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Ospreys: D Evans; G North, T Thomas-Wheeler, K Williams, M Protheroe; S Myler, S Venter; G Thomas, S Parry, M Fia, L Ashley, R Davies, W Griffiths, Tipuric (capt), D Lydiate.

Replacements: I Phillips, N Smith, T Botha, A Beard, M Morris, M Aubrey, S Williams, L Morgan.

Castres: C Clavières; B Guillemin, F Vialelle, V Botitu, A Batlle; T Fortunel, J Fernandez; K Kornath, M Vaipulu (capt), S Onambele; H Nkinsi, RPieterse; D Kotze, K Firmin, J Nostadt.

Replacements: P Colonna, W De Benedittis, S Dube, F Vanverberghe, D Clerc, B Bourgier, L Le Brun, A Amans.
Ashley ahead of Beard? Lydiate at 8 ahead of Morris (perhaps not fully fit yet)? Could Booth have played North at 13 so Morgan could have taken the wing spot. I understand wanting Evans back in but Protheroe and Morgan have been two of the brighter spots this season.
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Bath: Anthony Watson; Joe Cokanasiga, Jonathan Joseph, Cameron Redpath, Ruaridh McConnochie; Josh Matavesi, Ben Spencer; Beno Obano, Tom Dunn, Will Stuart, Josh McNally, Charlie Ewels (capt), Mike Williams, Sam Underhill, Taulupe Faletau.

Replacements: Jack Walker, Juan Schoeman, Christian Judge, Elliott Stooke, Josh Bayliss, Zach Mercer, Will Chudley, Semesa Rokoduguni.

Scarlets: Leigh Halfpenny; Ryan Conbeer, Tyler Morgan, Steff Hughes (capt), Steff Evans; Dan Jones, Gareth Davies; Wyn Jones, Ryan Elias, Samson Lee, Jake Ball, Sam Lousi, Blade Thomson, Jac Morgan, Sione Kalamafoni.

Replacements: Marc Jones, Rob Evans, Javan Sebastian, Morgan Jones, Josh Macleod, Kieran Hardy, Angus O'Brien, Jonathan Davies.
Strong looking Bath side - good test for Scarlets.
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To complete the set...
Newcastle Falcons: A Tait; G Wacokecoke, P Lucock, J Matavesi, T Arscott; J Hodgson (capt), S Stuart; A Brocklebank, J Blamire, M Tampin, D Barry, W Montgomery, R Farrar, J Basham, T Marshall.

Replacements: C Maddison, K Cooper, R Ah You, B Ransom, M Wilson, L Schreuder, C Vuna, B Connon.

Cardiff Blues: H Amos; O Lane, G Smith, B Thomas, A Summerhill; J Evans, T Williams; B Thyer, K Dacey, D Lewis, S Davies, C Hill (capt), S Lewis-Hughes, J Turnbull, S Moore.

Replacements: I Harris, R Carré, S Andrews, B Murphy, G Bradley, L Williams, H Millard, M Morgan
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penguin wrote: Fri Dec 11, 2020 1:38 pm To complete the set...
Newcastle Falcons: A Tait; G Wacokecoke, P Lucock, J Matavesi, T Arscott; J Hodgson (capt), S Stuart; A Brocklebank, J Blamire, M Tampin, D Barry, W Montgomery, R Farrar, J Basham, T Marshall.

Replacements: C Maddison, K Cooper, R Ah You, B Ransom, M Wilson, L Schreuder, C Vuna, B Connon.

Cardiff Blues: H Amos; O Lane, G Smith, B Thomas, A Summerhill; J Evans, T Williams; B Thyer, K Dacey, D Lewis, S Davies, C Hill (capt), S Lewis-Hughes, J Turnbull, S Moore.

Replacements: I Harris, R Carré, S Andrews, B Murphy, G Bradley, L Williams, H Millard, M Morgan
A full set of WQ players from the Blues :thumbup:
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frodder wrote: Fri Dec 11, 2020 2:15 pm
penguin wrote: Fri Dec 11, 2020 1:38 pm To complete the set...
Newcastle Falcons: A Tait; G Wacokecoke, P Lucock, J Matavesi, T Arscott; J Hodgson (capt), S Stuart; A Brocklebank, J Blamire, M Tampin, D Barry, W Montgomery, R Farrar, J Basham, T Marshall.

Replacements: C Maddison, K Cooper, R Ah You, B Ransom, M Wilson, L Schreuder, C Vuna, B Connon.

Cardiff Blues: H Amos; O Lane, G Smith, B Thomas, A Summerhill; J Evans, T Williams; B Thyer, K Dacey, D Lewis, S Davies, C Hill (capt), S Lewis-Hughes, J Turnbull, S Moore.

Replacements: I Harris, R Carré, S Andrews, B Murphy, G Bradley, L Williams, H Millard, M Morgan
A full set of WQ players from the Blues :thumbup:
True, but wouldn't you like to see them with Lee-lo in the centre or perhaps Ollie Robinson at 7...Arhip on the bench instead of Andrews? Still, pretty decent side.

