Referee: Luke Pearce
Assistant referees: Andrew Jackson and John Meredith
No.4: Dean Richards
TMO: Sara Cox
Northampton Saints London Irish
George Furbank 15 H. Arundell
Ollie Sleightholme 14 B.Loader
Matt Proctor 13 C.Rona
Rory Hutchinson 12 B.J V Rensburg
Tom Collins 11 O. Hassell-Collins
Dan Biggar (c) 10 P.Jackson
Alex Mitchell 9 B.White
Alex Waller 1 F.Gigena
Sam Matavesi 2 M.Cornish
Paul Hill 3 L.Chawatama
Lukhan Salakaia-Loto 4 R.Simmons
Alex Moon 5 A.Coleman (c)
Alex Coles 6 B.Donnell
Aaron Hinkley 7 T.Pearson
Juarno Augustus 8 M.Rogerson
Apologies for the format - had it all spaced out properly, but it doesn't seem to want to display spaces/tabbing.
Potential for a very entertaining game here, two sets of exciting backs. Good to see Hutchinson back with us - certainly our most creative centre. Hopefully Ratuniyarawa doesn't come back off the bench to bite us!
Re: Saints Vs Irish - Sat 2pm
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2022 10:06 am
by FKAS
Somewhat annoyed this isn't on BT, looks like it'll be a cracking game.
I suspect Biggar will look to test Arundell's positioning and work under the high ball. Sleightholme and Collins should be quick enough to apply plenty of pressure.
Re: Saints Vs Irish - Sat 2pm
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2022 10:08 am
by fivepointer
Game of the weekend.
Re: Saints Vs Irish - Sat 2pm
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2022 10:13 am
by Puja
fivepointer wrote:Game of the weekend.
I think Quins vs Sarries looks pretty tasty, but this is clearly a step up on Worcester vs Exeter which is the other televised game.
Puja
Re: Saints Vs Irish - Sat 2pm
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2022 10:14 am
by Adam_P
FKAS wrote:Somewhat annoyed this isn't on BT, looks like it'll be a cracking game.
I suspect Biggar will look to test Arundell's positioning and work under the high ball. Sleightholme and Collins should be quick enough to apply plenty of pressure.
Until a couple of days ago it wasn't going to be on PRTV either, due to the rescheduling. At least they've sorted that out or Saints were going to have both games from the first two rounds not broadcast at all and with no TMO.
Re: Saints Vs Irish - Sat 2pm
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2022 1:47 pm
by FKAS
Adam_P wrote:
FKAS wrote:Somewhat annoyed this isn't on BT, looks like it'll be a cracking game.
I suspect Biggar will look to test Arundell's positioning and work under the high ball. Sleightholme and Collins should be quick enough to apply plenty of pressure.
Until a couple of days ago it wasn't going to be on PRTV either, due to the rescheduling. At least they've sorted that out or Saints were going to have both games from the first two rounds not broadcast at all and with no TMO.
Ridiculous isn't it. Wish it had been on last night, was struggling to find anything to watch last night.
Re: Saints Vs Irish - Sat 2pm
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2022 2:04 pm
by Adam_P
No Biggar, Grayson starting at 10
Re: Saints Vs Irish - Sat 2pm
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2022 2:12 pm
by Adam_P
Quality opening try - chip and gather from Mitchell then a great pass out to Augustus who finishes well
Re: Saints Vs Irish - Sat 2pm
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2022 2:30 pm
by Adam_P
Alex Waller has become a liability. Scrums are an absolute mess, and his backchat just got us marched 10m.
Re: Saints Vs Irish - Sat 2pm
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2022 2:59 pm
by Adam_P
Lack of experience showing from Arundel there - tracking across to gather a Northampton chip ahead, instead of gathering the ball and walking out of play he flings it into touch and cops a yellow for it
Re: Saints Vs Irish - Sat 2pm
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2022 3:24 pm
by Adam_P
Saints unable to score against a period of 12 men, ridiculous. So many handling errors
Re: Saints Vs Irish - Sat 2pm
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2022 7:58 pm
by Adam_P
Very impressed with Alfie Petch off the bench. Scrum was significantly more powerful with him and Iyogun than with Waller and Hill, and he carried like a beast a couple of times. Iyogun took a knock towards the end, but really hope he is uninjured and starts alongside Petch for Tigers next week.
Re: Saints Vs Irish - Sat 2pm
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2022 8:18 pm
by Banquo
Adam_P wrote:Very impressed with Alfie Petch off the bench. Scrum was significantly more powerful with him and Iyogun than with Waller and Hill, and he carried like a beast a couple of times. Iyogun took a knock towards the end, but really hope he is uninjured and starts alongside Petch for Tigers next week.
How did Colesy go?
Re: Saints Vs Irish - Sat 2pm
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2022 8:40 pm
by Adam_P
Had a good game - lots of positive involvement. Probably the pick of the pack along with Augustus
Re: Saints Vs Irish - Sat 2pm
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2022 10:07 pm
by Puja
Mitchell looked like he played an absolute blinder. Great to see him still undaunted - while I'm pleased JvP adapted so well to being thrown in at the deep end for England, I remain astounded that Mitchell wasn't playing all three tests in Australia.
Puja
Re: Saints Vs Irish - Sat 2pm
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2022 10:17 pm
by Adam_P
Yep Mitchell was top notch - I am also confused by the lack of international recognition. Be interesting to see what happens this year with Mitchell looking on form, JvP taking to international like a duck to water and Quirke hopefully back for the season.
Still, Eddie will probably go for Randall and Youngs.
Re: Saints Vs Irish - Sat 2pm
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 5:10 pm
by Margin_Walker
Been away and just caught up with the game.
Bit of a regulation loss really, with not too many redeeming features. One of those games with big momentum shifting infringements at all the wrong moments from a LI point of view. We never really looked in the hunt and Mitchell ran the show.
Coleman looks done for a while and we could really do with the likes of Fa’aso’o and Hoskins involved to get us over the gainline. Think Basham would have given us a touch more than Rogerson at 8 in the interim. Interestingly Donnell's been our best performing back row so far for me.