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[Sards]

Poepies is back.........

[FalseBayFC]

Lions – 15 EW Viljoen,14 Jamba Ulengo,13 Wandisile Simelane,12 Burger Odendaal (c),11 Rabz Maxwane ,10 Jordan Hendrikse, 9 Andre Warner, 8 Francke Horn, 7 Vincent Tshituka, 6 Jaco Kriel, 5 Pieter Jansen Van Vuren, 4 Ruben Schoeman, 3 Carlu Sadie, 2 Jaco Visagie, 1 Ruan Dreyer.
Subs: 16 PJ Botha, 17 Sti Sithole, 18 Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 19 Reinhard Nothnagel, 20 Sibusiso Sangweni, 21 Morne van den Berg, 22 Eddie Fouche, 23 Divan Rossouw.

Not a terrible Lions team. Strong front row. Some experience with Burger Odendaal and Jaco Kriel back.

[assfly]

Strong Sharks team.

Not sure about strong, but it's probably near the best team we can put out for now.

[Sards]

Strong Sharks team.

Not sure about strong, but it's probably near the best team we can put out for now.

Poepies is going to make a huge difference

[sturginho]

Lions – 15 EW Viljoen,14 Jamba Ulengo,13 Wandisile Simelane,12 Burger Odendaal (c),11 Rabz Maxwane ,10 Jordan Hendrikse, 9 Andre Warner, 8 Francke Horn, 7 Vincent Tshituka, 6 Jaco Kriel, 5 Pieter Jansen Van Vuren, 4 Ruben Schoeman, 3 Carlu Sadie, 2 Jaco Visagie, 1 Ruan Dreyer.
Subs: 16 PJ Botha, 17 Sti Sithole, 18 Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 19 Reinhard Nothnagel, 20 Sibusiso Sangweni, 21 Morne van den Berg, 22 Eddie Fouche, 23 Divan Rossouw.

Not a terrible Lions team. Strong front row. Some experience with Burger Odendaal and Jaco Kriel back.

Zebre:
15. Junior Laloifi (18)
14. Pierre Bruno (30)
13. Giulio Bisegni (107) (Cap)
12. Tommaso Boni (102)
11. Mattia Bellini (63)
10. Carlo Canna (104)
9. Marcello Violi (73)

8. Renato Giammarioli (61)
7. Iacopo Bianchi (19)
6. Sir Maxime Mbandà (63)
5. Leonard Krumov (64)
4. David Sisi (64)
3. Matteo Nocera (16)
2. Luca Bigi (18)
1. Danilo Fischetti (27)

A disposizione: 16. Oliviero Fabiani (130), 17. Andrea Lovotti (106), 18. Ion Neculai (0), 19. Andrea Zambonin (0), 20. Giovanni Licata (41), 21. Alessandro Fusco (3), 22. Antonio Rizzi (21), 23. Jacopo Trulla (5)

[OomStruisbaai]

Stormers team lies on Zelt Marais desk.

[OomStruisbaai]

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[Chilli]

Lions – 15 EW Viljoen,14 Jamba Ulengo,13 Wandisile Simelane,12 Burger Odendaal (c),11 Rabz Maxwane ,10 Jordan Hendrikse, 9 Andre Warner, 8 Francke Horn, 7 Vincent Tshituka, 6 Jaco Kriel, 5 Pieter Jansen Van Vuren, 4 Ruben Schoeman, 3 Carlu Sadie, 2 Jaco Visagie, 1 Ruan Dreyer.
Subs: 16 PJ Botha, 17 Sti Sithole, 18 Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 19 Reinhard Nothnagel, 20 Sibusiso Sangweni, 21 Morne van den Berg, 22 Eddie Fouche, 23 Divan Rossouw.

Fvck, this is a nothing team.

[Chilli]

Cell C Sharks

Khwezi Mona
Kerron van Vuuren
Thomas du Toit (v/c)
Le Roux Roets
Gerbrandt Grobler
Dylan Richardson
Henco Venter
Phepsi Buthelezi (c)
Ruan Pienaar
Boeta Chamberlain
Thaakir Abrahams
Marius Louw
Werner Kok
Yaw Penxe
Curwin Bosch

Replacements

Fez Mbatha
Ntuthuko Mchunu
Khutha Mchunu
Hyron Andrews
Ruben van Heerden
Mpilo Gumede
Sanele Nohamba
Jeremy Ward

Boeta starting
Hyron back...

