Saracens vs Northampton - Sunday

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Saracens vs Northampton - Sunday

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Saracens: 15 Elliot Daly, 14 Tobias Elliott, 13 Lucio Cinti, 12 Nick Tompkins, 11 Liam Williams, 10 Fergus Burke, 9 Ivan van Zyl, 8 Tom Willis, 7 Ben Earl, 6 Juan Martin Gonzalez, 5 Theo McFarland, 4 Maro Itoje (c), 3 Fraser Balmain, 2 Theo Dan, 1 Rhys Carre
Replacements: 16 Jamie George, 17 Phil Brantingham, 18 Alec Clarey, 19 Harry Wilson, 20 Toby Knight, 21 Gareth Simpson, 22 Alex Lozowski, 23 Brandon Jackson

Northampton Saints: 15 George Hendy, 14 Tommy Freeman, 13 Tom Litchfield, 12 Rory Hutchinson, 11 James Ramm, 10 Fin Smith, 9 Alex Mitchell, 8 Juarno Augustus, 7 Tom Pearson, 6 Alex Coles (c), 5 Chunya Munga, 4 Tom Lockett, 3 Trevor Davison, 2 Curtis Langdon, 1 Emmanuel Iyogun
Replacements: 16 Nathan Langdon, 17 Tarek Haffar, 18 Elliot Millar Mills, 19 Temo Mayanavanua, 20 Henry Pollock, 21 Archie McParland, 22 Fraser Dingwall, 23 Ollie Sleightholme
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Strong side for Saints given the travelling they put in to and from South Africa. Can't help but wonder if it'll have taken some of the legs away from them though.

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Think if we can be close into the second half, our bench brings more with the likes of Temo, Pollock, Dingers and Sleightholme. Hopefully the big win in SA last week will ignite our prem season a bit - as we're lagging way behind where we should be
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I have not seen a No 8 anywhere close to Willis this season.
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Saints haven't really laid a glove on Sarries yet, they are taking a real beating. Suspect some of those subs will be making an appearance fairly sharpish.
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Interesting call on “low degree of danger” when the player is going off injured. If that was Lockett on Itoje, it’s a red.
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Saints did well to get a try BP after being the run around for most of the game. The first half in particular was really poor.

Dan produced the kind of dynamic performance that demands he start for England in the 6N's. Willis was typically excellent.
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Really dreadful first half, such a lack of accuracy and aggression. Maybe a hangover from the travel to SA, but not good enough. Hell of a drop off from Champs to 8th place at Christmas
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Adam_P wrote: Sun Dec 22, 2024 5:24 pm Really dreadful first half, such a lack of accuracy and aggression. Maybe a hangover from the travel to SA, but not good enough. Hell of a drop off from Champs to 8th place at Christmas
prem form v poor
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Maybe we can go for Champions Cup victory and league relegation in the same season
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Adam_P wrote: Sun Dec 22, 2024 7:50 pm Maybe we can go for Champions Cup victory and league relegation in the same season
You'll be going some to be worse than the Chiefs and Falcons are this season.
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Extra special note on Angus Hall making his debut off the bench, six months after leaving school!! Not a bad run. Finished A levels; won a JWC and made Prem debut all before Christmas.
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Epaminondas Pules wrote: Mon Dec 23, 2024 1:49 pm Extra special note on Angus Hall making his debut off the bench, six months after leaving school!! Not a bad run. Finished A levels; won a JWC and made Prem debut all before Christmas.
Just a little note that I really appreciate and enjoy your knowledge about the youth game coming through to the seniors. It's not easy for this average idiot to keep up with, so thank you for the little nuggets of info like this
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Danno wrote: Mon Dec 23, 2024 1:53 pm
Epaminondas Pules wrote: Mon Dec 23, 2024 1:49 pm Extra special note on Angus Hall making his debut off the bench, six months after leaving school!! Not a bad run. Finished A levels; won a JWC and made Prem debut all before Christmas.
Just a little note that I really appreciate and enjoy your knowledge about the youth game coming through to the seniors. It's not easy for this average idiot to keep up with, so thank you for the little nuggets of info like this
Thank you bud. It’s my pleasure
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Epaminondas Pules wrote: Mon Dec 23, 2024 1:58 pm
Danno wrote: Mon Dec 23, 2024 1:53 pm
Epaminondas Pules wrote: Mon Dec 23, 2024 1:49 pm Extra special note on Angus Hall making his debut off the bench, six months after leaving school!! Not a bad run. Finished A levels; won a JWC and made Prem debut all before Christmas.
Just a little note that I really appreciate and enjoy your knowledge about the youth game coming through to the seniors. It's not easy for this average idiot to keep up with, so thank you for the little nuggets of info like this
Thank you bud. It’s my pleasure
Should still be recognised, friendo, keep it up please :)
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