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Posted: **Sat Aug 22, 2020 10:13 am**

On Tuilagi - it was pretty obvious Exeter were giving him special attention and Whitten is one of the best midfield defenders around, who just happened to get run over several times. Thought Manu did his job - the Sale pack just fell away after half an hour, Curry(s) aside.

Posted: **Sat Aug 22, 2020 11:36 am**

Come on Quins, gotta do better than that.

Posted: **Sat Aug 22, 2020 12:01 pm**

Saracens riding the offside line more than we've seen in the few games since the season's resumed imo.

Posted: **Sat Aug 22, 2020 12:08 pm**

Taking the drop there when the pen advantage was only a few metres away seems odd to me.

Posted: **Sat Aug 22, 2020 12:22 pm**

Pretty inept last 10 minutes of the first half from Quins
Sarries 20-3 up

Posted: **Sat Aug 22, 2020 12:29 pm**

I don't think the second Sarries try should have stood. It was going forwards into Morris' shoulder, that notwithstanding it looked to me like the ball touched Rhodes' hand last rather than Morris.

Quins massively need to pick it up, though. Sarries aren't even playing the well and they're three tries up.

Posted: **Sat Aug 22, 2020 12:46 pm**

Not watching the Sarries match but just seen the score. Half their squad leave or loaned out, a load of championship players brought in to replace them and they still snot all over Quins.

Posted: **Sat Aug 22, 2020 12:59 pm**

I'm going to give Saints - Irish a go, this is tediously one sided.

Posted: **Sat Aug 22, 2020 1:18 pm**

Irish snubbing 3 pointers and not coming awsay with anything. Looking good though.

Posted: **Sat Aug 22, 2020 1:23 pm**

so weird to see marler with his normal hair

Posted: **Sat Aug 22, 2020 1:29 pm**

Alex Mitchell has all the skills but he so consistently makes the wrong decision. Needs to become a better game manager if he's going to become an international.

Posted: **Sat Aug 22, 2020 1:30 pm**

Absolute butchery from Irish there.

Posted: **Sat Aug 22, 2020 1:32 pm**

JM2K6 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2020 10:12 am
Slick wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 8:30 pm World Class Jonny May has done absolutely nothing tonight
<taps sign about being needlessly dickish>

I know, sorry

Thank you all for your hospitality last night

Posted: **Sat Aug 22, 2020 1:38 pm**

That Sarries/Quins ref was diabolical. Hope that's not the standard we can expect from the new wave - some absolute shockers in there. Particularly loved him ruling on a potential knock-on at the lineout for Sarries 3rd try by watching the reverse view - behind all the Quins players - and deciding that was enough. He looked completely out of his depth. It didn't all go against us but I wouldn't want to see him ref Quins again in a hurry, jesus. [edited to add: it WAS a knock-on from the post match highlights. Nice job ref.]

Missed the first 30 so didn't see what gave Sarries their fast start. Itoje was brilliant. Landajo was utter garbage and Lang at 12 was such a strange choice against Sarries. No surprise that as soon as we hooked both of them we started running Sarries ragged. Nice to see Billy getting absolutely smashed by both Dombrandt and Robshaw, too. Shame about the extraordinarily fortunate final try that killed the game, but them's the breaks, can't say we were the better team and deserved a draw.

Dunno who these Sarries championship players are meant to be. Just the four Lions, a world cup winner, and three other internationals in the starting Sarries team, then some academy grads.

Posted: **Sat Aug 22, 2020 1:48 pm**

Can't watch this anymore

Posted: **Sat Aug 22, 2020 1:50 pm**

That was 40 minutes I'll never get back.

Posted: **Sat Aug 22, 2020 2:20 pm**

Thank fuck for that, someone needed to do something.

Posted: **Sat Aug 22, 2020 2:25 pm**

All of a sudden Saints are playing. Ludlam looked like he fucked that one though.

Posted: **Sat Aug 22, 2020 2:25 pm**

Ludlam has no future as a winger. What was that?

Posted: **Sat Aug 22, 2020 2:26 pm**

Should probably be a pen try for that awful challenge from Phipps though.

Posted: **Sat Aug 22, 2020 2:30 pm**

Double wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2020 2:26 pm Should probably be a pen try for that awful challenge from Phipps though.

I don't think I've ever seen Phipps play without making a slew of terrible decisions. Don't know about pen try because he wasn't the only one tackling, it was definitely an offence, though.

Posted: **Sat Aug 22, 2020 2:32 pm**

Regardless of a try being scored, Kepu has to go. Too often refs allow a try being scored to over-rule a binning.

Posted: **Sat Aug 22, 2020 2:42 pm**

'Tempo' is surely the most ironic nickname in the world for a referee with absolutely zero feel for the pace of the game.

