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[Tigersman]

So first round of the year
Gloucester United v Leicester Tigers 7:30
15. Tom Hudson; 14. Tom Stanton, 13. Tom Seabrook, 12. Jack Reeves, 11. Jake Morris; 10. George Barton, 9. Charlie Chapman; 1. Alex Seville, 2. Henry Walker, 3. Ciaran Knight; 4. Harry Butler, 5. Simon Linsell (capt); 6. Josh Gray, 7. Aaron Hinkley, 8. Jack Clement
Replacements:
Ethan Hunt, 17. Harry Fry, 18. Ashley Challenger, 19. Archie Tarbuck, 20. Joe Howard, 21. Stephen Varney, 22. Louis Hillman-Cooper, 23. Reece Dunn
V
Leicester Tigers
15. Freddie Steward, 14. Joe Browning, 13. Kyran Bungaroo, 12. Johnny Mcphillips, 11. Leo Gililand, 10. Sam Costelow, 9. Harry Simmons (C), 1. Keston Lines, 2. Charlie Clare, 3. Gaston Cortes, 4. Cameron Jordan, 5. Tom Manz, 6. Ollie Ashworth, 7. Taylor Gough, 8. Thom Smith
Replacements
16. Jimmy Stevens, 17. James Whitcombe, 18. Osman Dimen, 19. Ollie Chessum (Nottingham Rugby), 20. Ed Sumpter (Leicester Lions), 21. Jack Van Poortvliet, 22. Harry Glynn, 23. Kwaku Asiedu (Ampthill Rugby)

For Tigers 16 Academy Products
1 U18 (Glynn)
8 U19 (Steward, Browning, Gililand, Costelow, Manz, Ashworth. Whitcombe. Poortvliet)
4 U20 (Lines, Jordan, Gough, smith)

[Puja]

No Martin?

Puja

[fivepointer]

Kyran Bungaroo....great name. Archie Tarbuck runs it close.

2 very young sides with loads of age group players, some who will be in contention for this seasons U20 squad (Steward, Browning, Whitcombe, Barton, Clement, Morris and Hillman-Cooper)

[Tigersman]

No Martin?

Puja

Think he was cited.

[Raggs]

Saints wasps is apparently being streamed.

[Scrumhead]

So first round of the year
Gloucester United v Leicester Tigers 7:30
15. Tom Hudson; 14. Tom Stanton, 13. Tom Seabrook, 12. Jack Reeves, 11. Jake Morris; 10. George Barton, 9. Charlie Chapman; 1. Alex Seville, 2. Henry Walker, 3. Ciaran Knight; 4. Harry Butler, 5. Simon Linsell (capt); 6. Josh Gray, 7. Aaron Hinkley, 8. Jack Clement
Replacements:
Ethan Hunt, 17. Harry Fry, 18. Ashley Challenger, 19. Archie Tarbuck, 20. Joe Howard, 21. Stephen Varney, 22. Louis Hillman-Cooper, 23. Reece Dunn
V
Leicester Tigers
15. Freddie Steward, 14. Joe Browning, 13. Kyran Bungaroo, 12. Johnny Mcphillips, 11. Leo Gililand, 10. Sam Costelow, 9. Harry Simmons (C), 1. Keston Lines, 2. Charlie Clare, 3. Gaston Cortes, 4. Cameron Jordan, 5. Tom Manz, 6. Ollie Ashworth, 7. Taylor Gough, 8. Thom Smith
Replacements
16. Jimmy Stevens, 17. James Whitcombe, 18. Osman Dimen, 19. Ollie Chessum (Nottingham Rugby), 20. Ed Sumpter (Leicester Lions), 21. Jack Van Poortvliet, 22. Harry Glynn, 23. Kwaku Asiedu (Ampthill Rugby)

For Tigers 16 Academy Products
1 U18 (Glynn)
8 U19 (Steward, Browning, Gililand, Costelow, Manz, Ashworth. Whitcombe. Poortvliet)
4 U20 (Lines, Jordan, Gough, smith)

As Puja said, some interesting names there. I have visions of Gloucester being behind in the last couple of minutes and Ethan Hunt leave the bench to produce a whirlwind display to pull of ‘mission impossible’.

On a serious note, Jack Reeves has looked good when I’ve seen him at U18 ... it would be great if a natural 12 could come through.

[Gloskarlos]

Glos won 33 - 15, Hinckley outstanding as were the glos front row. Could have been more, conditions were pretty pony by all accounts

[jimKRFC]

L.I 31 - 15 Bristol what looked like a strong (on paper) Bristol apparently had a stinker. Lots of errors and a lack of effort from some players. Muldoon not a happy bunny. Good kick in the pants before Sunday for Bristol though so hopefully no complency in camp.

[Scrumhead]

Quins got stuffed 45-0 at Sandy Park.

