Worcester vs Leicester (now not on television)

[Puja]

Warriors
15 Chris Pennell
14 Bryce Heem
13 Jackson Willison
12 Ryan Mills
11 Josh Adams
10 Jamie Shillcock
9 Jonny Arr
1 Ethan Waller
2 Jack Singleton
3 Nick Schonert
4 Darren Barry
5 Will Spencer
6 David Denton
7 Alafoti Faosiliva
8 GJ van Velze (C)

Replacements
16 Kurt Haupt
17 Ryan Bower
18 Gareth Milasinovich
19 Donncha O’Callaghan
20 Matt Cox
21 Luke Baldwin
22 Will Butler
23 Dean Hammond


Leicester Tigers (v Worcester Warriors, away, Sunday 3.00pm)
15 Telusa Veainu
14 Adam Thompstone
13 Manu Tuilagi
12 Mathew Tait
11 Jonah Holmes
10 Matt Toomua
9 Sam Harrison
1 Greg Bateman
2 Tom Youngs (c)
3 Logovi’i Mulipola
4 Mike Fitzgerald
5 Graham Kitchener
6 Mike Williams
7 Brendon O’Connor
8 Sione Kalamafoni

Replacements
16 Tatafu Polota-Nau
17 Michele Rizzo
18 Pat Cilliers
19 Harry Wells
20 Luke Hamilton
21 Harry Simmons
22 Joe Ford
23 Nick Malouf

[Puja]

Not a brilliant game from either side, but Leicester's forwards do still look purposeful and direct in attack - long live Mark Bakewell!

5-12 to Leicester at half time - Holmes with the opener after Veainu beat most of the city of Worcester on a kick return, Wuss back in it with a drive from a lineout and then Bateman scoring another great try taking an offload from Youngs and beating two on the way to the line. New messiah?

Puja

[Scrumhead]

When is Genge back? It must be pretty soon?

Right now it would be a genuine selection dilemma for the number 1 shirt with Bateman in such fine form.

Both are dynamic players so whichever way it goes from a starter/bench point of view, it’s a win-win for Leicester.

[Tigersman]

When is Genge back? It must be pretty soon?

Right now it would be a genuine selection dilemma for the number 1 shirt with Bateman in such fine form.

Both are dynamic players so whichever way it goes from a starter/bench point of view, it’s a win-win for Leicester.

Wasps game I believe.

[Scrumhead]

I’ve just seen Tuilagi scored again. Any good?

[Tigersman]

I’ve just seen Tuilagi scored again. Any good?

1/2 metre pick up and drive but his run beforehand was manuesque. Getting through around 4 Worcester players.

[fivepointer]

Thats a pretty emphatic win for Tigers, following up last weeks effort at Saracens.
Fair to say they've turned a corner.

[francoisfou]

Fair to say they've turned a corner.

They certainly have!
Wasps at home is next up in two weeks and Falcons at home to the beleaguered Saints. Securing that 4th place is going to go to the wire and Tigers' home match against Falcons at the end of April could be the decider.

[Banquo]

Bakewell is no tart

[Puja]

Thats a pretty emphatic win for Tigers, following up last weeks effort at Saracens.
Fair to say they've turned a corner.

We were flattered a bit by the scoreline, but still a very pleasing win.

Manu showed a couple of bursts of his old form to whet the appetite - they're coming more and more frequently with each game. Assuming he can stay fit (7 games and counting), I think there's a big performance coming.

Puja

[Banquo]

Tigers nearly always finish the season very strongly I guess; it was Cockerill's stock in trade iirc

[Timbo]

That Manu burst at the end there was definitely a good sign. First defender went high and it was just ‘see you later, son!’ Really explosive.

Something else that I’m reminded of watching Manu over these last few weeks is his ruck work. If there’s any sort of break or half break and Manu is first in to support, once he hits that ruck it’s pretty much guaranteed quick ball. He’s not getting budged.

[Scrumhead]

True. I noticed that last week against Saracens. Good to see he’s getting there.

[Warrior85]

We were awful today. Didn't really ever look like scoring.

Didn't help that we played the last 20 with Shilcock at 9 and Willison at 10 after a bad looking injury to Baldwin.

With no Sam Lewis, Hougaard and losing mills early on was a real struggle for us.

Very lucky Irish got nothing at Wasps

[Warrior85]

Well played tigers! Look like a completely different side to the one we beat at Welfod Road! Toomua is different class and Veianu is ridiculous!

[Banquo]

Interesting to see what happens when Ford G is back.

[francoisfou]

Young Bateman is really pulling up trees now! Apart from scoring tries, he seems to appear everywhere on the pitch, carrying, tackling, acting scrum half at rucks and even a side step or two, or was it a prop's swerve? Are yer watching, Eddie? Get him on the plane to S Africa in the summer!!

[Mellsblue]

Ford - May - Toomua - Tuilagi - A N Other - Veaniu behind a rejuvenated pack will definitely worth a watch.

[Mellsblue]

Bakewell is no tart

But he looks to be quite the coach. Turned Leicester's pack round almost immediately whilst Bristol lose their first match of the season.

[Warrior85]

Will Butler made his premiership debut today. Apart from looking a lot younger than anyone else on the pitch he didn't really look out of place. Defended well and had a few nice touches.

[Banquo]

Will Butler made his premiership debut today. Apart from looking a lot younger than anyone else on the pitch he didn't really look out of place. Defended well and had a few nice touches.

Good news, his grandad would be very proud! (mate of my dads)

[Scrumhead]

Butler had looked like a classy player when I’ve seen him at U20 level. I hope he can translate that to senior rugby.

With him and Ollie Lawrence, Worcester have a very promising centre combination coming through.