Tigers Vs Saracens

[FKAS]

STARTING XV

15 Freddie Steward [102]
14 Adam Radwan [3]
13 Solomone Kata [35]
12 Joseph Woodward [24]
11 Ollie Hassell-Collins [39]
10 Handré Pollard [45]
9 Jack van Poortvliet [87]
1 Nicky Smith [15]
2 Julián Montoya [70]
3 Joe Heyes [155]
4 Cameron Henderson [56]
5 Ollie Chessum [61]
6 Hanro Liebenberg [123]
7 Tommy Reffell [129]
8 Olly Cracknell [58]

REPLACEMENTS

16 Charlie Clare [115]
17 James Whitcombe [65]
18 Dan Cole [336]
19 Harry Wells [214]
20 Emeka Ilione [39]
21 Ben Youngs [329]
22 Jamie Shillcock [44]
23 Izaia Perese [12]

Saracens Men team to play Leicester Tigers:

1 Eroni Mawi
2 Jamie George
3 Fraser Balmain
4 Maro Itoje (c)
5 Hugh Tizard
6 Theo McFarland
7 Juan Martin Gonzalez
8 Tom Willis
9 Ivan van Zyl
10 Fergus Burke
11 Angus Hall
12 Nick Tompkins
13 Alex Lozowski
14 Tobias Elliott
15 Elliot Daly

Replacements:

16 Theo Dan
17 Rhys Carre
18 Marco Riccioni
19 Nick Isiekwe
20 Andy Onyeama-Christie
21 Ben Earl
22 Gareth Simpson
23 Alex Goode

Looks like Sarries persist with running Maro Itoje into the ground. No break yet for Tom Willis either. Presumably they'll be rest in Europe next week.

[Banquo]

Sarries are a shadow in a lot of positions now

[Epaminondas Pules]

Gus facing up against Radwan is going to be quite the test for the young man!

[Which Tyler]

Sarries are a shadow in a lot of positions now

Good.
They've reduced to the point of being merely a top tier premiership club who looks like they might be playing by the same rules as everyone else.
They've still got as many internationals as anyone else, and as many lions as everyone else combined*

Did I see that they're still 2nd favourites too win the Prem this year? And that can't just be vast numbers of Sarries fans spending money at bookies in hope rather than expectation - because there aren't vast numbers of Sarries fans.


*NB this sentence may not be true, but it feels broadly accurate, and I can't be bothered to research it as I've just knocked off work and am about to go home

[fivepointer]

Could be a testing afternoon for Saracens young wingers but its good to see them getting game time.

Much talk about squad for Argentina and i dont think ive seen Radwan's name crop up. He must be a candidate to go, surely?

[FKAS]

Could be a testing afternoon for Saracens young wingers but its good to see them getting game time.

Much talk about squad for Argentina and i dont think ive seen Radwan's name crop up. He must be a candidate to go, surely?

Radwan looked decent last weekend but OHC is in the better form. Radwan has all the pace and finishing skills down, he's shown some really good work rate in defence as well but needs to show ability in the air to contest and maybe a bit more aggression in the tackle, though that has improved. OHC has shown all that this season though he's not what you'd call a natural defender. The pair in tandem really did contribute massively to the Saints massacre last weekend.

[Banquo]

loving sarries attacking plays

[Banquo]

breakdown heluva fight. tigers edging it mostly

[Danno]

Get it up em Leicester

[Epaminondas Pules]

Our attack is horrific!

[Banquo]

bad touch miss by elliot costs

[Danno]

Why doesn't Pollard miss at WCs, the prick

[Banquo]

sarries penalty count and prop subs may bite them

[Banquo]

Our attack is horrific!

kata makes ground but stilts the flow a tad

[FKAS]

Our attack is horrific!

Error strewn is the polite description. Kata seems to think he's playing in grey judging by his pass selection.

[Banquo]

Our attack is horrific!

Error strewn is the polite description. Kata seems to think he's playing in grey judging by his pass selection.

he's just woken up.

van zyl...wtf

[Banquo]

great finish!!

[Banquo]

sarries yellow real time

[Banquo]

or not, but should be

[Danno]

That was cynical af

[Banquo]

fair play, carre a good sub option

[Banquo]

earl such a dick

[FKAS]

earl such a dick

I'm always amazed he doesn't get punched more often.

[Banquo]

lucky. tho it looked offside real time

[Danno]

Yeah he's a mile offside there