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Saracens: Goode; Malins, Lozowski, Tompkins, Daly; Farrell (capt), Davies; Barrington, George, Koch, Itoje, Isiekwe, Wray, Earl, B Vunipola

Replacements: Woolstencroft, Mawi, Wainwright, Swinson, Christie, de Haas, Taylor, Maitland

Bristol: Lane; Leiua, O'Conor, Frisch, Bates; Eden, Randall; Woolmore, Thacker, Armstrong, Attwood, Joyce (capt), Vui, D Thomas, Harding.

Replacements: Kerr, Y Thomas, Afoa, Jeffries, Green, Sheedy, Radradra, Piutau

Referee: Christophe Ridley (RFU).

That's a hell of a Sarries team! Can't see anything other than a home win here...

Good to see Lam rewarding form and keeping Eden and POC in rather than just sticking Sheedy & Semi in. A 4/4 bench is er.. "brave"... can't see it's by choice.

Confirmation, not that it’s needed, that Rich Lane is better than Piutau.

Daly on the wing, huzzah! Malins on the wing, boo. Interesting to see how Sarries go- near full strength.

Banquo wrote:Daly on the wing, huzzah! Malins on the wing, boo. Interesting to see how Sarries go- near full strength.

Yes, beat me to it. I think they make a balanced wing pair - certainly at club level.

Oakboy wrote:

Banquo wrote:Daly on the wing, huzzah! Malins on the wing, boo. Interesting to see how Sarries go- near full strength.

Yes, beat me to it. I think they make a balanced wing pair - certainly at club level.

I think Malins needs to be at 10

Banquo wrote:

Oakboy wrote:

Banquo wrote:Daly on the wing, huzzah! Malins on the wing, boo. Interesting to see how Sarries go- near full strength.

Yes, beat me to it. I think they make a balanced wing pair - certainly at club level.

I think Malins needs to be at 10

Ah, so Farrell can play at 12, I get you.

Puja

Puja wrote:

Banquo wrote:

Oakboy wrote:
Yes, beat me to it. I think they make a balanced wing pair - certainly at club level.

I think Malins needs to be at 10

Ah, so Farrell can play at 12, I get you.

Puja

or...bench, his rightful place in any team. That way you get the intangibles without paying the price of stinking up the midfield when any sort of quick decision-making/passing needs doing, annoying the ref, high dangerous tackles, and generally charging round like a mad chicken.

jimKRFC wrote:That's a hell of a Sarries team! Can't see anything other than a home win here...

Good to see Lam rewarding form and keeping Eden and POC in rather than just sticking Sheedy & Semi in. A 4/4 bench is er.. "brave"... can't see it's by choice.

A 4/4 bench is certainly novel.

Radradra getting a kick up the backside. Hearing good things about Frisch. Be interesting to see how he goes tomorrow. Bris up against it, though.

I hope more rugby games are played at the new Lane. Looks fantastic.

Dallaglio’s love for Farrell knows no bounds.
I’ve only watched him play twice but….. Tiff Eden is not a Prem standard player.

It should be a yellow for Vunipola and the freedom of Tottenham for Rich Lane.

Mellsblue wrote:Dallaglio’s love for Farrell knows no bounds.

It’s borderline sexual harassment.

Mellsblue wrote:

Mellsblue wrote:Dallaglio’s love for Farrell knows no bounds.

It’s borderline sexual harassment.

Remove borderline from the above sentence.
Regulation pull back pass by Farrell then quick hands with perfect timing by Goode, another 40 yards down the pitch an inch perfect spin pass from Lozowski followed by great pace and a great step by Daly to score the try, and Lawrence tells us it was ‘all made by Farrell’.

Mellsblue wrote:Dallaglio’s love for Farrell knows no bounds.
I’ve only watched him play twice but….. Tiff Eden is not a Prem standard player.

The love in is pathetic. Dallaglio & Goode are combining to provide unarguably the most dimwitted, subjective and ill informed punditry possible.

The game itself is good fun. Bris looking sharp at times in attack but defensively brittle and that scrum is creaking badly.

Tiff Eden is a class player. Am I watching the same game?!?!

There was a worse ‘tackle’ by Farrell seconds earlier than the one they picked up.

Mellsblue wrote:

Mellsblue wrote:

Mellsblue wrote:Dallaglio’s love for Farrell knows no bounds.

It’s borderline sexual harassment.

Remove borderline from the above sentence.

“I love Owen Farrell to bits.” The prosecution rests its case.

Dayglo says "nobody wants to be carding the eng capt on his return so you can understand the decision". Incredible.

What the duck is Dallaglio talking about. Unbelievable and incredible.

It makes you wish for Dewi Morris. Which is not a good place to be!

Silly Vui.

Could’ve sworn that last pass was forward. Hope it’s not… great (edit: non) try!

Frustrating game for bris.

Bris only have themselves to blame. They didnt make anything of possession they had 5m out of the Saracens line and fluffed the final 2v1.
One that got away but admirable efforts from the forwards who went the full 80, Thacker, Joyce, Attwood and Harding.