Saints vs Irish

[Puja]

SAINTS
15 Ahsee Tuala
14 George North
13 Rob Horne
12 Luther Burrell
11 Ben Foden
10 Piers Francis
9 Nic Groom

1 Campese Ma’afu
2 Mikey Haywood
3 Kieran Brookes
4 Api Ratuniyarawa
5 Christian Day (capt)
6 Jamie Gibson
7 Heinrich Brüssow
8 Teimana Harrison

Replacements:
16 Reece Marshall
17 Francois van Wyk
18 Jamal Ford-Robinson
19 David Ribbans
20 Tom Wood
21 Cobus Reinach
22 Stephen Myler
23 Nafi Tuitavake


London Irish: 15 James Marshall, 14 Joe Cokanasiga, 13 Tom Fowlie, 12 Luke McLean, 11 Alex Lewington, 10 Greig Tonks, 9 Piet van Zyl, 1 Ben Franks, 2 David Paice, 3 Ollie Hoskins, 4 Franco van der Merwe (c), 5 Teofilo Paulo, 6 Arno Botha, 7 Max Northcote-Green, 8 Ofisa Treviranus

Replacements: 16 Dave Porecki, 17 Harry Elrington, 18 Petrus Du Plessis, 19 Sebastian De Chaves, 20 Conor Gilsenan, 21 Scott Steele, 22 Tommy Bell, 23 Aseli Tikoirotuma

[Adam_P]

Looking forward to seeing Brussow start, that back row is much more balanced than in previous weeks. Shame to see Stephenson dropped after a bit of a poor showing last week, but more so Ken Pisi who has been very good since being back involved in the first team in recent weeks.

[fivepointer]

Meanwhile the pack get a free pass for their sterling effort....yeah makes sense.

Saints to win with a BP. Their home form has been very strong recently.

[Banquo]

where is Harry? Is he still with England?

[Mellsblue]

As always.......McClean over Williams?!?!? Ffs.

[Adam_P]

Meanwhile the pack get a free pass for their sterling effort....yeah makes sense.

Saints to win with a BP. Their home form has been very strong recently.

At least Wood has been dropped.

Yes Harry is retained in the 25 man England squad.

[Banquo]

Meanwhile the pack get a free pass for their sterling effort....yeah makes sense.

Saints to win with a BP. Their home form has been very strong recently.

At least Wood has been dropped.

Yes Harry is retained in the 25 man England squad.

scary

[Puja]

Meanwhile the pack get a free pass for their sterling effort....yeah makes sense.

Saints to win with a BP. Their home form has been very strong recently.

At least Wood has been dropped.

Yes Harry is retained in the 25 man England squad.

scary

I don't think it puts him too near the England team - Drunkie Dennie and Earle have both been retained so far this 6N, so it looks like it's rotating. And I think I'd rather have Brave Sir Robin getting extra lessons from Gustard and Eddie on how not to be so wet than give him back for a relegation 8-pointer with London Irish where his virtues will paper over his flaws.

Puja

[Banquo]

At least Wood has been dropped.

Yes Harry is retained in the 25 man England squad.

scary

I don't think it puts him too near the England team - Drunkie Dennie and Earle have both been retained so far this 6N, so it looks like it's rotating. And I think I'd rather have Brave Sir Robin getting extra lessons from Gustard and Eddie on how not to be so wet than give him back for a relegation 8-pointer with London Irish where his virtues will paper over his flaws.

Puja

saints sliding

[p/d]

At what point will they realize Jim wasn’t the problem

[Banquo]

At what point will they realize Jim wasn’t the problem

I think he was a big part of it, given that he signed the players and stuck with West, and failed to change game plan since dinosaurs were on the earth

[Adam_P]

Saints firmly back into playing utter crap. I blame Burrell.

[Banquo]

Saints firmly back into playing utter crap. I blame Burrell.

North let in a very soft try

[Adam_P]

Yes, Lewington made him look very stupid

[p/d]

Yes, Lewington made him look very stupid

I blame Burrell

[Adam_P]

And of course now I've said that, Burrell and North team up to score at the start of the 2nd half.

[Adam_P]

This is quite a turnaround, very effective half time talk from Saints. 3 tries in the first 9 mins of the 2nd half

[Banquo]

This is quite a turnaround, very effective half time talk from Saints. 3 tries in the first 9 mins of the 2nd half

amazing. I credit Burrell and the spirit of Jim turning in his tracksuit

[Adam_P]

How come North got a penalty for a contest in the air in the first half, yet Irish get nothing for that one