It was very much a reserve team + Goneva, but I’m really starting to worry that there’s something wrong behind the scenes.

[Tigersman]

Glos won 33 - 15, Hinckley outstanding as were the glos front row. Could have been more, conditions were pretty pony by all accounts

I really think if Hinckley was starting now he would be up their in terms of potential England spot along with Earl.

[Gloskarlos]

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Glos won 33 - 15, Hinckley outstanding as were the glos front row. Could have been more, conditions were pretty pony by all accounts

I really think if Hinckley was starting now he would be up their in terms of potential England spot along with Earl.

I agree, I seriously hope he gets some proper senior exposure this season, would hate for him to leave. JA does rotate back row regularly but we do have a decent few players there to get past. Hinckley has the minerals though.

[Scrumhead]

Glos won 33 - 15, Hinckley outstanding as were the glos front row. Could have been more, conditions were pretty pony by all accounts

I really think if Hinckley was starting now he would be up their in terms of potential England spot along with Earl.

High praise for a player with limited senior experience. Hinkley (definitely no c) has looked great at age grade and in the reserve/Mickey Mouse competitions but I’d prefer to reserve judgement until he’s played more Premiership games against better opposition.

[fivepointer]

Quins got stuffed 45-0 at Sandy Park.

It was very much a reserve team + Goneva, but I’m really starting to worry that there’s something wrong behind the scenes.

The teams - Braves: P Dollman (S Morley h/t); M Bodilly, T Wyatt, T Hendrickson (S Cornish 51), J Short; H Skinner, S Townsend (capt, S Maunder 58); B Keast (D Southworth 58), J Poole (T Channon 56), P Schickerling (W Norton 58); S South, T Price; J Caulfield, R Capstick (L Pearson 68), S Lonsdale (J McRae 56).

Tries – Townsend (2), H Skinner, Capstick, Short, South (2); Conversions – H Skinner (5)

Harlequins: L Lynagh; T Ismaiel (H Barlow 58), L Northmore, L Anyanwu, V Goneva (O Beard 66); B Herron, L Wheeldon (D Munro 47); M Lambert (H Challenor 25), S Riley, P Swainston (G Smith 66); H Tizard (W Trenholm 54), T Freeman (capt); G Hammond (M Dwyer 70), J Kenningham, D Lamb. Replacement (not used): J Bourton

Other scores -
Saints 26 Wasps 22
Worcester 47 Sale 15

That was a good win for Irish. Lots of good youngsters in their line up.

London Irish A

15. Jacob Atkins; 14. Caolan Englefield; 13. Bryce Campbell; 12. Phil Cokanasiga; 11. Tom Fowlie; 10. Theo Brophy Clews; 9. Scott Steele ©; 1. Will Goodrick-Clarke; 2. Ben Atkins; 3. Luke Green; 4. Chunya Munga; 5. Ben Donnell; 6. Jack Cooke; 7. Josh Smart; 8. Isaac Curtis-Harris

Replacements: 16. Nathan Langdon; 17. Brian O’Connor; 18. Lovejoy Chawatama; 19. Sam Collingridge; 20. Izzy Moore-Aiono; 21. Tom Smith; 22. Aaron Phillips; 23. Michael Dykes

Bristol Bears A

15. Tom Pincus; 14. Ryan Edwards; 13. Will Hurrell; 12. Harry Ascherl; 11. Tyrese Johnson-Fisher; 10. Tiff Eden; 9. Nick Stirzaker; 1. James Lay; 2. George Kloska; 3. Nicky Thomas; 4. Joe Batley; 5. Aly Muldowney; 6. James Dun; 7. Sam Graham; 8. John Hawkins

Replacements: 16. Tom Lindsay; 17. Jordan Lay; 18. Jake Armstrong; 19. Charlie Rice; 20. Max Clementson; 21. Tautvydas Krasauskas; 22. Nathan Chamberlain; 23. Ollie Holiday

[fivepointer]

Further round of games tonight -
Sale v Tigers
Exeter v Bath
Worcester v Wasps
Saints v Glos (live on youtube, Saints TV)
Irish v Saracens

[Raggs]

Wasps with some kids out there, and a backrow playing 2nd row, along with Rob Miller covering 12 (and now 10). Think there's at least one doubling up from playing on the weekend too.

[fivepointer]

Predictably Wasps took a bit of a hammering, losing 75-21.

Other results - Sale 25 Tigers 19, Exeter 52 Bath 10, Saints 17 Glos 34 and Irish 15 Saracens 33

[Adam_P]

Good to see Mallinder get 40 mins under his belt after a very long lay off. Although I've read of few reports of him hobbling a little bit when he came off, hopefully not related to the injury

[Gloskarlos]

Trinder made a come back in that match which is great to see, he was fairly quiet but understandably so. Hinkley was supreme when he came in and Chapman was also impressive. Some good tries in that game.