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few high tackles flying about

Bath ceding the gainline quite easily, though nice from Brizzle. Thacker very effective.

Banquo wrote:few high tackles flying about

Offside a lot as well. We're obviously scared of their attack

No pens from Brizzle v 10 from Bath tells a tale.

"A demented mole".

bad miss, but not sure anyone can tap and go from the mark!

I cursed Randall clearly

Take note Freddie.
Miss an easy kick, and then find yourself across the try line, all in hand 1 minus later... put the bloody thing down!

Tom Ellis has played well.

Dan Thomas is a good un, Bath might chuck this away.

Priestland is so average.

Timbo wrote:Priestland is so average.

Yep, Ugo was raving about him, but meh. Mind a lot of what Ugo says 'sounds' reasonably put, until you analyse what he says, which is often self-contradicting nonsense.

I bet Tigers are happy they traded Thacker for Polota-Nau.

Does Mchonnochie have international potential?

Timbo wrote:I bet Tigers are happy they traded Thacker for Polota-Nau.

aye, he was tremendous I thought.

Timbo wrote:Does Mchonnochie have international potential?

He looks very useful, they use his sevens skills well.

Timbo wrote:Does Mchonnochie have international potential?

I think so.
And quite honestly, if he can keep a spot in Bath's back 3, he'll deserve to be in contention

Bris play a very high risk game that can backfire. Some of their play today was naive and sloppy.
Thacker was just terrific and is a key man in the Bris setup.
Bath took their chances and did defend well. JJ had a touch of class about him.

All told probably fair to say JJ looked in a different class to every other player on the pitch.

fivepointer wrote:Bris play a very high risk game that can backfire. Some of their play today was naive and sloppy.
Thacker was just terrific and is a key man in the Bris setup.
Bath took their chances and did defend well. JJ had a touch of class about him.

Bristol have been naive and sloppy for the last few weeks and have to change several of the players or the tactics.

Well done Bath, did what they needed to do to get the win.

Wish Bristol would stop giving tries away....

Fine line between laudable ambition and recklessness. Bris have to work out when to play and when not to.
They are, though, good to watch and Pat Lam is doing a great job in moulding a competitive squad.

Which Tyler wrote:

Timbo wrote:Does Mchonnochie have international potential?

I think so.
And quite honestly, if he can keep a spot in Bath's back 3, he'll deserve to be in contention

I agree he looks good, but I’d question whether he’s good enough to get ahead of any of our current options on the wing and he doesn’t seem to be playing at 15 now Homer is fit.

Scrumhead wrote:

Which Tyler wrote:

Timbo wrote:Does Mchonnochie have international potential?

I think so.
And quite honestly, if he can keep a spot in Bath's back 3, he'll deserve to be in contention

I agree he looks good, but I’d question whether he’s good enough to get ahead of any of our current options on the wing and he doesn’t seem to be playing at 15 now Homer is fit.

He's good enough to be in the conversation, at wing or FB, but it's a place of strength for us (possible exception of FB, where we have several very good players who are slightly compromised at the back).
I think Ruaridh is best at FB, but I guess it's a more complex position to (re)learn after so long at 7s. His hands are wasted on the wing.
If he can keep a place in Bath's team next year, then at least one of Roko, Coka, Watson or Brew (all capped) out of the 23, and will deserve to be in the conversation.

That’s fair enough. I’d also like to see more of him at fullback. From what I’ve seen, he’s tough and strong (a bit reminiscent of a younger Mike Brown, but with more pace, better hands and an eye for a gap as you’d expect from a 7s convert). I haven’t really seen him tested under a high ball though and given that Watson has expressed a preference to play 15, he’s realistically competing for a starting spot at 11 or 14 next season.

I’d definitely have him as a contender for the Barbarians game.