Leicester v Stade Francais (Sunday 13:45 - BT Sport Europe)

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Leicester Tigers

15 Mathew Tait (c)
14 Telusa Veainu
13 Peter Betham
12 Manu Tuilagi
11 Vereniki Goneva
10 Freddie Burns
9 Ben Youngs

1 Marcos Ayerza
2 Harry Thacker
3 Dan Cole
4 Dom Barrow
5 Graham Kitchener
6 Mike Fitzgerald
7 Brendon O'Connor
8 Lachlan McCaffrey

Replacements

16 Greg Bateman
17 Logovi'i Mulipola
18 Fraser Balmain
19 Ed Slater
20 Tom Croft
21 Sam Harrison
22 Owen Williams
23 Adam Thompstone

Stade Français

15 Djibril Camara
14 Waisea Vuidarvuwalu
13 Geoffrey Doumayrou
12 Jonathan Danty
11 Jérémy Sinzelle
10 Morné Steyn
9 Julien Dupuy

1 Zurabi Zhvania
2 Remi Bonfils
3 Rabah Slimani
4 Hugh Pyle
5 Alexandre Flanquart
6 Jonathan Ross
7 Raphael Lakafia
8 Sergio Parisse (c)

Replacements

16 Craig Burden
17 Dany Priso
18 Paul Alo Emile
19 Paul Gabrillagues
20 Willem Alberts
21 Julien Tomas
22 Jules Plisson
23 Hugo Bonneval

[Puja]

Looks like a good team on our side. Pretty much full strength to choose from apart from TYoungs.

It's a piss poor draw for Tigers. Finish top of our group and get to be alone with three French clubs while everyone else is playing Premiership games. Just hoping Racing beat Toulon so that the semi is in Nottingham; I don't know I fancy our chances if we have to go to France.

Puja

[Oakboy]

That must be one of Leicester's best-ever benches?

[Mellsblue]

Stade's coach must be farking livid.

[Banquo]

owens is really good- TMO actually was wrong and he just over-ruled him

[Mellsblue]

owens is really good- TMO actually was wrong and he just over-ruled him

and wrong on a very simple and fundamental law.....

[twitchy]

That try was hilarious.

[Banquo]

owens is really good- TMO actually was wrong and he just over-ruled him

and wrong on a very simple and fundamental law.....

I think the tmo was saying his foot was down in touch when he collected the ball, and Owens was right in saying it was in the air. In real time it did actually look that it was a lineout to Stade, and I thought it'd be ruled out, but Owens had it correct.

[Banquo]

Tigers tackling isn't good enough at the moment

[Mellsblue]

owens is really good- TMO actually was wrong and he just over-ruled him

and wrong on a very simple and fundamental law.....

I think the tmo was saying his foot was down in touch when he collected the ball, and Owens was right in saying it was in the air. In real time it did actually look that it was a lineout to Stade, and I thought it'd be ruled out, but Owens had it correct.

I heard the TMO say his foot was out, assumed it was obvious it wasn't grounded, and he was therefore wholly wrong. In hindsight he might have thought the foot was grounded........he either needs to re-read the laws or check his prescription from the optician.

[Mellsblue]

Burns' line kicking is top notch.

[Banquo]

and wrong on a very simple and fundamental law.....

I think the tmo was saying his foot was down in touch when he collected the ball, and Owens was right in saying it was in the air. In real time it did actually look that it was a lineout to Stade, and I thought it'd be ruled out, but Owens had it correct.

I heard the TMO say his foot was out, assumed it was obvious it wasn't grounded, and he was therefore wholly wrong. In hindsight he might have thought the foot was grounded........he either needs to re-read the laws or check his prescription from the optician.

Yes, by saying the foot was out to me implied he thought grounded, as it can't be out of play unless grounded. Who knows what goes through TMO's minds tho.

[Banquo]

if steyn's goal kicking has gone to crap again, then what's the point of him?

Tigers scrum and tackling is hurting them, as Stade are a bit all over the place elsewhere

[Banquo]

Burns' line kicking is top notch.

class act with the ball

[Banquo]

great work by manu

[Banquo]

lovely from Betham then Goneva

[Mellsblue]

I think the tmo was saying his foot was down in touch when he collected the ball, and Owens was right in saying it was in the air. In real time it did actually look that it was a lineout to Stade, and I thought it'd be ruled out, but Owens had it correct.

I heard the TMO say his foot was out, assumed it was obvious it wasn't grounded, and he was therefore wholly wrong. In hindsight he might have thought the foot was grounded........he either needs to re-read the laws or check his prescription from the optician.

Yes, by saying the foot was out to me implied he thought grounded, as it can't be out of play unless grounded. Who knows what goes through TMO's minds tho.

That's my point. It was so clearly in the air I just assumed he didn't know the law.

[Mikey Brown]

Burns for England Saxons captain!!!

[Banquo]

I heard the TMO say his foot was out, assumed it was obvious it wasn't grounded, and he was therefore wholly wrong. In hindsight he might have thought the foot was grounded........he either needs to re-read the laws or check his prescription from the optician.

Yes, by saying the foot was out to me implied he thought grounded, as it can't be out of play unless grounded. Who knows what goes through TMO's minds tho.

That's my point. It was so clearly in the air I just assumed he didn't know the law.

handy conversation then.

Meanwhile, Burns has snaffled a good intercept.......Steyn's genius knows no bounds.

[Banquo]

Burns for England

fixed

[Banquo]

Youngs doing his best to get Stade back into the game

[Mikey Brown]

Youngs doing his best to get Stade back into the game

It makes Burns' performance even more impressive doesn't it.

[WaspInWales]

Is it me of does Ben Youngs look reinvigorated?

[Banquo]

lovely pass there by Youngs in fairness....

[Banquo]

Dom Barrow developing well.

Burns kicking very well.