Posted: **Sat Aug 22, 2020 2:46 pm**

Double wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2020 2:42 pm 'Tempo' is surely the most ironic nickname in the world for a referee with absolutely zero feel for the pace of the game.

If the RFU offered to bin Tempest, keep Doyle, but ask fans to make up the difference in their salaries, it'd be sorted in less than a day.

Posted: **Sat Aug 22, 2020 2:49 pm**

sockwithaticket wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2020 2:46 pm
Double wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2020 2:42 pm 'Tempo' is surely the most ironic nickname in the world for a referee with absolutely zero feel for the pace of the game.
If the RFU offered to bin Tempest, keep Doyle, but ask fans to make up the difference in their salaries, it'd be sorted in less than a day.

I second that, he’s got the original tin ear

Posted: **Sat Aug 22, 2020 3:03 pm**

Many's the time I've slagged off Tuala, but that was a lovely finish.

Posted: **Sat Aug 22, 2020 3:04 pm**

JM2K6 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2020 1:38 pm That Sarries/Quins ref was diabolical. Hope that's not the standard we can expect from the new wave - some absolute shockers in there. Particularly loved him ruling on a potential knock-on at the lineout for Sarries 3rd try by watching the reverse view - behind all the Quins players - and deciding that was enough. He looked completely out of his depth. It didn't all go against us but I wouldn't want to see him ref Quins again in a hurry, jesus. [edited to add: it WAS a knock-on from the post match highlights. Nice job ref.]

Missed the first 30 so didn't see what gave Sarries their fast start. Itoje was brilliant. Landajo was utter garbage and Lang at 12 was such a strange choice against Sarries. No surprise that as soon as we hooked both of them we started running Sarries ragged. Nice to see Billy getting absolutely smashed by both Dombrandt and Robshaw, too. Shame about the extraordinarily fortunate final try that killed the game, but them's the breaks, can't say we were the better team and deserved a draw.

Dunno who these Sarries championship players are meant to be. Just the four Lions, a world cup winner, and three other internationals in the starting Sarries team, then some academy grads.

Tad salty.

Posted: **Sat Aug 22, 2020 3:05 pm**

Not bad for Saints to get 5 points out of that.

Posted: **Sat Aug 22, 2020 3:56 pm**

Thought Guy Thompson had hung around at Tigers, but turns out it was Luke Wallace whose arrival had passed me by. Good to see him back in the Prem.

Posted: **Sat Aug 22, 2020 4:01 pm**

Tigers being bullied up front at the moment. Bath with a slow, but relentless maul for their second try.

Posted: **Sat Aug 22, 2020 4:07 pm**

McConnochie does something useful and gets on the score sheet. Interesting to see JJ being used as much as a distributor as a strike runner.

Posted: **Sat Aug 22, 2020 4:13 pm**

Slightly fortuitously (forward pass) Bath wrap up the BP before half time.

Leicester

Posted: **Sat Aug 22, 2020 5:31 pm**

sockwithaticket wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2020 3:05 pm Not bad for Saints to get 5 points out of that.

Saracens got MoM as well.

Quite an influence they're having on the league.

Posted: **Sat Aug 22, 2020 5:58 pm**

Double wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2020 2:25 pm Ludlam has no future as a winger. What was that?

He needs to get back to the front row.

Posted: **Sat Aug 22, 2020 6:26 pm**

Hal Jordan wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2020 5:58 pm
Double wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2020 2:25 pm Ludlam has no future as a winger. What was that?
He needs to get back to the front row.

I see what you did there.

Posted: **Sun Aug 23, 2020 8:45 am**

Ulster and Ireland attempted to poach Jack Willis, as he and his brother are apparently Irish qualified.

Cheeky gits!

Posted: **Sun Aug 23, 2020 8:49 am**

sockwithaticket wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2020 4:13 pm Slightly fortuitously (forward pass) Bath wrap up the BP before half time.

Leicester

I think I opined earlier that it was an unrecognisably Leicester team selection. Turns out I recognised far too much.

A few half-decent showings amongst the dross and at least SB seems to have improved a few things but there’s a very long way to go.

We’ll see how a stronger team go against LI. Let’s say my expectations don’t appear excessively high

Posted: **Sun Aug 23, 2020 9:16 am**

A quick question Saes guys, yesterday Johnny Williams played for the Scraglets.I note he has worn the Rose in a non capped game.
is he actually any good? We poached Tompkins and nowpotentially we could for Wales have 2 poaches in the midfield.
Is this a real possibility?

Posted: **Sun Aug 23, 2020 9:21 am**

Potentially a very good 12. We had some hopes for him.

Posted: **Sun Aug 23, 2020 9:24 am**

Raggs wrote: ↑Sun Aug 23, 2020 9:21 am Potentially a very good 12. We had some hopes for him.

He apparently had a stormer yesterday for the West Walians, hopefully Jiffy Jnr can partner John Bleddyn Rhys Williams soon.

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