Sale v Leicester

[Stom]

Sale: L James; Solomona, O'Connor, Van Rensburg, Reed; S James, De Klerk; Morozov, Webber, John, Evans, Phillips, Ross (capt), Curry, Beaumont.

Replacements: Langdon, Bristow, Jones, Postlethwaite, Neild, Warr, Redpath, Odogwu.

Leicester: Holmes; Sarto, Worth, Eastmond, Aspland-Robinson; Ford, Simmons; Gigena, Youngs (capt), Heyes, Spencer, Kitchener, Williams, Thompson, Kalamafoni.

Replacements: Kerr, Ma'afu, Feao, Wells, Evans, Lewis, Hardwick, Olowofela.

[Mikey Brown]

Jesus. Thought Sale had a player called Warpath on the bench for a moment there.

Who kicks in that Sale side? Faf? O’Connor?

[Stom]

Jesus. Thought Sale had a player called Warpath on the bench for a moment there.

Who kicks in that Sale side? Faf? O’Connor?

Faf. He's not bad.

[Puja]

Jeez. That Leicester team has been utterly raked by injuries and call-ups. Simmons back to start at scrum-half immediately after returning from injury and we don't even have a 9 on the bench cause we've got no-one left! I'm guessing Holmes is back-up if Simmons goes down.

Frankly, if Sale can't put us away then they either need shooting or we'll have put in another wonderful rearguard performance like we did against Wasps.

Puja

[Tigersman]

Good first try for tigers

Also Worth out, Olowofela starts and Steward is on the bench

[Stom]

God, this is a bit of a cripple fight, isn't it...

[Stom]

I would have switched game but the other channel is showing UFC not the Bath game for some reason...

Frankly, there are players on both sides who really do not look like Premiership standard at all. I'm mainly looking at Rob Webber, who has been frankly poor, Joe Ford, who has been atrociously bad, and well, most of the rest of the players.

Faf has been unsurprisingly a cut above, Sam James looks decent, Kyle Eastmond looks good but frustrated, Tom Youngs has been decent and Ben Curry too, and Guy Thompson looks good. The rest...

[Banquo]

Tigers fans chewing fingernails again/yet?

[francoisfou]

Tigers fans chewing fingernails again/yet?

Ain’t none left! Already down to the quick!!

[fivepointer]

Thats a bit of a hammering, perhaps not that surprising given the Tigers line up and general poor form. Red card justified?

[Mellsblue]

Thats a bit of a hammering, perhaps not that surprising given the Tigers line up and general poor form. Red card justified?

Absolutely. Very similar to the one Rhodes got away with.

[Tigersman]

already planning Tigers championship team!!!

[Mikey Brown]

Jesus. Thought Sale had a player called Warpath on the bench for a moment there.

Who kicks in that Sale side? Faf? O’Connor?

Faf. He's not bad.

Ha. Just looked at the match report.

[Stom]

Jesus. Thought Sale had a player called Warpath on the bench for a moment there.

Who kicks in that Sale side? Faf? O’Connor?

Faf. He's not bad.

Ha. Just looked at the match report.

Yeah, he was shunt. From the tee that is.

[Puja]

Thats a bit of a hammering, perhaps not that surprising given the Tigers line up and general poor form. Red card justified?

Given our lineup and absentees, it's entirely unsurprising. We just basically have to weather this and hope to go on a run at the end of the season to qualify for Europe.

Puja

[Banquo]

Thats a bit of a hammering, perhaps not that surprising given the Tigers line up and general poor form. Red card justified?

Given our lineup and absentees, it's entirely unsurprising. We just basically have to weather this and hope to go on a run at the end of the season to qualify for Europe.

Puja

I think your lads will be thinking of a different direction of travel

[Epaminondas Pules]

Only plus point being Freddie Steward making his Prem debut as a schoolboy!