I guess Ben Thomas is covering 10 - would be interested to see how he goes in that position.
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penguin wrote: Fri Dec 11, 2020 2:21 pm
frodder wrote: Fri Dec 11, 2020 2:15 pm
penguin wrote: Fri Dec 11, 2020 1:38 pm To complete the set...

A full set of WQ players from the Blues :thumbup:
True, but wouldn't you like to see them with Lee-lo in the centre or perhaps Ollie Robinson at 7...Arhip on the bench instead of Andrews? Still, pretty decent side.

I guess Ben Thomas is covering 10 - would be interested to see how he goes in that position.
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frodder wrote: Fri Dec 11, 2020 4:16 pm
penguin wrote: Fri Dec 11, 2020 2:21 pm
frodder wrote: Fri Dec 11, 2020 2:15 pm

A full set of WQ players from the Blues :thumbup:
True, but wouldn't you like to see them with Lee-lo in the centre or perhaps Ollie Robinson at 7...Arhip on the bench instead of Andrews? Still, pretty decent side.

I guess Ben Thomas is covering 10 - would be interested to see how he goes in that position.
Listen, don't rain on my parade mate
Only mildly drizzling on your parade...I just want to see them win, and getting some of those 7s back would be good to see. How about I substitute Jenkins or Navidi for Robinson, Halaholo for Lee-lo and Assiratti for Andrews, and we can still have an all welsh side.
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Robinson is WQ.

We're well into our mid season shit flinging sesh now, so i expect us to roll over and start playing with each others belly buttons

And from what I've heard Scully, the Osprey U20 is abysmal, so thomas is effectvely our only hope at 10 bar Jarrod, until the menifestation of the Biggar/Carter love child in the academy comes through
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I forgot the Dragons were in the Champion's Cup. Mildly worried now.
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YES! Try for the Blues from that man Amos.
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Morgan literally running away from the line breaker there, he's gash
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What the hell was Morgan doing?!
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bessantj wrote: Fri Dec 11, 2020 8:20 pm YES! Try for the Blues from that man Amos.
Followed by cr@p defence.
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bessantj wrote: Fri Dec 11, 2020 8:23 pm What the hell was Morgan doing?!
Not much.
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Theflier wrote: Fri Dec 11, 2020 8:23 pm Morgan literally running away from the line breaker there, he's gash
Not for the first time I’m sorry to say. I’ve seen him do a side-step to save the attacker the trouble.
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The Blues should win this, if the rest of the team don't follow Morgan's example.
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We should've beat Edin and Glasgow too mind, we're deep into our mid season pipe marathon

Ps, Moore's fucking wank
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Embarrassing
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Good bit of play by the Falcons for that try. But damn Morgan gives his attackers a lot of time.
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Interesting. The longer I watch them the worse they become.
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Well done Seb, just fart your way into a ruck.
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Cut above by Amos
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Excellent work from Amos there, good support as well.
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Quality stuff. Tomos' passing has been a bit ropey, but that was good following up.
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Blues turning pressure into points.
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Ref gets his wand out to magic up a pen
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Dire isn’t it? Newcastle chasing the game and they think the best tactic is kicking tennis.
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Mighty pen.
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GogLais wrote: Fri Dec 11, 2020 9:37 pm Dire isn’t it? Newcastle chasing the game and they think the best tactic is kicking tennis.
Was thinking the same thing. Their attack has been absurdly deep as well. Easy pickings for the Blues defence.

And with that, the Blues seal the win with a decent maul. Decent performance from the Blues, but Newcastle have been garbage.
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Pen try, deserved. Well done Blues.
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Good second half from the Blues.
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Revised dragons team is interersting
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Excellent from the Blues last night. Tomos starts for Wales and the Golden child dropped from squad is travesty
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Well that half could have been worse but it seems like the Dragons are just hanging on.
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That was a lovely try, good pass back inside from Roberts to Holmes who finishes well.
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Much like Italy Dragons can't last the full 80.
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Well that's that. Could have been worse, but not by much. Dragons could really use a reliable kicker.
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The Rugby Paper have Glouscester making moves for Jarrod.

He'd be the latest in the Patchell, Anscombe, Sheedy line of top quality 10s the WRU have gone out of their way to fuck us over.

Pivac the absolute cunt, can't wait to laugh my arse off when the dozey twat gets fired along with his merry men
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Theflier wrote: Sun Dec 13, 2020 11:49 am The Rugby Paper have Glouscester making moves for Jarrod.

He'd be the latest in the Patchell, Anscombe, Sheedy line of top quality 10s the WRU have gone out of their way to fuck us over.

Pivac the absolute cunt, can't wait to laugh my arse off when the dozey twat gets fired along with his merry men
More fence sitting views there
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So, back to the good old days this weekend, with the regions putting in various degrees of solid shifts, and the Dragons being the embarrassment of Wales. :thumbup:
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