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OK, someone with a degree in quantum mechanics. What are the permutations for us to get through please?

Nice summary moorsman and too difficult for me CRWine

Well entertaining, it was....

And yes the "flying squad" kicking display was amazing !

LCD.....2 tries and the most obvious yellow card given away all season, fair play you know the lad is on the pitch....and what pace..

Sireli....still not fit

Fets, very strong and always looking to get involved

TJ2, whitten, JP and others much better 2nd half after half time "advice" no doubt

Felt for Townsend who had a topsy turvy day but actually didn't let it put him off and did lots of good things as well.

The fact Bateman can cover prop and hooker is very useful

Mitchell attracted penalties when he came on...I hope he proves me wrong before the End of the season but I think the mature offy reporting was generous in its reporting of his time at the club..I don't feel he has done much for us at all

Strong back row reflected in the try scorers..well done scays ..did JP do enough to get more time at the club....tough call....did Romano graham hmmm. There are more games to come I suppose.

Well done the young lads

I make it that...
If Sale win with a BP they will go through no matter our result.
If Sale win and we don't, Sale will go through.
If Sale win and we win with a BP, we will go through as we have scored more tries than they have (assuming Leicester don't also win with a BP and score two more tries than we do).
If Sale draw or lose and we win, we go through.

Sale away to Ospreys on Friday. Pretty much comes down to what Sale do!

Everyone get that? Am I right?

Ospreys will have nothing to play for so I would expect Sale to beat them convincingly, hopefully it will be 3 not 4 tries or Ospreys prove me wrong.

We will know on Friday night what we need to do. Our fate is in the hands of both Sale and, to a lesser extent, Leicester. Our problem is that Sale are up against a team that can't progress any further and Tigers against a team who have already qualified. I wonder how committed either Ospreys or Bath will be?

I thought today's game was really good considering the conditions - both the wind and the slippery pitch - made playing difficult. Both teams played some good rugby. I was very impressed with the Ospreys backs, very quick and threatening whenever they got the ball. Fortunately, our forwards were too good for theirs. The Sweeney's kicking - given that, at times, the posts were bent sideways so strong was the wind - was quite exemplary. He led the team well too.

I see that the Quins / Tigers match was abandoned after 70 minutes because of the strong wind. I'm not sure what the rules are, but it must have been touch and go at Sandy Park today. I can't recall seeing such strong winds there before.

The tigers game was more abandoned due to safety concerns with by the sound of it advertising hording being blown around and a collapsed scaffolding

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brent
Nice summary moorsman and too difficult for me CRWine
Well entertaining, it was....

And yes the "flying squad" kicking display was amazing !

LCD.....2 tries and the most obvious yellow card given away all season, fair play you know the lad is on the pitch....and what pace..

Sireli....still not fit

Fets, very strong and always looking to get involved

TJ2, whitten, JP and others much better 2nd half after half time "advice" no doubt

Felt for Townsend who had a topsy turvy day but actually didn't let it put him off and did lots of good things as well.

The fact Bateman can cover prop and hooker is very useful

Mitchell attracted penalties when he came on...I hope he proves me wrong before the End of the season but I think the mature offy reporting was generous in its reporting of his time at the club..I don't feel he has done much for us at all

Strong back row reflected in the try scorers..well done scays ..did JP do enough to get more time at the club....tough call....did Romano graham hmmm. There are more games to come I suppose.

Well done the young lads

We thought Tom James did very well at full-back. Not as good under the high ball as a specialist 15...but playing at FB gave him those extra few yards to "get up a head of steam".

Ian Whitten, Don Armand & James Phillips were the stand out players for us.
That Said, Big Will, Hendrickson & LCD all had a pretty good game.


Agree with what you say about Mitchell.
But can't agree on Fets...I'm afraid the jury is still out on that one.

Be sure to treat every day on this earth as if it were your last...one day you will be right. (Jethro)

The wind today was gusting at 50+ miles per hour at the south end but dropping to not much more than 0.

Make of that what you want. I don’t care I have 2 steaks and chips to eat!

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Weegie Chief
I make it that...
If Sale win with a BP they will go through no matter our result.
If Sale win and we don't, Sale will go through.
If Sale win and we win with a BP, we will go through as we have scored more tries than they have (assuming Leicester don't also win with a BP and score two more tries than we do).
If Sale draw or lose and we win, we go through.

Sale away to Ospreys on Friday. Pretty much comes down to what Sale do!

Everyone get that? Am I right?

Spot on !

