Glos V Sarries Friday

[Gloskarlos]

Thought this deserved it's own thread:-

Gloucester Rugby team news

15. Santiago Carreras
14. Louis Rees-Zammit *
13. Chris Harris
12. Mark Atkinson
11. Ollie Thorley *
10. Adam Hastings
9. Charlie Chapman *

1. Val Rapava-Ruskin
2. Jack Singleton
3. Fraser Balmain
4. Freddie Clarke *
5. Matias Alemanno
6. Jordy Reid
7. Lewis Ludlow * (c)
8. Ben Morgan

Replacements

16. Santiago Socino
17. Harry Elrington
18. Jamal Ford-Robinson
19. Andrew Davidson
20. Jack Clement *
21. Ben Meehan
22. Billy Twelvetrees
23. Tom Seabrook *

[Gloskarlos]

The Oppo:

1 Eroni Mawi
2 Jamie George
3 Vincent Koch
4 Maro Itoje
5 Tim Swinson
6 Theo McFarland
7 Ben Earl
8 Billy Vunipola

9 Aled Davies
10 Owen Farrell (c)
11 Sean Maitland
12 Nick Tompkins
13 Elliot Daly
14 Rotimi Segun
15 Alex Goode

Replacements:

16 Kapeli Pifeleti
17 Richard Barrington
18 Alec Clarey
19 Nick Isiekwe
20 Andy Christie
21 Ivan van Zyl
22 Duncan Taylor
23 Alex Lozowski

[Gloskarlos]

No Ruan or Kiril a big blow for Glos. 100 caps for Thorley.

Big old test tomorrow....

[Peej]

Is this on tv?

[Gloskarlos]

Believe it will be on BT sport yes

[Peej]

Excellent, thanks.

Sarries looking ominous, but they often struggle against Glos. Will be interesting to see how this goes.

[twitchy]

Sarries looking in top form from the off.

[FKAS]

That Billy Vunipola lad is having a very good game, wonder if he could do a job for England...

[Timbo]

Billy looking fantastic it has to be said.

[fivepointer]

Pretty dreadful night for Glos. They made error after error and failed to show the required composure. That was a poor all round performance.
Saracens very good, though. They are hitting their stride at exactly the right time.

[Banquo]

Billy looking fantastic it has to be said.

He's been in good nick for a while; has to still be in contention with Eddie, if Eddie can manage a climb down.

[Timbo]

Billy looking fantastic it has to be said.

He's been in good nick for a while; has to still be in contention with Eddie, if Eddie can manage a climb down.

Yes, he’s having a good season. Last night was the best I’ve seen him carry in a few years. He just looked incredibly sharp all round.

[FKAS]

Billy looking fantastic it has to be said.

He's been in good nick for a while; has to still be in contention with Eddie, if Eddie can manage a climb down.

I'm sure Eddie will style it out and claim at least partial credit. He has recalled players drilled previously, as recently as Ford for the 6N.

[Mellsblue]

Billy looking fantastic it has to be said.

He's been in good nick for a while; has to still be in contention with Eddie, if Eddie can manage a climb down.

I'm sure Eddie will style it out and claim at least partial credit. He has recalled players drilled previously, as recently as Ford for the 6N.

Yep. It’ll be because being dropped was exactly what he needed. It was for Jamie George which was lucky as injuries meant he had to be recalled….

[Banquo]

Billy looking fantastic it has to be said.

He's been in good nick for a while; has to still be in contention with Eddie, if Eddie can manage a climb down.

Yes, he’s having a good season. Last night was the best I’ve seen him carry in a few years. He just looked incredibly sharp all round.

His all round game is somewhat underrated I've felt- he's an excellent passer, and more than decent over the ball. The one area he hasn't cracked 100% is ball retention/maybe concentration.