Preseason games etc.

[francoisfou]

Red card was for fighting....and the Castres player was also red carded. Taurus was also red carded toward the end for leading with the head we think....overall looked S good effort....

....and the Castres player was Rory Kockott and there'll be loads of rugby supporters who'd be delighted that he's got what's been coming for a while now. He's an arrogant Saffer with a big mouth who's played for France so Chris Ashton's popularity rating will have shot up!!
However, according to the Beeb, he could unfortunately cop a ban. https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/45246509

[Tigersman]

Leicester Tigers (v London Irish, Welford Road, Friday 7.45pm)

15 Telusa Veainu

14 Adam Thompstone

13 Manu Tuilagi

12 Kyle Eastmond

11 Jonny May

10 George Ford

9 Ben Youngs

1 Campese Ma’afu

2 Tom Youngs (c)

3 Dan Cole

4 Harry Wells

5 Will Spencer

6 David Denton

7 Tommy Reffell

8 Sione Kalamafoni

Replacements from
Jimmy Stevens
Ross McMillan
David Feao
Gaston Cortes
Facundo Gigena
Mike Williams
Valentino Mapapalangi
Sam Harrison
Harry Simmons
Tom Hardwick
Joe Ford
Matt Smith
George Worth
Brendan Macken
Jonah Holmes
Jordan Olowofela

[fivepointer]

WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR PRE-SEASON FRIENDLY AGAINST THE DRAGONS TONIGHT WILL BE STREAMED LIVE VIA THE GLOUCESTER RUGBY TV YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

Commentary will be provided by BBC Radio Gloucestershire’s Andrew Pugh who will be joined by Gloucester Rugby players, Paddy McAllister and Tom Marshall.

The live feed will be available from 7.40pm tonight.

Make sure you don’t miss out on the broadcast by subscribing to GRTV by clicking here

[fivepointer]

Wasps team to face Ulster at the Ricoh Arena on Friday August 24 (7:30pm kick off)

15 Rob Miller
14 Christian Wade
13 Elliot Daly
12 Juan De Jongh
11 Josh Bassett
10 Billy Searle
9 Dan Robson
1 Ben Harris
2 Tom Cruse
3 Kieran Brookes
4 Joe Launchbury ©
5 Will Rowlands
6 Nizaam Carr
7 Joe Atkinson
8 Nathan Hughes

16 Tommy Taylor
17 Zurabi Zhvania
18 Will Stuart
19 James Gaskell
20 Thomas Young
21 Craig Hampson
22 Michael Le Bourgeois
23 Gaby Lovobalavu
24 Marcus Watson
25 Charlie Matthews
26 Ashley Johnson

[fivepointer]

Another game being streamed this evening -

Missed out on tickets to watch Saracens vs Ospreys at the HAC on Thursday 23rd August?
Fear not, you can enjoy all the action by following Saracens Official on Facebook and tuning in to the live stream. Kick-off is at 18H00 and the live stream will start from 17H45.

There will be a wealth of experience in the commentary box with former Saracens player Will Fraser and sports commentator Nick Heath providing their analysis on the game.

[richy678]

Coventry Derby on Saturday

Cov v a Wasps 15

Its gonna be Wasps A league team as the 1sts are playing Ulster Friday.

Cov have stuffed Mosely and Leinsters developemnt squad the past couple of weeks.

[Which Tyler]

Bath vs Scarlets:
Bath Rugby to face Scarlets

15. Tom Homer
14. Semesa Rokoduguni
13. Jackson Willison
12. Jamie Roberts
11. Jack Wilson
10. Rhys Priestland (c)
9. Chris Cook

1. Will Vaughan
2. Tom Dunn
3. Henry Thomas
4. Dave Attwood
5. Luke Charteris
6. Zach Mercer
7. Sam Underhill
8. Taulupe Faletau

Replacements
16. Jack Walker; 17. Michael van Vuuren; 18. Nathan Catt; 19. Anthony Perenise; 20. Sam Nixon
21. Elliott Stooke; 22. Matt Garvey; 23. Paul Grant; 24. Josh Bayliss
25. Will Chudley; 26. Freddie Burns; 27. Max Clark; 28. Levi Davis; 29. Joe Cokanasiga; 30. Darren Atkins

[Digby]

The forwards look attacking the backs, Roko aside, not so much

[Which Tyler]

Scarlets Vs Bath:
15 Leigh Halfpenny
14 Tom Prydie
13 Jonathan Davies
12 Kieron Fonotia
11 Steff Evans
10 Rhys Patchell
9 Sam Hidalgo-Clyde

1 Rob Evans
2 Ryan Elias
3 Samson Lee
4 David Bulbring
5 Steve Cummins
6 Blade Thomson
7 James Davies
8 Uzair Cassiem

Presumably with a lengthy bench as well

[Numbers]

Bath vs Scarlets:
Bath Rugby to face Scarlets

15. Tom Homer
14. Semesa Rokoduguni
13. Jackson Willison
12. Jamie Roberts
11. Jack Wilson
10. Rhys Priestland (c)
9. Chris Cook

1. Will Vaughan
2. Tom Dunn
3. Henry Thomas
4. Dave Attwood
5. Luke Charteris
6. Zach Mercer
7. Sam Underhill
8. Taulupe Faletau

Replacements
16. Jack Walker; 17. Michael van Vuuren; 18. Nathan Catt; 19. Anthony Perenise; 20. Sam Nixon
21. Elliott Stooke; 22. Matt Garvey; 23. Paul Grant; 24. Josh Bayliss
25. Will Chudley; 26. Freddie Burns; 27. Max Clark; 28. Levi Davis; 29. Joe Cokanasiga; 30. Darren Atkins

That Bath back row looks excellent.

