Bath vs Sale

[Puja]

Bath Rugby team to face Sale Sharks

15. Darren Atkins

14. Aled Brew

13. Will Hurrell

12. Ben Tapuai

11. Cooper Vuna

10. James Wilson

9. Kahn Fotuali’i

1. Beno Obano

2. Ross Batty

3. Henry Thomas

4. Matt Garvey (c)

5. Elliott Stooke

6. Zach Mercer

7. Josh Bayliss

8. Taulupe Faletau

Replacements

16. Michael van Vuuren

17. Lucas Noguera

18. Max Lahiff

19. Luke Charteris

20. James Phillips

21. Chris Cook

22. Jack Wilson

23. Tom Homer




15.Mike Haley; 14.Denny Solomona, 13.Will Addison (capt), 12. Luke James, 11. Marland Yarde; 10.Sam James, 9.Faf De Klerk; 1.Ross Harrison, 2.Rob Webber, 3.WillGriff John, 4.Josh Beaumont, 5.Andrei Ostrikov, 6.Jono Ross, 7.Ben Curry, 8.Josh Strauss.

Replacements:
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16.Marc Jones, 17.James Flynn, 18.Alexandru Tarus, 19.George Nott, 20.Cameron Neild, 21.Will Cliff, 22.Josh Charnley 23.Cameron Redpath

[Puja]

Looks like Redpath will be featuring for neither the U18s nor the U20s this weekend.

Puja

[Mellsblue]

A Bath backs training sessions must be like the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan. There must be injured bodies everywhere.

[Stom]

Surely Bath would have been better off moving Kahn to 10?

But that backs division is something... Just like Quins' backrow.

[Which Tyler]

Surely Bath would have been better off moving Kahn to 10?

But that backs division is something... Just like Quins' backrow.

Agreed - though the downside of Kahn at FH would be... Darren Allinson covering SH from the bench... er... I think I prefer Wilson at 10 after all.
Good to see a few names returning... on the bench... probably meaning that they're not actually ready yet... erm...

Bugger

[fivepointer]

Last minute try by Mercer with conversion enough for Bath to win 33-32. Seems like quite a game. 2 tries for Solomona.

[Banquo]

Last minute try by Mercer with conversion enough for Bath to win 33-32. Seems like quite a game. 2 tries for Solomona.

two great home team comebacks; that's quite an effort with an almost literally decimated Bath squad

[Scrumhead]

Can’t see a home team comeback from Quins ...

[Which Tyler]

Last minute try by Mercer with conversion enough for Bath to win 33-32. Seems like quite a game. 2 tries for Solomona.

2 for Mercer as well - was a decent match; not the most fluent, but I don't think there was ever more than a score in it; which always helps the entertainment factor.

two great home team comebacks; that's quite an effort with an almost literally decimated Bath squad

Literally decimated is 1 in 10; so 4-5 injured players; this is more "last man standing" including 2 who could barely be described as "standing".

I'm delighted to say that Bath have started resourcing the breakdown a bit better; which seems to have made a big difference.
Ben Curry looks like a very good cheat - though I thought Bayliss was equally good today in only his 4th start.

Oh, and Wilson looked fine at 10; pleasantly surprised.

[Banquo]

Last minute try by Mercer with conversion enough for Bath to win 33-32. Seems like quite a game. 2 tries for Solomona.

2 for Mercer as well - was a decent match; not the most fluent, but I don't think there was ever more than a score in it; which always helps the entertainment factor.

two great home team comebacks; that's quite an effort with an almost literally decimated Bath squad

Literally decimated is 1 in 10; so 4-5 injured players; this is more "last man standing" including 2 who could barely be described as "standing".

I'm delighted to say that Bath have started resourcing the breakdown a bit better; which seems to have made a big difference.
Ben Curry looks like a very good cheat - though I thought Bayliss was equally good today in only his 4th start.

Oh, and Wilson looked fine at 10; pleasantly surprised.

hence almost

[Which Tyler]

Oh FFS; I've just heard how Lewis hurt himself, meaning that Wilson had to play FH...

Training session, different players doing different things THomer shanked a kick, hit Lewis on the head (who was doing something unrelated), who failed an HIA; and created the necessity for Homer to return without being fully fit.

Right, who shagged Lady Luck and didn't call in the morning?... having ran over her cat on the way out... and sent her to the clap clinic?