Ok forwards, but a very exciting backline from 9 to 14, then shit.

[robmatic]

Lions – 15 EW Viljoen,14 Jamba Ulengo,13 Wandisile Simelane,12 Burger Odendaal (c),11 Rabz Maxwane ,10 Jordan Hendrikse, 9 Andre Warner, 8 Francke Horn, 7 Vincent Tshituka, 6 Jaco Kriel, 5 Pieter Jansen Van Vuren, 4 Ruben Schoeman, 3 Carlu Sadie, 2 Jaco Visagie, 1 Ruan Dreyer.
Subs: 16 PJ Botha, 17 Sti Sithole, 18 Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 19 Reinhard Nothnagel, 20 Sibusiso Sangweni, 21 Morne van den Berg, 22 Eddie Fouche, 23 Divan Rossouw.

Fvck, this is a nothing team.

Only playing Zebre though.

[Sards]

Cell C Sharks

Khwezi Mona
Kerron van Vuuren
Thomas du Toit (v/c)
Le Roux Roets
Gerbrandt Grobler
Dylan Richardson
Henco Venter
Phepsi Buthelezi (c)
Ruan Pienaar
Boeta Chamberlain
Thaakir Abrahams
Marius Louw
Werner Kok
Yaw Penxe
Curwin Bosch

Replacements

Fez Mbatha
Ntuthuko Mchunu
Khutha Mchunu
Hyron Andrews
Ruben van Heerden
Mpilo Gumede
Sanele Nohamba
Jeremy Ward

Boeta starting
Hyron back...

Ok forwards, but a very exciting backline from 9 to 14, then shit.

Don't even bother watching the Sharks. Such a kak side....just dollars

[OomStruisbaai]

Team line-ups
Zebre: Junior Laloifi, Pierre Bruno, Giulio Bisegni (captain), Tommaso Boni, Mattia Bellini, Carlo Canna, Marcello Violi, Danilo Fischetti, Luca Bigi, Matteo Nocera, David Sisi, Leonard Krumov, Maxime Mbanda, Iacopo Bianchi, Renato Giammarioli.

Replacements: Oliviero Fabiani, Andrea Lovotti, Ion Neculai, Andrea Zambonin, Govanni Licata, Alessandro Fusco, Antonio Rizzi, Jacopo Trulla.

Emirates Lions: EW Viljoen, Jamba Ulengo, Wandisile Simelane, Burger Odendaal (captain), Rabz Maxwane, Jordan Hendrikse, Andre Warner, Francke Horn, Vincent Tshituka, Jaco Kriel, Pieter Jansen Van Vuren, Ruben Schoeman, Carlu Sadie, Jaco Visagie, Ruan Dreyer.

Replacements: PJ Botha, Sti Sithole, Asenathi Ntlabakanye, Reinhard Nothnagel, Sibusiso Sangweni, Morne van den Berg, Eddie Fouche, Divan Rossouw.

[OomStruisbaai]

Ulster: Ethan McIlroy, Robert Baloucoune, James Hume, Stuart McCloskey, Jacob Stockdale, Billy Burns, John Cooney; Andrew Warwick, Brad Roberts, Marty Moore, Alan O’Connor, Sam Carter (captain), Greg Jones, Sean Reidy, Nick Timoney.

Replacements: Rob Herring, Eric O’Sullivan, Tom O’Toole, Mick Kearney, Matty Rea, Nathan Doak, Mike Lowry, Will Addison.

Glasgow: Cole Forbes, Kyle Steyn, Sione Tuipulotu, Sam Johnson, Rufus McLean, Duncan Weir, George Horne; Brad Thyer, Johnny Matthews, Simon Berghan, Scott Cummings, Richie Gray, Ryan Wilson (captain), Rory Darge, Jack Dempsey.

