Sale vs Gloucester

[Puja]

Sale:
15 Mike Haley, 14 Denny Solomona, 13 Sam James, 12 Mark Jennings,11 Byron McGuigan, 10 AJ MacGinty, 9 Faf de Klerk, 1 Ross Harrison, 2 Rob Webber, 3 Alex Tarus, 4 Bryn Evans, 5 Josh Beaumont, 6 Jono Ross (Captain), 7 Ben Curry, 8 Josh Strauss

Replacements: 16 Marc Jones, 17 James Flynn,18 Halani Aulika, 19 Andre Ostrikov, 20 Tom Curry,21 Cameron Neild,22 Will Cliff, 23 James O'Connor


Gloucester Rugby:

15. Jason Woodward; 14. David Halaifonua, 13. Henry Trinder, 12. Billy Twelvetrees, 11. Henry Purdy; 10. Billy Burns, 9. Willi Heinz (capt); 1. Val Rapava Ruskin, 2. Richard Hibbard, 3. Gareth Denman; 4. Ed Slater, 5. Jeremy Thrush; 6. Freddie Clarke, 7. Lewis Ludlow, 8. Ruan Ackermann

Replacements:

16. Motu Matu’u, 17. Josh Hohneck, 18. John Afoa, 19. Tom Savage, 20. Jacob Rowan, 21. Callum Braley, 22. Owen Williams, 23. Ben Vellacott

Unavailable for selection:

Mark Atkinson, Fraser Balmain, Tom Denton, Gareth Evans, Lloyd Evans, Mariano Galarza, Tom Hudson, Tom Marshall, Ben Morgan, Ross Moriarty, Tom Seabrook, Matt Scott, Charlie Sharples, Andy Symons, Ollie Thorley

[Banquo]

shame Thorley is crocked, been looking good; hopefully Trinder will make it through again, indecently sprightly for someone who has suffered so much injury

[Scrumhead]

What's the weather forecast in Greater Manchester tomorrow night? If it's dry, I can see this one being a really entertaining game. If it's wet though, it could be terrible.

Gloucester have played some nice rugby recently but they are never good on the road, so I fancy Sale to pick up the home win regardless of the conditions.

[Puja]

Met Office says rain during the day, but dry after 6pm. Sounds promising.

Puja

[Gloskarlos]

Difficult match to call, LBP for Glos probably due to us not travelling well currently and being still in Ackerman transition phase. Team looks decent enough on paper, very surprised to see Savage on the bench when he was out cold last week....... Williams making his debut from the bench will be of much interest to shed heads.

[Mikey Brown]

Yeah, actually slightly hard to see where Williams fits in with this side.

[Discreet Hooker]

Yeah, actually slightly hard to see where Williams fits in with this side.

Will get more games when Billy gets his England call up . . . . .

[Banquo]

ouch

[Mellsblue]

Blimey.

[Banquo]

Looks like Solomana having a field day at the expense of Purdy

[TheNomad]

Looks like Solomana having a field day at the expense of Purdy

He's some finisher that guy. Surely there's a test player in there.

Needs coaching on his defence, but he's got a good chance to make an England spot his own, though I recognise that wouldn't be popular with everyone!

[Tigersman]

solomona is only 23 was thinking he was like 25/26.

[fivepointer]

57-10 is quite a hammering. I thought Sale would get a reasonably comfortable win but not by that margin. Worrying from a Glaws perspective.

[Scrumhead]

Hmm - it really is. Gloucester are a totally different team on the road. Ackermann has his work cut out there.

I'm not going to comment any further on that scoreline though as I have a feeling Quins are going to get hammered by Saints today. Saints are in very good form and we're missing half of our first team - no Brown, Robshaw, Marler, Horwill or Buchanan, we have an average lock (Glynn) playing at 6 and a very weak bench. Could get ugly ...

[Mikey Brown]

At least we've got double Lion, Jamie Tiberts.

[Scrumhead]

The backs aren't too bad. I actually prefer Walker to Visser, but I'm sure there are plenty who would disagree. Morris is a decent reserve for Brown.

I don't think I've seen a Quins pack that poor for a long time though? I'm seriously concerned about the breakdown and with Saints in good form, I think we could get destroyed up front.

[Mikey Brown]

I just don't want Lawes going anywhere near Smith.

[Scrumhead]

Same here ...

I just watched the highlights of the Sale vs. Gloucester game and there were some very nice tries in there. 3 intercept tries as well ...

[Which Tyler]

57-10 is quite a hammering. I thought Sale would get a reasonably comfortable win but not by that margin. Worrying from a Glaws perspective.

WTF happened there?

Now I REALLY hope we can beat Wasps this weekend - I get a lot of abuse around here when Bath win and Glos lose normally; I can't really give it back if we both lose though

[16th man]

Same here ...

I just watched the highlights of the Sale vs. Gloucester game and there were some very nice tries in there. 3 intercept tries as well ...

I think it may be time for another check on those posters who nominated De Klerk for the James Schuster award.

[Puja]

Just watched the highlights. Great try by Solomona for his first, but what the hell was he doing tiptoeing along the dead ball line? I watched the replay in slow-mo and he clearly puts a toe on the line in one of his strides, so he's damned lucky that the ref didn't call for the TMO.

Bit of a weird game to watch the highlights of, cause the scoreline suggested that Sale utterly dominated, but all of the tries were from distance and you didn't get the impression that they were all over them in terms of territory or possession. Anyone watch the full thing?

Puja

[Raggs]

Had a bad stream that kept being interrupted, but it felt like Sale were rather clinical, and Gloucester extremely wasteful. A few more things stick for Glaws, and it was a very different result.

[Mellsblue]

Which position did O'Connor play? Couldn't work it out from the highlights.

[Gloskarlos]

Just watched the highlights. Great try by Solomona for his first, but what the hell was he doing tiptoeing along the dead ball line? I watched the replay in slow-mo and he clearly puts a toe on the line in one of his strides, so he's damned lucky that the ref didn't call for the TMO.

Bit of a weird game to watch the highlights of, cause the scoreline suggested that Sale utterly dominated, but all of the tries were from distance and you didn't get the impression that they were all over them in terms of territory or possession. Anyone watch the full thing?

Puja

Glos had the lions share of territory and possession, three intercept tries and 14 points shipped when 36 was in the sin bin essentially took all the wind out of gloucesters sails. Ackerman trying to get glos to play exciting rugby but terrible execution here just gave sale easy tries. Score line flattered certainly, but glos DID make that many mistakes.

[Banquo]

Just watched the highlights. Great try by Solomona for his first, but what the hell was he doing tiptoeing along the dead ball line? I watched the replay in slow-mo and he clearly puts a toe on the line in one of his strides, so he's damned lucky that the ref didn't call for the TMO.

Bit of a weird game to watch the highlights of, cause the scoreline suggested that Sale utterly dominated, but all of the tries were from distance and you didn't get the impression that they were all over them in terms of territory or possession. Anyone watch the full thing?

Puja

Glos had the lions share of territory and possession, three intercept tries and 14 points shipped when 36 was in the sin bin essentially took all the wind out of gloucesters sails. Ackerman trying to get glos to play exciting rugby but terrible execution here just gave sale easy tries. Score line flattered certainly, but glos DID make that many mistakes.

He is trying to get them doing that, but the skills aren't there, nor are they recognising when not to. Owen Williams may be able to bring some game management, painful as that is re BB