Bath v Sale

[Epaminondas Pules]

Bath Rugby: 1 Beno Obano, 2 Tom Dunn, 3 Thomas du Toit, 4 Quinn Roux, 5 Charlie Ewels, 6 Ted Hill, 7 Sam Underhill, 8 Alfie Barbeary, 9 Ben Spencer (c), 10 Finn Russell, 11 Will Muir, 12 Cameron Redpath, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 14 Joe Cokanasiga, 15 Matt Gallagher

Replacements: 16 Niall Annett, 17 Juan Schoeman, 18 Archie Griffin, 19 Elliott Stooke, 20 Miles Reid, 21 Louis Schreuder, 22 Orlando Bailey, 23 Jaco Coetzee

Sale Sharks Starting XV:  

15. Joe Carpenter, 14. Tom Roebuck 13. Rob du Preez ©, 12. Manu Tuilagi, 11. Arron Reed, 10. George Ford, 9. Gus Warr, 1. Bevan Rodd, 2. Luke Cowan-Dickie, 3. James Harper, 4. Cobus Wiese, 5. Josh Beaumont, 6. Ernst van Rhyn, 7. Sam Dugdale, 8. JL du Preez.  

Replacements:  

16. Tommy Taylor, 17. Si McIntyre, 18. Asher Opoku-Fordjour, 19. Ben Bamber, 20. Hyron Andrews, 21. Raffi Quirke, 22. Sam James, 23. Tom O’Flaherty.

[fivepointer]

Good to see Rodd back for Sale and Quirke in the 23.

[16th man]

That Bath back row looks like an RR poster wet dream

[FKAS]

That Bath back row looks like an RR poster wet dream

Just wait until next year when Pepper replaces Underhill.

[Which Tyler]

That Bath back row looks like an RR poster wet dream

I miss Andypropuk

[twitchy]

Someone stole a load bath's kit. GoFundMe?

[Oakboy]

A lot of Warr's passes are arriving at head height.

[Which Tyler]

Someone stole a load bath's kit. GoFundMe?

Huh?

[twitchy]

Someone stole a load bath's kit. GoFundMe?

Huh?

I was just joking about the socks.

[Which Tyler]

Ah - all 10 teams then.


Feels like Bath should be up by more than 4.
But it's our fault that we're not. Too many little individual errors.

Bath need to tighten up, Sale need to start taking advantage if we don't.

Both teams have plenty of room for improvement with a good HT chat.

Rodd's having a stormer oitside of the scrum (no idea about inside)

[FKAS]

Horrible interception pass from Spencer. Nice finish from Roebuck rounding Russell on the way to the line.

[Banquo]

great game

[Banquo]

Ah - all 10 teams then.


Feels like Bath should be up by more than 4.
But it's our fault that we're not. Too many little individual errors.

Bath need to tighten up, Sale need to start taking advantage if we don't.

Both teams have plenty of room for improvement with a good HT chat.

Rodd's having a stormer oitside of the scrum (no idea about inside)

coka has been excellent.

[Which Tyler]

Can't argue with PotM today
I'm pity about the last touch, must have taken his eye off the ball, deciding how to celebrate

[FKAS]

Sale faded badly. Forwards looked ragged by the end of the game. Bath kept the tempo high and Sale couldn't live with it.

[Spiffy]

Can't argue with PotM today
I'm pity about the last touch, must have taken his eye off the ball, deciding how to celebrate

I would argue. Russell.

[Oakboy]

Can't argue with PotM today
I'm pity about the last touch, must have taken his eye off the ball, deciding how to celebrate

I would argue. Russell.

Yes, Russell MoM for me. Coka was good, though. If he constantly punched his weight he would be more convincing. As the commentator said, he needs someone to get him angry. He's a good club winger.

[fivepointer]

That was fun. A bit error strewn at times but no denying that some of the play was first class with some very good tries. Coka was very good. Like the way he comes infield looking for work and he's not averse to passing.

From an England POV very pleased to see Rodd and Quirke looking in decent nick.

[p/d]

How did Ted Hill go?

[Spiffy]

Can't argue with PotM today
I'm pity about the last touch, must have taken his eye off the ball, deciding how to celebrate

I would argue. Russell.

Yes, Russell MoM for me. Coka was good, though. If he constantly punched his weight he would be more convincing. As the commentator said, he needs someone to get him angry. He's a good club winger.

Coka is big, powerful and fast and I think he's improving. His basic skills, passing, game reading etc. need a bit of work. In the first moments of the game he made a nice midfield break then threw a poor pass, under no real pressure, to Lawrence who really should have been put over in the corner.

[Banquo]

I would argue. Russell.

Yes, Russell MoM for me. Coka was good, though. If he constantly punched his weight he would be more convincing. As the commentator said, he needs someone to get him angry. He's a good club winger.

Coka is big, powerful and fast and I think he's improving. His basic skills, passing, game reading etc. need a bit of work. In the first moments of the game he made a nice midfield break then threw a poor pass, under no real pressure, to Lawrence who really should have been put over in the corner.

lawrence over ran that imo

[Mellsblue]

Yes, Russell MoM for me. Coka was good, though. If he constantly punched his weight he would be more convincing. As the commentator said, he needs someone to get him angry. He's a good club winger.

Coka is big, powerful and fast and I think he's improving. His basic skills, passing, game reading etc. need a bit of work. In the first moments of the game he made a nice midfield break then threw a poor pass, under no real pressure, to Lawrence who really should have been put over in the corner.

lawrence over ran that imo

Understandable from a 12 in the wider channels.

[Oakboy]

Coka is big, powerful and fast and I think he's improving. His basic skills, passing, game reading etc. need a bit of work. In the first moments of the game he made a nice midfield break then threw a poor pass, under no real pressure, to Lawrence who really should have been put over in the corner.

lawrence over ran that imo

Understandable from a 12 in the wider channels.

We should have some sort of outstanding 'stirrer' award. You and p/d would probably alternate.

[Mellsblue]

lawrence over ran that imo

Understandable from a 12 in the wider channels.

We should have some sort of outstanding 'stirrer' award. You and p/d would probably alternate.