Replacements: Fraser Brown, Jamie Bhatti, Murray McCallum, Lewis Bean, Rob Harley, Jamie Dobie, Ross Thompson, Ollie Smith.

[OomStruisbaai]

Cardiff: Hallam Amos; Owen Lane, Rey Lee-Lo, Willis Halaholo, Jason Harries; Rhys Priestland, Lloyd Williams; Corey Domachowski, Kirby Myhill, Dmitri Arhip, Seb Davies, Matthew Screech, Josh Turnbull (captain), Ellis Jenkins, James Ratti.

Replacements: Liam Belcher, Rhys Carré, Dillon Lewis, Rory Thornton, Will Boyde, Tomos Williams, Jarrod Evans, Max Llewellyn.

Connacht: Tiernan O’Halloran, John Porch, Tom Farrell, Tom Daly, Mack Hansen, Jack Carty, Kieran Marmion, Matthew Burke, Shane Delahunt, Finlay Bealham, Oisin Dowling, Ultan Dillane, Cian Prendergast, Conor Oliver, Jarrad Butler (captain).

Replacements: Dave Heffernan, Jordan Duggan, Dominic Robertson-McCoy, Niall Murray, Paul Boyle, Hubert Gilvarry, Conor Fitzgerald, Sammy Arnold

[FalseBayFC]

Lions – 15 EW Viljoen,14 Jamba Ulengo,13 Wandisile Simelane,12 Burger Odendaal (c),11 Rabz Maxwane ,10 Jordan Hendrikse, 9 Andre Warner, 8 Francke Horn, 7 Vincent Tshituka, 6 Jaco Kriel, 5 Pieter Jansen Van Vuren, 4 Ruben Schoeman, 3 Carlu Sadie, 2 Jaco Visagie, 1 Ruan Dreyer.
Subs: 16 PJ Botha, 17 Sti Sithole, 18 Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 19 Reinhard Nothnagel, 20 Sibusiso Sangweni, 21 Morne van den Berg, 22 Eddie Fouche, 23 Divan Rossouw.

Not a terrible Lions team. Strong front row. Some experience with Burger Odendaal and Jaco Kriel back.

Zebre:
15. Junior Laloifi (18)
14. Pierre Bruno (30)
13. Giulio Bisegni (107) (Cap)
12. Tommaso Boni (102)
11. Mattia Bellini (63)
10. Carlo Canna (104)
9. Marcello Violi (73)

8. Renato Giammarioli (61)
7. Iacopo Bianchi (19)
6. Sir Maxime Mbandà (63)
5. Leonard Krumov (64)
4. David Sisi (64)
3. Matteo Nocera (16)
2. Luca Bigi (18)
1. Danilo Fischetti (27)

A disposizione: 16. Oliviero Fabiani (130), 17. Andrea Lovotti (106), 18. Ion Neculai (0), 19. Andrea Zambonin (0), 20. Giovanni Licata (41), 21. Alessandro Fusco (3), 22. Antonio Rizzi (21), 23. Jacopo Trulla (5)

Looking forward to watching some of the Italian players. Hopefully the competition can further develop the game there

[Sards]

Do the Stormers need to borrow some players?????

[Sards]

I noticed more action on this thread than the bok thread.....wazzup guys

[Sandstorm]

Just signed up £12.99 a month to watch our Saffer teams in action. If they just kick the ball, chase badly, maul like clutch plates and then lose by 3 each time……I will lose my shit!!

[Chilli]

Cell C Sharks

Khwezi Mona
Kerron van Vuuren
Thomas du Toit (v/c)
Le Roux Roets
Gerbrandt Grobler
Dylan Richardson
Henco Venter
Phepsi Buthelezi (c)
Ruan Pienaar
Boeta Chamberlain
Thaakir Abrahams
Marius Louw
Werner Kok
Yaw Penxe
Curwin Bosch

Replacements

Fez Mbatha
Ntuthuko Mchunu
Khutha Mchunu
Hyron Andrews
Ruben van Heerden
Mpilo Gumede
Sanele Nohamba
Jeremy Ward

Boeta starting
Hyron back...

Ok forwards, but a very exciting backline from 9 to 14, then shit.

