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27-26 to Ealing!

Great result for Ealing, but Sarries were under strength. Still good to see them lose!

jimKRFC wrote:27-26 to Ealing!

Great result for Ealing, but Sarries were under strength. Still good to see them lose!

Not sure under-strength describes it when we're talking about only 1 of their England players and none of the 8 who went on the ill-advised Barbarians drinking trips. Still, good to see Ealing eke it out, although it doesn't bode well for them putting up an actual fight in the Champ!

Puja

Solid prem and euro experience in that team though. Duncan Taylor a Scottish international too

I was under the impression they had 7 internationals in the side...

You had
Hooley (USA) championship player anyway
Taylor (Scotland)
Davies (Wales)
Mawi (Fiji)
Vunipola (England)
Pifeleti (USA)

For reference:

15 Elliott Obatoyinbo
14 Ben Harris
13 Dom Morris
12 Duncan Taylor
11 Rotimi Segun
10 Will Hooley
9 Aled Davies
1 Eroni Mawi
2 Tom Woolstencroft ©
3 Vincent Koch
4 Jon Kpoku
5 Ollie Stonham
6 Janco Venter
7 Andy Christie
8 Billy Vunipola

Replacements

16 Kapeli Pifeleti
17 Sam Crean
18 Josh Ibuanokpe
19 Llewelyn Jones
20 Callum Hunter-Hill
21 Tom Whiteley
22 Harry Sloan
23 Charlie Watson


15 David Johnston 14 Angus Kernohan 13 Fraser Strachan 12 Pat Howard 11 Dean Hammond 10 Craig Willis 9 Craig Hampson 1 Kyle Whyte 2 Alun Walker 3 Elliot Millar Mills 4 Bobby De Wee 5 Simon Linsell 6 Kieran Murphy 7 Adam Korczyk 8 Rayn Smid (c)

Replacements:

16 Michael Van Vuuren 17 Will Davis 18 George Davis 19 Ben West 20 Shane Buckley 21 Guy Thompson 22 Jordan Burns 23 Steven Shingler


I might be an absolute child, but I'm not getting over the name "Bobby De Wee" any time soon.

Puja

How many internationals did Ealing have?

I would check myself but had a bit too much gin - trying to polish off the hibiscus tonic...

jimKRFC wrote:How many internationals did Ealing have?

I would check myself but had a bit too much gin - trying to polish off the hibiscus tonic...

Only 1 (Shingler on the bench), so it is a very good result from their perspective, but it does emphasise that Saracens are unlikely to face any realistic problems walking the Champ given that their toughest opposition could only squeeze out a 1 point victory when Saracens were missing 13 of their top players.

Puja

Koch didn't play pulled out during the warm up.

Probably thought that they just needed to turn up.

If your surname is Millar Mills are you automatically good at rugby?!?!?

How close to an Ealing first team is that. I expected to see Shingler, Guy Thompson and Van Vuren all start with their Premiership experience previously. Buckley has quite a bit of experience at this level as well. No Malton or Bodily and hasn't Charlie Walker joined them as well?

Mellsblue wrote:If your surname is Millar Mills are you automatically good at rugby?!?!?

Hah, hadn't noticed him. I assume it's a relative?

Puja

Buckley played 6 games for Ealing last season only 2 was starts.
Alun Walker has been one of their best players for a while IMO so would be surprised if others are ahead of him atm.
Thompson and Korczyk are most likely a toss up, Thompson is 34 and will prob be rotating regularly with Korczyk too get the best mileage from him

Puja wrote: I might be an absolute child, but I'm not getting over the name "Bobby De Wee" any time soon.

Puja

Are you taking the p*ss?