Bristol v London Irish, Sunday game

[jimKRFC]

Bristol side:
15. Charles Piutau; 14. Luke Morahan, 13. Piers O’Conor, 12. Siale Piutau, 11. Toby Fricker; 10. Callum Sheedy, 9. Andy Uren; 1. Jake Woolmore, 2. Harry Thacker, 3. John Afoa, 4. Joe Joyce, 5. Chris Vui, 6. Steven Luatua (c), 7. Dan Thomas, 8. Nathan Hughes.

Replacements: 16. Will Capon, 17. Yann Thomas, 18. Max Lahiff, 19. Ed Holmes, 20. Luke Hamilton, 21. Harry Randall, 22. Ioan Lloyd, 23. Alapati Leiua.

12 EQP, 6 Academy & 3 Bristolians, better than most squads we put out last season I think. Bit nervous about the game, but hopefully a win for us.

L.i:
15 Paddy Jackson, 14 Waisake Naholo, 13 Tom Stephenson, 12 Terrence Hepetema, 11 Curtis Rona, 10 Stephen Myler, 9 Ben Meehan, 1 Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi, 2 Saia Fainga’a, 3 Ollie Hoskins, 4 Ruan Botha, 5 Franco van der Merwe ©, 6 Matt Rogerson, 7 Blair Cowan, 8 Albert Tuisue
Replacements:
16 Motu Matu’u, 17 Harry Elrington, 18 Lovejoy Chawatama, 19 Adam Coleman, 20 Steve Mafi, 21 TJ Ioane, 22 Nick Phipps, 23 Tom Parton

[fivepointer]

12 EQP is a lot better than Irish's pathetic representation of 5.

Bris should win this.

[Tigersman]

12 EQP is a lot better than Irish's pathetic representation of 5.

Bris should win this.

I counted 7.
Stephenson, Hepetema, Myler, Hobbs-Awoyemi, Rogerson, Elrington, Parton

[fivepointer]

Wasnt aware Hepetema was EQ. Rogerson I missed.
7 is pretty woeful still.

[Tigersman]

Wasnt aware Hepetema was EQ. Rogerson I missed.
7 is pretty woeful still.

Born in Brent.

But yeh I agree 7 is poor

[Mellsblue]

Think I might email LI and suggest a name change. London Southern Hemisphere Journeymen would be closer to the truth.

[Stom]

Think I might email LI and suggest a name change. London Southern Hemisphere Journeymen would be closer to the truth.

Reading Journeymen, surely: they've not moved back to London yet!

[Mellsblue]

Think I might email LI and suggest a name change. London Southern Hemisphere Journeymen would be closer to the truth.

Reading Journeymen, surely: they've not moved back to London yet!

True!

[jimKRFC]

Finished 27 - 27, bonus point for both sides I think.

Summed on the sportsnetwork site as up as 3 points from a disaster. LI unlucky not to win even though down to 14 for the 2nd half.

[fivepointer]

Bristol get a try BP too.
They will be disappointed with that. Playing against 14 for the 2nd half and just edging ahead towards the end only to give up a penalty which tied the scores.
Irish proving they are going to be resilient opponents this season.

[Scrumhead]

Massive credit to Irish for staying in the fight. Not my favourite team for many reasons, but fair play to them!