Don't even bother watching the Sharks. Such a kak side....just dollars

Do you need a skuif to get your personality going or something?
Stop being so bliksem 's miserable

[Sards]

No....


Have WP found some players yet....

[OomStruisbaai]

Stormers: 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Ruhan Nel, 12 Rikus Pretorius, 11 Edwill van der Merwe, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Paul de Wet, 8 Evan Roos, 7 Willie Engelbrecht, 6 Deon Fourie, 5 Salmaan Moerat, 4 Ernst van Rhyn, 3 Neethling Fouche, 2 Scarra Ntubeni, 1 Leon Lyons.
Subs: 16 Andre-Hugo Venter, 17 Dian Bleuler, 18 Sazi Sandi, 19 Adre Smith, 20 Nama Xaba, 21 Stefan Ungerer, 22 Tim Swiel, 23 Juan de Jongh.

[assfly]

That's not a bad looking Stormers 10. Apart from Libbok. For the love of god, there must be a better 10 in the Western Cape.

[OomStruisbaai]

Libbok can play his natural attacking game with that backline, specifically the back three. I like the loose forward combination.

[Slick]

Looking forward to the Glasgow game tonight. Ulster is a tough place to win but will be great to see how some of the young guys get on after a good preseason and the knowledge that they are going to get games.

As an aside, could I make a plea to our saffa friends. If we are going to use this thread as a URC catch all, could you move all the inane, unfunny, predictable, non stop "banter" between your various clubs? You do exactly the same on 5 or 6 other threads and it makes it unreadable. Please just leave it off this one.

Great to have you on board!

[OomStruisbaai]

As an aside, could I make a plea to our saffa friends. If we are going to use this thread as a URC catch all, could you move all the inane, unfunny, predictable, non stop "banter" between your various clubs? You do exactly the same on 5 or 6 other threads and it makes it unreadable. Please just leave it off this one.

Great to have you on board!

That is a very big ask.

[Sards]

Stormers: 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Ruhan Nel, 12 Rikus Pretorius, 11 Edwill van der Merwe, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Paul de Wet, 8 Evan Roos, 7 Willie Engelbrecht, 6 Deon Fourie, 5 Salmaan Moerat, 4 Ernst van Rhyn, 3 Neethling Fouche, 2 Scarra Ntubeni, 1 Leon Lyons.
Subs: 16 Andre-Hugo Venter, 17 Dian Bleuler, 18 Sazi Sandi, 19 Adre Smith, 20 Nama Xaba, 21 Stefan Ungerer, 22 Tim Swiel, 23 Juan de Jongh.

Interesting....Libbok straight into the 10 role....I prefer him at 15 with more space....but Gelant is the heir apparent there....the only quality 15 the Stormers have....not a bad team

[lemonhead]

Any idea what the Munster team might look like?

Irish Lions contingent won't come straight back but we often pitch up near to full strength for a game like this, maybe:

Haley, Nash, Farrell, Scannell, Zebo, Carbery, Casey, Coombes, POM, JOD, Wycherley, Kleyn Ryan, Scannell, Killer

Munster: Mike Haley; Andrew Conway, Dan Goggin, Rory Scannell, Simon Zebo; Joey Carbery, Craig Casey; Dave Kilcoyne, Niall Scannell, John Ryan; Jean Kleyn, Fineen Wycherley; Peter O’Mahony (C), Jack O’Donoghue, Gavin Coombes.



Bah, two wrong. Thought Nash and Farrell would start but might be injury related.

And the man himself RG on the bench! Strong side for us, should be a good one.

[FalseBayFC]

Stormers: 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Ruhan Nel, 12 Rikus Pretorius, 11 Edwill van der Merwe, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Paul de Wet, 8 Evan Roos, 7 Willie Engelbrecht, 6 Deon Fourie, 5 Salmaan Moerat, 4 Ernst van Rhyn, 3 Neethling Fouche, 2 Scarra Ntubeni, 1 Leon Lyons.
Subs: 16 Andre-Hugo Venter, 17 Dian Bleuler, 18 Sazi Sandi, 19 Adre Smith, 20 Nama Xaba, 21 Stefan Ungerer, 22 Tim Swiel, 23 Juan de Jongh.

