RugbyRebels

STARTING XV
15 Freddie Steward [79]
14 Harry Simmons [36]
13 Dan Kelly [70]
12 Solomone Kata [9]
11 Mike Brown [18]
10 Handré Pollard [22]
9 Tom Whiteley [19]
1 James Cronin [24]
2 Julián Montoya (c) [49] *
3 Joe Heyes [134]
4 George Martin [71]
5 Ollie Chessum [50]
6 Matt Rogerson [12]
7 Tommy Reffell [107]
8 Jasper Wiese [68]

REPLACEMENTS
16 Finn Theobold-Thomas [4]
17 Francois van Wyk [43]
18 Will Hurd [35]
19 Harry Wells [187]
20 Kyle Hatherell [10]
21 Olly Cracknell [31]
22 Ben Youngs [308]
23 Jamie Shillcock [15]

Saracens Men team to play Leicester Tigers:

1 Sam Crean
2 Kapeli Pifeleti
3 Christian Judge
4 Maro Itoje
5 Hugh Tizard
6 Theo McFarland
7 Juan Martin Gonzalez
8 Ben Earl
9 Gareth Simpson
10 Owen Farrell (c)
11 Lucio Cinti
12 Nick Tompkins
13 Elliot Daly
14 Rotimi Segun
15 Tom Parton

Replacements:

16 Theo Dan
17 Logovi’i Mulipola
18 Ollie Hoskins
19 Nick Isiekwe
20 Andy Christie
21 Ivan van Zyl
22 Manu Vunipola
23 Alex Lewington

Not much let up in the injuries for Tigers though Ben Youngs is fit enough for the bench. The ban for Vunipola means Sarries are very short at LH though Dan Cole's unavailability probably saves them somewhat.

great gas from daly.Parton solid. Faz gifts try before...but fair play, good kick passes.

Massively not straight lineout before the try but once it came out the Sarries set play was really good. Pollard gets suckered into stepping in and as soon as he does that Kata follows and Kelly is left marking three players.

Not sure why Rogerson when found on acres of space out wide held onto the ball rather than passing it to the quickest player in Tigers colours in his outside. Stupid mistake.

Pearce is having a poor game though.

faz bit rubbish again

tigers big edge in the scrum should win this for them

Banquo wrote: ↑Sat Jan 06, 2024 3:38 pm tigers big edge in the scrum should win this for them

Hope so.

Not sure what the TMO is doing. Big no arms shot from Tizard there and he didn't bother correcting the missed knock on from Sarries nor the Cinti take out of Steward leading to him landing on his head.

Daly is looking dangerous for Sarries from these lineout moves. Kata likes to bite in and it's leaving Kelly covering a lot of pitch.

great score...possibly

blimey....

Those images aren't clear and obvious the bottom point of the ball could easily be touching the turf. More poor officiating from Pearce.

Playing the 9? No, more incompetence from the man with the whistle.

FKAS wrote: ↑Sat Jan 06, 2024 3:47 pm More poor officiating from Pearce.

yep, he`s let Tigers get away with murder at the breakdown

Banquo wrote: ↑Sat Jan 06, 2024 3:49 pm

FKAS wrote: ↑Sat Jan 06, 2024 3:47 pm More poor officiating from Pearce.

yep, he`s let Tigers get away with murder at the breakdown

He's normally a great ref but today he's been all over the place.

great line speed from tigers

farrell....hes kicked so well? pfft

that kick they are praising was 5 yards too long

fair play by faz

Nice to see Pearce continues to refuse to believe either sides defence will sack a scrum. He's oddly quiet as well, doesn't talk to players during the play.

impressed with parton, faz passing is rubbish

Banquo wrote: ↑Sat Jan 06, 2024 4:15 pm impressed with parton, faz passing is rubbish

Parton looked very good at LI, it's taken him a while to get regular game time at Sarries. He's taken his chance pretty well. Doing a very neat job at the back.

FKAS wrote: ↑Sat Jan 06, 2024 4:18 pm

Banquo wrote: ↑Sat Jan 06, 2024 4:15 pm impressed with parton, faz passing is rubbish

Parton looked very good at LI, it's taken him a while to get regular game time at Sarries. He's taken his chance pretty well. Doing a very neat job at the back.

he was good going forward, but now better without the ball and under it.

harsh yellow, Pearce as you say....

I don't think he had much choice. The whole Sarries side were offside. No attempt to retreat 10. Weise runs sideways to try and go round them, if anything he's to honest. Given how many penalties Sarries have conceded they should have had a warning before now.

youngs butchered that

Ben Youngs back from injury, back to passing to no one.

FKAS wrote: ↑Sat Jan 06, 2024 4:22 pm I don't think he had much choice. The whole Sarries side were offside. No attempt to retreat 10. Weise runs sideways to try and go round them, if anything he's to honest. Given how many penalties Sarries have conceded they should have had a warning before now.

he did, wiese had run 5 m +to itoje. There was no warning so thats not a factor.

Poor from Cinti there. If he doesn't step in Sarries are numbered up. Becomes a much harder finish for Simmonds.