[Adam_P]

NORTHAMPTON SAINTS v GLASGOW WARRIORS
Preseason Friendly
Friday 24th August, 2018
Franklin’s Gardens
Kick-off: 7.30pm

15 Ahsee Tuala
14 Ken Pisi
13 Rory Hutchinson
12 Piers Francis
11 Tom Collins
10 Dan Biggar
9 Cobus Reinach

1 Alex Waller (c)
2 James Fish
3 Ben Franks
4 David Ribbans
5 Courtney Lawes
6 James Haskell
7 Heinrich Brüssow
8 Teimana Harrison

Replacements:
Mikey Haywood, Dylan Hartley (c), Will Davis, Francois van Wyk, Ehren Painter, Api Ratuniyarawa, Jamie Gibson, Lewis Ludlam, Mitch Eadie, Alex Mitchell, James Grayson, Nafi Tuitavake, Ollie Sleightholme

[Raggs]

Great news that there's more games being streamed!

[Digby]

Saints need a player called Fry such a passing move can go Biggar, Fish to Fry

[twitchy]

Can you guys paste the links in the thread when you are watching please (just because I'm lazy). Haven't watched any rugby for ages.

[Timbo]

I can’t get the Sarries Facebook stream to work. Just stays as a black screen.

[fivepointer]

Glos are here later

[twitchy]

Cheers.

[Puja]

Saints need a player called Fry such a passing move can go Biggar, Fish to Fry

As no-one else appears willing to endorse this, I will.

Puja

[twitchy]

This sarries game.

Prawn sandwich is underestimating the crowd.

Smoked salmon sliders?

[jimKRFC]

Two friendlies for Bris this week;
Bristol Bears team to face Nottingham at Clifton training base on Friday, August 24th (2.30pm KO):
15. Jack Tovey; 14. Charlie Powell, 13. Will Hurrell, 12. Tusi Pisi (c), 11. Tom Pincus; 10. Tiff Eden, 9. Harry Randall; 1. Jordan Lay, 2. Shaun Malton, 3. Lewis Thiede, 4. Joe Joyce, 5. John Hawkins, 6. Sam Jeffries, 7. Jake Heenan, 8. Nick Haining.
Replacements: 16. Tom Lindsay, 17. Tom Rowland, 18. Ollie Dawe, 19. Ehize Ehizode, 20. Sam Graham, 21. Reiss Cullen, 22. Sam Bedlow, 23. Matt Welsh.

Bristol Bears team to face Connacht at Ashton Gate on Friday, August 24th (7.45pm KO):
15. Luke Daniels; 14. Luke Morahan, 13. Alapati Leiua, 12. Siale Piutau, 11. Ryan Edwards; 10. Ian Madigan, 9. Nic Stirzaker; 1. Yann Thomas, 2. Harry Thacker, 3. John Afoa, 4. Ed Holmes, 5. Joe Latta, 6. Steve Luatua (c), 7. George Smith, 8. Jack Lam.
Replacements: 16. Nick Fenton-Wells, 17. Jake Woolmore, 18. Jake Armstrong, 19. Chris Vui, 20. Jordan Crane, 21. Andy Uren, 22. Callum Sheedy, 23. Charles Piutau, 24. Piers O’Conor.

[Puja]

Who do you reckon's going to start out of Stirzaker and Randall when the season proper starts?

Puja

[Renniks]

Warriors played their final pre-season game today - a 57 – 0 thumping of Birmingham Mosely

Josh Adams and Tom Howe getting hattricks, and got 30 players game time

Always wonder if that type of contest is useful or not… but they've got a week to get ready for Wasps now - will be interested to see what the starting XV is for sure!

Centre will be interesting, with Te'o, Beck, Ventner, Mills, Lawrence, Olivier all options

Looking forward to this season — if our pack can stand up to other teams, we could do well!

[jimKRFC]

Who do you reckon's going to start out of Stirzaker and Randall when the season proper starts?

Puja

Given Stirzaker is starting against Connnacht, I think he's currently first choice at 9. Lots of time to change that though.

[Mikey Brown]

Who wouldn’t want to see a Lawrence Olivier pairing?

[Tigersman]

Is that Wuss v Birmingham Mosely the only preseason game involving a Prem team and a Nat 1 team?

Also don't forget Butler.
My money will be on Butler or Lawrence leaving within 2 seasons.