Thought Edwill van de Merwe was going to the Lions. He's an under the radar potential Springbok imo. Great to see Salmaan Moerat back, that injury sounded career ending. Aside from Evan Roos, AH Venter and maybe Neethling Fouche the rest are journeymen. I hope Gelant and Libbok prove to be late developers because they showed potential in their early careers but I fear they'll fade into mediocrity sooner rather than later.

[FalseBayFC]

As an aside, could I make a plea to our saffa friends. If we are going to use this thread as a URC catch all, could you move all the inane, unfunny, predictable, non stop "banter" between your various clubs? You do exactly the same on 5 or 6 other threads and it makes it unreadable. Please just leave it off this one.

Great to have you on board!

That is a very big ask.

Being inane and unfunny is a national characteristic.

[OomStruisbaai]

Bulls

15 David Kriel, 14 Cornal Hendricks, 13 Lionel Mapoe, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Madosh Tambwe, 10 Johan Goosen, 9 Zak Burger, 8 Elrigh Louw, 7 Arno Botha, 6 Marcell Coetzee (captain), 5, Ruan Nortje, 4 Walt Steenkamp, 3 Mornay Smith, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Gerhard Steenkamp

Substitutes: 16 Joe van Zyl, 17 Simphiwe Matanzima, 18 Jacques van Rooyen, 19 Janko Swanepoel, 20 Jacques du Plessis, 21 Keagan Johannes, 22 Chris Smith, 23 Stedman Gans

Post 24 Sep 2021 11:53

Leinster

15. Hugo Keenan (30) 14. Rory O’Loughlin (87)
13. Garry Ringrose (86) 12. Ciarán Frawley (35)
11. James Lowe (52) 10. Johnny Sexton (173) CAPTAIN 9. Luke McGrath (151)
1. Andrew Porter (77) 2. Dan Sheehan (13)
3. Michael Ala’alatoa (0) 4. Ross Molony (116)
5. James Ryan (50) 6. Rhys Ruddock (188)
7. Josh van der Flier (98) 8. Caelan Doris (40)

16. James Tracy (129) 17. Ed Byrne (70)
18. Cian Healy (231) 19. Ryan Baird (27)
20. Max Deegan (65) 21. Jamison Gibson-Park (101) 22. Ross Byrne (104) 23. Jamie Osborne (6)

[Sards]

Bulls

15 David Kriel, 14 Cornal Hendricks, 13 Lionel Mapoe, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Madosh Tambwe, 10 Johan Goosen, 9 Zak Burger, 8 Elrigh Louw, 7 Arno Botha, 6 Marcell Coetzee (captain), 5, Ruan Nortje, 4 Walt Steenkamp, 3 Mornay Smith, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Gerhard Steenkamp

Substitutes: 16 Joe van Zyl, 17 Simphiwe Matanzima, 18 Jacques van Rooyen, 19 Janko Swanepoel, 20 Jacques du Plessis, 21 Keagan Johannes, 22 Chris Smith, 23 Stedman Gans

Post 24 Sep 2021 11:53

Leinster

15. Hugo Keenan (30)
14. Rory O’Loughlin (87)
13. Garry Ringrose (86)
12. Ciarán Frawley (35)
11. James Lowe (52)
10. Johnny Sexton (173) CAPTAIN
9. Luke McGrath (151)
1. Andrew Porter (77)
2. Dan Sheehan (13)
3. Michael Ala’alatoa (0)
4. Ross Molony (116)
5. James Ryan (50)
6. Rhys Ruddock (188)
7. Josh van der Flier (98)
8. Caelan Doris (40)

16. James Tracy (129)
17. Ed Byrne (70)
18. Cian Healy (231)
19. Ryan Baird (27)
20. Max Deegan (65)
21. Jamison Gibson-Park (101)
22. Ross Byrne (104)
23. Jamie Osborne (6)

Yoh....its like a vintage Sharks team for the Bulls

[OomStruisbaai]

Would love to see the Bulls knocking Leinster over.

