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Gloucester Rugby

15. Kyle Moyle
14. Louis Rees-Zammit *
13. Giorgi Kveseladze
12. Mark Atkinson
11. Santiago Carreras
10. Billy Twelvetrees
9. Charlie Chapman *

1. Val Rapava-Ruskin
2. Jack Singleton
3. Fraser Balmain
4. Ed Slater
5. Matias Alemanno
6. Jordy Reid
7. Lewis Ludlow (c) *
8. Ruan Ackermann


16. Santiago Socino
17. Jamal Ford-Robinson
18. Bryan O’Connor
19. Ben Morgan
20. Jack Clement *

21. Willi Heinz
22. George Barton *
23. Tom Seabrook *

Saints
15 George Furbank
14 Matt Proctor
13 Rory Hutchinson
12 Piers Francis
11 Tommy Freeman
10 Dan Biggar
9 Tom James

1 Alex Waller (co-capt)
2 Sam Matavesi
3 Paul Hill
4 Dave Ribbans
5 Api Ratuniyarawa
6 Tom Wood
7 Lewis Ludlam (co-capt)
8 Teimana Harrison

Replacements:
16 James Fish
17 Nick Auterac
18 Ehren Painter
19 Alex Moon
20 Shaun Adendorff
21 Henry Taylor
22 Fraser Dingwall
23 Taqele Naiyaravoro

Unavailable:

MATT BANAHAN
Area of injury: Lower Leg
FREDDIE CLARKE
Area of injury: Neck
ALEX CRAIG
Area of injury: Illness
LLOYD EVANS
Area of injury: Thigh
JAMIE GIBSON
Area of injury: Hip
CHRIS HARRIS
Area of injury: Shoulder
JONNY MAY
Area of injury: Ankle
SEB NAGLE-TAYLOR
Area of injury: Foot
JAKE POLLEDRI
Area of injury: Knee
CHARLIE SHARPLES
Area of injury: Chest
OLLIE THORLEY
Area of injury: Shoulder
JASON WOODWARD
Area of injury: Groin

Can't really see anything other than a Saints win - 36 at 10 never goes that well. Down to our last legs in positions 11-15 and an academy prop on the bench.

Shame Sleightholme is injured, would have liked to see a foot race between him and LRZ

I am biased when it comes to LRZ, but i've not seen anyone in the prem who is faster. It is difficult to judge on TV only mind....

I wouldn't be worried as a Saints fan tho - with 36 at 10 the probability of a flowing backs move where the ball reaches LRZ is low.

He is lightning, but Sleightholme is deceptively quick. One of those whose legs don't look to be moving all that fast, but he eats up the pitch. I think it'd be quite close.

Adam_P wrote:He is lightning, but Sleightholme is deceptively quick. One of those whose legs don't look to be moving all that fast, but he eats up the pitch. I think it'd be quite close.

I suspect LRZ takes it, what I like about Sleightholme is his determination in contact, he really powers through. Reminds me of Brown I guess.

Raggs wrote:

Adam_P wrote:He is lightning, but Sleightholme is deceptively quick. One of those whose legs don't look to be moving all that fast, but he eats up the pitch. I think it'd be quite close.

I suspect LRZ takes it, what I like about Sleightholme is his determination in contact, he really powers through. Reminds me of Brown I guess.

He's quite aggy too...

LRZ is quicker I reckon

Raggs wrote:

Adam_P wrote:He is lightning, but Sleightholme is deceptively quick. One of those whose legs don't look to be moving all that fast, but he eats up the pitch. I think it'd be quite close.

I suspect LRZ takes it, what I like about Sleightholme is his determination in contact, he really powers through. Reminds me of Brown I guess.

He's a very smart player too, and quick, tho not LRZ quick I'd think.

Raggs wrote:

Adam_P wrote:He is lightning, but Sleightholme is deceptively quick. One of those whose legs don't look to be moving all that fast, but he eats up the pitch. I think it'd be quite close.

I suspect LRZ takes it, what I like about Sleightholme is his determination in contact, he really powers through. Reminds me of Brown I guess.

Yeah, I can definitely see the Brown comparison. Probably helps that they look vaguely alike too.

My only concern with Sleightholme is that he does seem to be injury prone.

On C5.

Total shit from Saints so far. Line out is particularly bad

Biggar off? What happened?

Collision with 36, failed HIA.

Nothing offered from saints really, Glos should be further ahead, Saints can’t be as bad in the next 40, so I’m concerned we are only 10 up.

Pretty poor quality overall it has to be said. Very stop-start, cheap penalties and a lack of composure when they do have the ball. Northamptons ball presentation is truly rubbish, no wonder they can't unleash the backs

I'm definitely on board the LRZ hype train now. You could be forgiven for thinking he's 1 dimensional but he really reads space and support so well. Appears to have a pretty solid all round game though anyway? Just the pace alone is so absurd but if he continues developing the strength to shake off tacklers he's going to be unstoppable.

How on earth is this the same Saints team that has played so well the last few rounds. This is total dross. Clueless. You'd never be able to tell that top 4 rests on this game.

Didn't realise Tom Wood was still playing at 53. Still a great head of hair.

Had to stop watching, switched to exeter wuss, it was just poor.

This doesn't even look like the same Saints team that played Tigers a couple of weeks ago. Ok the poor discipline is still the same but they look limp and rudderless. I've only seen the second half but it sounds like the first half was the soon.

Furbank, how did he ever get capped?

FKAS wrote:
Furbank, how did he ever get capped?

Twas the moustache.

Mr Mwenda wrote:

FKAS wrote:
Furbank, how did he ever get capped?

Twas the moustache.

Fair point it was a good tash.

Not sure how Proctor got away with the cheeky dig to the face of LRZ that started the right. Surely he should have had the yellow.

No one should have got a yellow from that, literally nothing happened apart from 5 mins of wasted time watch replays of a group hug. Tempest loves to stop a game going doesn't he