BATH RUGBY v HARLEQUINS - Saturday

[FKAS]

HARLEQUINS

15. Tyrone Green (87)
14. Rodrigo Isgro (8)
13. Oscar Beard (69)
12. Luke Northmore (77)
11. Nick David (67)
10. Marcus Smith (172)
9. Will Porter (38)
1. Fin Baxter (63)
2. Jack Walker (81)
3. Titi Lamositele (13)
4. Irne Herbst (61)
5. Stephan Lewies © (80)
6. Jack Kenningham (65)
7. Tom Lawday (88)
8. Chandler Cunningham-South (27)

IMPACT PLAYERS:

16. Sam Riley (65)
17. Jordan Els (44)
18. Wyn Jones (15)
19. Joe Launchbury (36)
20. George Hammond (76)
21. Lucas Schmid (7)
22. Danny Care (390)
23. Jamie Benson (17)

Unavailable: Dillon Lewis (Bicep), Cassius Cleaves (Hamstring), Lucas Friday (ACL), Cadan Murley (Foot), Dino Lamb (Shoulder), James Chisholm (Achilles), Will Joseph (Hamstring), Simon Kerrod (Head), Alex Dombrandt (Thigh), Will Evans (HIA)

Bath Rugby Starting XV: 1 Beno Obano, 2 Tom Dunn, 3 Will Stuart, 4 Ross Molony, 5 Charlie Ewels, 6 Ted Hill, 7 Miles Reid, 8 Alfie Barbeary, 9 Ben Spencer ©, 10 Finn Russell, 11 Will Muir, 12 Cameron Redpath, 13 Max Ojomoh, 14 Joe Cokanasiga, 15 Tom de Glanville

Replacements: 16 Niall Annett, 17 Francois van Wyk, 18 Thomas du Toit, 19 Guy Pepper, 20 Sam Underhill, 21 Tom Carr-Smith, 22 Will Butt, 23 Jaco Coetzee

[Which Tyler]

Ref: Anthony Woodthorpe
TJs: James Clarke & Jonathan Healy
TMO: Dean Richards

[Which Tyler]

Full-on for Bath then, resting Stuart and Russell against Pau next week - will be interesting to see the rest of that team.
There shouldn't be anyone else actually needing a rest after the 6N break, and with Pau being followed by a possible rest weekend, then the Exeter & Newcastle double.


Pleasing that Coka is back so soon - wasn't expecting him just yet.
Is that 2 LHPs on the bench for Quins?

[Banquo]

Benson elbows self to bench excellent

[Which Tyler]

Yaay

ETA: Ooops
May well be an auto-fail HIA

[Which Tyler]

Nice.

All Bath so far, it won't last

[Which Tyler]

Love, it looked like the Smith yellow could have been a PT

With the replay, it's a nailed on PT.
No other defenders, 2m from the line

And as I type, TBP straight off the restart

[Which Tyler]

Quins needed that
Northmore needed that

[marklc]

Ashton and Flatman commentary excellent reading and reacting to the game. Rather than Kay and Healy who are more concerned with jokes that even the chuckle brothers would have rejected.. Lots of England prospect players on showi. Bath in control however, Quins are always dangerous.

[Captainhaircut]

Muir excellent again…

Good game for Borthers this with Ted Hill going do a half at lock and Marcus going to do 60 mins at full back.

[Danno]

Getting ugly this, our defence is poor and then Bath are on the right side of the bounces

[Oakboy]

Is Barbeary fully fit? He seems to be less destructive in his carrying than he used to be.

[Which Tyler]

Good try there, and good analysis of technique by Fatman

[Which Tyler]

Is Barbeary fully fit? He seems to be less destructive in his carrying than he used to be.

He's not been great this season

[Which Tyler]

Surely forward pass to barb.s

[Which Tyler]

[Which Tyler]

Russell winning the battle of the FBs against Marcus

[Which Tyler]

FFS
Deciding his celebration before catching he ball

[Which Tyler]

2 LHPs on the bench, Baxter still on after 67 min?

[Captainhaircut]

CCS excellent today. Topping tackle and carry count. Kenningham excellent too.

[Which Tyler]

200 up for points difference

[fivepointer]

CCS excellent today. Topping tackle and carry count. Kenningham excellent too.

They were but overall Bath simply too strong. They look a cut above everyone else in the league and have a squad with enviable depth.

Thought Ojomoh looked very good and TdG had some nice touches.

[Captainhaircut]

CCS excellent today. Topping tackle and carry count. Kenningham excellent too.

They were but overall Bath simply too strong. They look a cut above everyone else in the league and have a squad with enviable depth.

Thought Ojomoh looked very good and TdG had some nice touches.

Oh 100%. Think sometimes you more about players in defeat though and those two were excellent for Quins.

I really like Ojomoh- I know not everyone is convinced but he has a really rounded game and can play 12 or 13.

TDG always looks decent. Surprised he’s never in the mix for the A games- they seem to have Carpenter and Hodge ahead of him. He might be on the look out for a move soon with Carreras coming in and Harris/Donoghoe coming through who will be much cheaper.

[Which Tyler]

Isigro picks up a 3 match ban for his tackle on Coka