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All four Premiership sides have named their line-ups for Monday night rugby
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Newcastle bring props Adam Brocklebank and Mark Tampin and winger George Wacokecoke into their line-up as they look to build on last week’s seven-try triumph over London Irish. The match will mark back rower Will Welch’s 250th appearance for his hometown club.
Northampton director of rugby Chris Boyd makes two changes to the team defeated by Gloucester, recalling winger Ollie Sleightholme and fly-half James Grayson.
Last season: No corresponding fixture.
Last six league matches: Newcastle L L L L L W Northampton W L W W W L.
Top try scorers: George McGuigan & Ben Stevenson (Newcastle) 4; Ollie Sleightholme (Northampton) 7.
Top point scorers: Brett Connon (Newcastle) 48; James Grayson (Northampton) 69.
NEWCASTLE FALCONS: 15 Tom Penny, 14 Adam Radwan, 13 Matias Orlando, 12 Luther Burrell, 11 George Wacokecoke, 10 Brett Connon, 9 Louis Schreuder, 1 Adam Brocklebank, 2 George McGuigan, 3 Mark Tampin, 4 Greg Peterson, 5 Sean Robinson, 6 Will Welch, 7 Mark Wilson (captain), 8 Callum Chick
REPLACEMENTS: 16 Jamie Blamire, 17 Kyle Cooper, 18 Rodney Ah You, 19 Philip van der Walt, 20 Carl Fearns, 21 Sam Stuart, 22 Joel Hodgson, 23 Chidera Obonna
NORTHAMPTON SAINTS: 15 George Furbank, 14 Ollie Sleightholme, 13 Matt Proctor, 12 Rory Hutchinson, 11 Tommy Freeman, 10 James Grayson, 9 Tom James, 1 Alex Waller, 2 Sam Matavesi, 3 Paul Hill, 4 David Ribbans, 5 Api Ratuniyarawa, 6 Tom Wood, 7 Lewis Ludlam, 8 Teimana Harrison
Bristol director of rugby Pat Lam makes one change to the team that beat Bath, with Jake Kerr lined up to make his first competitive start for the club in the front row, while hooker Will Capon returns to the 23-man squad as a replacement.
Gloucester boss George Skivington also makes one change to the team that beat Northampton, with scrum-half Willi Heinz starting alongside Billy Twelvetrees after being on the bench last time.
Last season: Gloucester 24 Bristol 33, Bristol 34 Gloucester 16.
Last six league matches: Bristol W W W W L W Gloucester L L W L W W.
Top try scorers: Ratu Naulago (Bristol) 7; Santiago Carreras, Willi Heinz & Louis Rees-Zammit (Gloucester) 4.
Top point scorers: Callum Sheedy (Bristol) 58; Billy Twelvetrees (Gloucester) 92.
BRISTOL BEARS: 15. Charles Piutau; 14. Luke Morahan, 13. Semi Radradra, 12. Siale Piutau, 11. Max Malins; 10. Callum Sheedy, 9. Andy Uren; 1. Yann Thomas, 2. Jake Kerr, 3. Kyle Sinckler, 4. Dave Attwood, 5. Chris Vui, 6. Steven Luatua (c), 7. Ben Earl, 8. Nathan Hughes.
REPLACEMENTS: 16. Will Capon, 17. Jake Woolmore, 18. John Afoa, 19. Ed Holmes, 20. Jake Heenan, 21. Tom Kessell, 22. Ioan Lloyd, 23. Alapati Leiua.
GLOUCESTER: 15. Kyle Moyle, 14. Louis Rees-Zammit, 13. Giorgi Kveseladze, 12. Mark Atkinson, 11. Santiago Carreras, 10. Billy Twelvetrees, 9. Willi Heinz, 1. Val Rapava-Ruskin, 2. Jack Singleton, 3. Fraser Balmain, 4. Ed Slater, 5. Matias Alemanno, 6. Jordy Reid, 7. Lewis Ludlow (c), 8. Ruan Ackermann
REPLACEMENTS: 16. Henry Walker , 17. Jamal Ford-Robinson, 18. Jack Stanley, 19. Ben Morgan, 20. Jack Clement, 21. Stephen Varney , 22. Lloyd Evans , 23. Ollie Thorley
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There is this thing going around against Siya Kolisi where they don't want him to be known as the best national captain ever, so they strike him down in ratings permanently whenever they can. They want McCaw and reckons he is the best captain ever. I disagree.
Just like they refuse to see SA as the best team and some have even said that should the Boks win a third WC in a row, they will still not be the best team ever. Even if they win every game between now and the WC. That is some serious hate coming SA's way.
Everyone forget how the McCaw AB's intimidated refs, was always on the wrong side, played on the ground etc. Things they would never have gotten away with today. They may have a better win ratio, but SA build depth, not caring about rank inbetween WC's until this year.
They weren't as bad inbetween as people claim, because non e of their losses was big ones and they almost never faced the strongest Bok team outside of the WC, allowing countries like France and Ireland to rise to the top unopposed.
Rassie is still at it, building more depth, getting more young stars into the fold. By the time he leaves (I hope never) he will leave a very strong Bok side for the next 15- 20 years. Not everyone will play for 20 years, but each year Rassie acknowledge the young stars and get them involved and ready for international rugby.
Not everyone will make it to the WC, but those 51/52 players will compete for those spots for the WC. They will deliver their best. The future of the Boks is in very safe hands. The only thing that bothers me is Rassie's health. If he can overcome it, rugby looks dark for the rest of the rugby world. He is already the greatest coach in WR history. By the time he retires, he will be the biggest legend any sport has ever seen
Go to commentsWas it? I just brought it up in some of my posts to rub it in that the AB last year nearly put 100 on a top 6N side lol
I agree to be honest. The biggest key to me that they might be jadded was none of them had mom performances, or even as good as their last three games.
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