Bath v Wasps Sat 3.15

[fivepointer]

Nothing to play for here but Wasps obviously hoping to gain some momentum after last weeks win.

Bath: Atkins; Homer, Clark, Wright, Brew; Priestland, Green; van Rooyen, Walker, Lahiff, Stooke, Charteris (c), Faletau, Bayliss, Mercer

Replacements: Van Vuuren, Noguera, Nixon, Attwood, Louw, Cook, Davies, Willison

Wasps: Miller; Neal, Campagnaro, De Jongh, Bassett; Sopoaga, Robson; Zhvania, Cruse, Stuart, Launchbury (c), Rowlands, Shields, Young, Hughes

Replacements: A. Harris, B. Harris, Cooper-Woolley, Matthews, Carr, Hampson, Searle, Lovobalavu

[morepork]

Lima another yellow for a shoulder charge today (plus some stupid penalties), and a few Benny Hill's trying stuff on. He used to be such a nice steady as she goes type of first five, now he is the bloody class clown.


Is there a Go Fund Me campaign to reverse Jimmy Gopperth's ageing process yet?

[twitchy]

Lima another yellow for a shoulder charge today (plus some stupid penalties), and a few Benny Hill's trying stuff on. He used to be such a nice steady as she goes type of first five, now he is the bloody class clown.


Is there a Go Fund Me campaign to reverse Jimmy Gopperth's ageing process yet?

I thought he played much better with robson giving him some decent passes at 9 but yeah that was stupid. You can tell he is talented. How did he play in NZ?

[morepork]

Part of the victorious U20 team in 2011, won Soup rugby in 2015 with the Highlanders, and was 10 when the Highlanders won against the Lions in 2017.

[Mellsblue]

Being a newbie in this Wasps team, which is pretty dysfunctional, outside a revolving door of scrumhalves and inside a 12 who has moved up from the Champ can’t be easy. However, even taking all that in to account, he’s been poor. If he’s still playing like this a month into next season then it’s time to worry.

[morepork]

Time for the coaches to step up. If he can’t adapt to the system (whatever that is), then yeah, not looking good. He is by nature a very structured player, also with the ability to chime in with some initiative. They either build a game around him or he fades away really. It will test his mettle whatever way it goes. He needs to do as the Romans do at the moment.

[fivepointer]

Think Gopperth could really help Wasps. He's been keenly missed. On the plus side, Stuart again looked very good and Launchbury put in another strong 80 minute shift.
Bath nicked it at the end due to a pretty dubious scrum penalty.
It wasnt a game to remember and sad fact is that both sides are also rans at this level of competition.

[Mellsblue]

Yep. Stuart looks a good’un.