Toulouse vs Bath - Sunday

[Puja]

Toulouse v Bath
Toulouse: 15 Blair Kinghorn, 14 Juan Cruz Mallia, 13 Dimitri Delibes, 12 Pita Ahki, 11 Matthis Lebel, 10 Thomas Ramos, 9 Antoine Dupont (c), 8 Anthony Jelonch, 7 Jack Willis, 6 François Cros, 5 Emmanuel Meafou, 4 Richie Arnold, 3 Dorian Aldegheri, 2 Peato Mauvaka, 1 Cyril Baille
Replacements: 16 Julien Marchand, 17 David Ainu’u, 18 Nepo Laulala, 19 Joshua Brennan, 20 Alban Placines, 21 Arthur Retiere, 22 Sofiane Guitoune, 23 Ange Capuozzo

Bath: 15 Matt Gallagher, 14 Joe Cokanasiga, 13 Max Ojomoh, 12 Ollie Lawrence, 11 Will Muir, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ben Spencer (c), 8 Miles Reid, 7 Chris Cloete, 6 Josh Bayliss, 5 Charlie Ewels, 4 Quinn Roux, 3 Thomas du Toit, 2 Niall Annett, 1 Beno Obano
Replacements: 16 Hame Faiva, 17 Juan Schoeman, 18 Will Stuart, 19 Elliott Stooke, 20 Ewan Richards, 21 Louis Schreuder, 22 Orlando Bailey, 23 Cameron Redpath

Venue: Stade Ernest Wallon
Kick-off: 16:15 local (15:15 GMT)
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ire)
Assistant Referees: Frank Murphy (Ire), Paul Haycock (Ire)
TMO: Olly Hodges (Ire)

[Banquo]

bollox, that means we won't get Ewan Richards back.

[francoisfou]

Blue sky, foie gras and duck heart sandwiches, a couple of pints and one hour until kick off. La vie est belle !!

[Mellsblue]

Blue sky, foie gras and duck heart sandwiches, a couple of pints and one hour until kick off. La vie est belle !!

Possibly my favourite ever post. Enjoy.

[francoisfou]

Blue sky, foie gras and duck heart sandwiches, a couple of pints and one hour until kick off. La vie est belle !!

Possibly my favourite ever post. Enjoy.

[Mr Mwenda]

Oof, i bet Bath wish they'd got stuck into the pints. Looking like a long day.

[Mr Mwenda]

Save a sandwich for Obano, he looked good and hungry there!

[Which Tyler]

Hoping for a nice open game, with TBPs for both sides...
If we're lucky, we'll keep the difference below 20

[Mellsblue]

Most interventions so far is from the stadium dj.

[Which Tyler]

At least TNT are over their Finn Russell obssession

[Banquo]

bath attack shape has been great.

bring back Jack Willis

[p/d]

Most interventions so far is from the stadium dj.

Tossers

[Which Tyler]

Can't really argue with that - however unpleasant the neck wrestling looks (pretty standard maul technique, just a little too obvious)

[Mellsblue]

Most interventions so far is from the stadium dj.

Tossers

I knew you’d have an opinion on it!

[Which Tyler]

Great line and timing fro Coka - completely ignored by Gallagher.


Kick at posts?
Why?

Just go to corner, both teams need a BP, and Toulouse will win comfortably anyway

[Which Tyler]

Brace is very generous with offloads out of a ruck.I like it, but I'm not convinced they're "immediate"

[Mellsblue]

It’s all obvious now. Lawrence at 7 and Earl at 12. Stuart Barnes, you are a genius.

[Which Tyler]

Wow.
Was not expecting a first half like this.
And we're generally a 2nd half team this year!

[Banquo]

great stuff. love the detail from Bath in attack- top coaching.

[fivepointer]

Bath doing very well. To come back twice to level the game is good going. A lot to like about the way they are playing.

Brace is a comedy ref. Bath score off a l/o when several players leave early to form a maul before the ball is thrown, then Toulouse try the same thing and get penalised. Ho hum...

[Banquo]

poor by ewels then spencer imo but lucky

[Which Tyler]

Good catch by the officials.
Must admit, I thought it was brilliant play live.

[Banquo]

Good catch by the officials.
Must admit, I thought it was brilliant play live.

yup. nice to see how ojomoh and sid interchange. Shape great

[Banquo]

obano should start for us

[Which Tyler]

I do like to see a SH get his dirty and prevent the jackal occasionally