[Slick]

Bulls

15 David Kriel, 14 Cornal Hendricks, 13 Lionel Mapoe, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Madosh Tambwe, 10 Johan Goosen, 9 Zak Burger, 8 Elrigh Louw, 7 Arno Botha, 6 Marcell Coetzee (captain), 5, Ruan Nortje, 4 Walt Steenkamp, 3 Mornay Smith, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Gerhard Steenkamp

Substitutes: 16 Joe van Zyl, 17 Simphiwe Matanzima, 18 Jacques van Rooyen, 19 Janko Swanepoel, 20 Jacques du Plessis, 21 Keagan Johannes, 22 Chris Smith, 23 Stedman Gans

Post 24 Sep 2021 11:53

Leinster

15. Hugo Keenan (30) 14. Rory O’Loughlin (87)
13. Garry Ringrose (86) 12. Ciarán Frawley (35)
11. James Lowe (52) 10. Johnny Sexton (173) CAPTAIN 9. Luke McGrath (151)
1. Andrew Porter (77) 2. Dan Sheehan (13)
3. Michael Ala’alatoa (0) 4. Ross Molony (116)
5. James Ryan (50) 6. Rhys Ruddock (188)
7. Josh van der Flier (98) 8. Caelan Doris (40)

16. James Tracy (129) 17. Ed Byrne (70)
18. Cian Healy (231) 19. Ryan Baird (27)
20. Max Deegan (65) 21. Jamison Gibson-Park (101) 22. Ross Byrne (104) 23. Jamie Osborne (6)

You’ve got quite a limited number of surnames in SA haven’t you

Not sure if I should be but surprised to see Bismarck still playing! Great player and apparently top bloke

[Uncle fester]

Any idea what the Munster team might look like?

Munster: Mike Haley; Andrew Conway, Dan Goggin, Rory Scannell, Simon Zebo; Joey Carbery, Craig Casey; Dave Kilcoyne, Niall Scannell, John Ryan; Jean Kleyn, Fineen Wycherley; Peter O’Mahony (C), Jack O’Donoghue, Gavin Coombes.

Replacements: Diarmuid Barron, Jeremy Loughman, Keynan Knox, RG Snyman, Thomas Ahern, Rowan Osborne, Ben Healy, Chris Cloete.
Decent enough team for this stage of the season.
Two second rows on the bench. Looking forward to seeing both of them.
Cloete appears to be outside back cover???
Also a certain Mr Z is back in the red.

[Uncle fester]

Bulls

15 David Kriel, 14 Cornal Hendricks, 13 Lionel Mapoe, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Madosh Tambwe, 10 Johan Goosen, 9 Zak Burger, 8 Elrigh Louw, 7 Arno Botha, 6 Marcell Coetzee (captain), 5, Ruan Nortje, 4 Walt Steenkamp, 3 Mornay Smith, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Gerhard Steenkamp

Substitutes: 16 Joe van Zyl, 17 Simphiwe Matanzima, 18 Jacques van Rooyen, 19 Janko Swanepoel, 20 Jacques du Plessis, 21 Keagan Johannes, 22 Chris Smith, 23 Stedman Gans

Post 24 Sep 2021 11:53

Leinster

15. Hugo Keenan (30)
14. Rory O’Loughlin (87)
13. Garry Ringrose (86)
12. Ciarán Frawley (35)
11. James Lowe (52)
10. Johnny Sexton (173) CAPTAIN
9. Luke McGrath (151)
1. Andrew Porter (77)
2. Dan Sheehan (13)
3. Michael Ala’alatoa (0)
4. Ross Molony (116)
5. James Ryan (50)
6. Rhys Ruddock (188)
7. Josh van der Flier (98)
8. Caelan Doris (40)

16. James Tracy (129)
17. Ed Byrne (70)
18. Cian Healy (231)
19. Ryan Baird (27)
20. Max Deegan (65)
21. Jamison Gibson-Park (101)
22. Ross Byrne (104)
23. Jamie Osborne (6)

Yoh....its like a vintage Sharks team for the Bulls

Porter has played most of his adult rugby at tighthead but did play loosehead in underage. Healy appears to be on the bench as sub-tighthead.

