh Strauss.
Replacements: 16 Marc Jones, 17 James Flynn, 18 Alexandru Tarus, 19 George Nott, 20 Sam Moore, 21 Cameron Neild, 22 Will Cliff, 23 Josh Charnley

[Puja]

That may actually be the best back five in the pack we've had all season. Very interested to see how that goes.

Good to see Simmons and Hardwick given a shot at the big league. Hardwick looked useful in the AWC and, while I didn't think much of Simmons at 9, he was mustard at 15 the following week and is rated highly at 9, so looking forward to them coming on.

Puja

[Mikey Brown]

How good does Evans need to play to keep the shirt though?

[fivepointer]

Jonah Holmes played well in the AWC and is a little unlucky not to start. Liked what I saw of Hardwick.

Yarde gets his first game for Sale who will be right up against it you suspect.

[Scrumhead]

That may actually be the best back five in the pack we've had all season. Very interested to see how that goes.

Do you prefer Mapapalangi to Kalamafoni at 8? I thought Kalamafoni was pretty good in the last few games he played.

How good does Evans need to play to keep the shirt though?

I thought the same TBH ...

[Tigersman]

That may actually be the best back five in the pack we've had all season. Very interested to see how that goes.

Do you prefer Mapapalangi to Kalamafoni at 8? I thought Kalamafoni was pretty good in the last few games he played.

How good does Evans need to play to keep the shirt though?

I thought the same TBH ...

I would like to see Kalamafoni at 6, his engine is amazing but Mapapalangi has more of an attacking threat.

Still need a top 8 IMO but Tino has promise.

[Banquo]

That may actually be the best back five in the pack we've had all season. Very interested to see how that goes.

Do you prefer Mapapalangi to Kalamafoni at 8? I thought Kalamafoni was pretty good in the last few games he played.

How good does Evans need to play to keep the shirt though?

I thought the same TBH ...

I would like to see Kalamafoni at 6, his engine is amazing but Mapapalangi has more of an attacking threat.

Still need a top 8 IMO but Tino has promise.

just what I thought. He's (K) done much better than I thought he would.

[Tigersman]

Good win.

Mapapalangi my man of the match.