[Uncle fester]

Looking forward to the Glasgow game tonight. Ulster is a tough place to win but will be great to see how some of the young guys get on after a good preseason and the knowledge that they are going to get games.

As an aside, could I make a plea to our saffa friends. If we are going to use this thread as a URC catch all, could you move all the inane, unfunny, predictable, non stop "banter" between your various clubs? You do exactly the same on 5 or 6 other threads and it makes it unreadable. Please just leave it off this one.

Great to have you on board!

No fair. We politely nod when you talk with other Sweaties and you do it when it's between Irish or Welsh fans. Extend the same courtesy to them.

[tcc_dc]

Any idea what the Munster team might look like?

Munster: Mike Haley; Andrew Conway, Dan Goggin, Rory Scannell, Simon Zebo; Joey Carbery, Craig Casey; Dave Kilcoyne, Niall Scannell, John Ryan; Jean Kleyn, Fineen Wycherley; Peter O’Mahony (C), Jack O’Donoghue, Gavin Coombes.

Replacements: Diarmuid Barron, Jeremy Loughman, Keynan Knox, RG Snyman, Thomas Ahern, Rowan Osborne, Ben Healy, Chris Cloete.
Decent enough team for this stage of the season.
Two second rows on the bench. Looking forward to seeing both of them.
Cloete appears to be outside back cover???
Also a certain Mr Z is back in the red.

Like you glad to see Zebo back....

Looking forward to finally seeing Snyman in action in red...

Fester any word on how Salanoa is coming along...USA needs any bright spots they can get...

[sturginho]

Stormers: 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Ruhan Nel, 12 Rikus Pretorius, 11 Edwill van der Merwe, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Paul de Wet, 8 Evan Roos, 7 Willie Engelbrecht, 6 Deon Fourie, 5 Salmaan Moerat, 4 Ernst van Rhyn, 3 Neethling Fouche, 2 Scarra Ntubeni, 1 Leon Lyons.
Subs: 16 Andre-Hugo Venter, 17 Dian Bleuler, 18 Sazi Sandi, 19 Adre Smith, 20 Nama Xaba, 21 Stefan Ungerer, 22 Tim Swiel, 23 Juan de Jongh.

Treviso:

15 Andries Coetzee*
14 Ratuva Tavuyara (45)
13 Marco Zanon (41)
12 Joaquin Riera (15)
11 Monty Ioane (68)
10 Tomas Albornoz*
9 Dewaldt Duvenage (c) (56)
8 Riccardo Favretto (15)
7 Michele Lamaro (21)
6 Manuel Zuliani (18)
5 Carl Wegner*
4 Niccolò Cannone (29)
3 Tiziano Pasquali (83)
2 Gianmarco Lucchesi (15)
1 Nahuel Chaparro*

A disposizione: 16 Giacomo Nicotera (2), 17 Federico Zani (52), 18 Ivan Nemer (16), 19 Federico Ruzza (71), 20 Lorenzo Cannone*, 21 Callum Braley (13), 22 Leonardo Marin*, 23 Tommaso Menoncello (2).

[Uncle fester]

Zebo is a funny one. Arguably we don't need him back and our problems are in the forwards, particularly the front row but he was keen to return and took a pay cut in order to do so. Will certainly increase competition in the back three.

Salanoa has done okay on his few appearances to date. Very powerful athlete.
He's got two aging and not brilliant TH's ahead of him so if he can't get ahead of Archer, he's probably not going to be up to much.

[Slick]

Looking forward to the Glasgow game tonight. Ulster is a tough place to win but will be great to see how some of the young guys get on after a good preseason and the knowledge that they are going to get games.

As an aside, could I make a plea to our saffa friends. If we are going to use this thread as a URC catch all, could you move all the inane, unfunny, predictable, non stop "banter" between your various clubs? You do exactly the same on 5 or 6 other threads and it makes it unreadable. Please just leave it off this one.

Great to have you on board!

No fair. We politely nod when you talk with other Sweaties and you do it when it's between Irish or Welsh fans. Extend the same courtesy to them.

You are mad. Even the saffers accept it's on every thread, all the time