Or....it may come down to the toss of a coin -

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The top teams from each pool qualify for the knockout stages.
The pool winners will be decided by the following criteria:

1. The pool winner will be the club with the highest number of match points in each pool. The pool winners will be ranked 1 to 4 by reference to the number of match points earned in the pools.

2. If two or more clubs in the same pool end the pool stage equal on match points, then the order in which they have finished will be determined by:

i. the greater number of matches won by the club and

ii. if the number of matches won is equal, the club with the greater total number of tries scored and

iii. if the total number of tries scored is equal, the club with the greater points difference (points scored for, less points scored against) and

iv. if the points difference is equal, the club with the fewer number of red cards
and

v. if the number of red cards is the same, by the toss of a coin.

So - if we beat Worcester & get the try bonus point...and then Sale beat Ospreys without getting a try bonus point...scoring two tries less then us... but winning by 6 more points than we did...and assuming neither team has a player sent off - then it will go down to the toss of a coin ??


Be sure to treat every day on this earth as if it were your last...one day you will be right. (Jethro)

How did Lloyd get on in the scrums?

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How did Lloyd get on in the scrums?

He shoved.

The pack took couple of scrums to settle down, after that i thought they did fine.Lloyd included. He will benefit from the good game time he is starting to get.

Hope thats a bit more constructive than the last post.



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brent
Nice summary moorsman and too difficult for me CRWine
Well entertaining, it was....

And yes the "flying squad" kicking display was amazing !

LCD.....2 tries and the most obvious yellow card given away all season, fair play you know the lad is on the pitch....and what pace..

Sireli....still not fit

Fets, very strong and always looking to get involved

TJ2, whitten, JP and others much better 2nd half after half time "advice" no doubt



Felt for Townsend who had a topsy turvy day but actually didn't let it put him off and did lots of good things as well.

The fact Bateman can cover prop and hooker is very useful

Mitchell attracted penalties when he came on...I hope he proves me wrong before the End of the season but I think the mature offy reporting was generous in its reporting of his time at the club..I don't feel he has done much for us at all

Strong back row reflected in the try scorers..well done scays ..did JP do enough to get more time at the club....tough call....did Romano graham hmmm. There are more games to come I suppose.

Well done the young lads

We thought Tom James did very well at full-back. Not as good under the high ball as a specialist 15...but playing at FB gave him those extra few yards to "get up a head of steam".

Ian Whitten, Don Armand & James Phillips were the stand out players for us.
That Said, Big Will, Hendrickson & LCD all had a pretty good game.


Agree with what you say about Mitchell.
But can't agree on Fets...I'm afraid the jury is still out on that one.

Yep, re Fets I should clarify strength in terms of muscles...i.e holding off about 4 defenders 2 yards from touch and making ground and managing to keep the ball in field. in terms of general strength as a winger jack and jessy are undoubtedly more complete I would agree

Agree re the TJ2 comments

I did enjoy seeing JP just after half time charging and making ground.....it was a shame when earlier he had a 2 on 2 with grAham outside him and he passed rather than making a big hole which you would expect from him, hopefully his confidence is coming back and we'll see more of the hole making !!

It was useful at this level to have Armand and JP able to go into the 2nd row when Conlon and Simmonds came on in the back row

Also great try saving tackle from Townsend in the last quarter..

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brent

I did enjoy seeing JP just after half time charging and making ground.....it was a shame when earlier he had a 2 on 2 with grAham outside him and he passed rather than making a big hole which you would expect from him, hopefully his confidence is coming back and we'll see more of the hole making !!

It was useful at this level to have Armand and JP able to go into the 2nd row when Conlon and Simmonds came on in the back row

Also great try saving tackle from Townsend in the last quarter..

Completely agree on those points.

And Surely if we had a "full season" A league competition this would be a hell of a benefit to players like JP, and many others, who just need more game time to take that next step up to being in contention for a place in the first 23 ?

Be sure to treat every day on this earth as if it were your last...one day you will be right. (Jethro)

You make a good point about the A league. I would have thought a few more A games per season would make a great deal of sense. Perhaps converting the LV= cup - which is effectively an A team competition - into a proper A league might work?

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OldWing
You make a good point about the A league. I would have thought a few more A games per season would make a great deal of sense. Perhaps converting the LV= cup - which is effectively an A team competition - into a proper A league might work?

Can't see why that shouldn't work.

Getting younger players, fringe players & players returning from injury game time by shipping them out to other clubs is all well & good for match fitness...but it does not bring the players together as a team and they do not get the benefit of developing together under the same coaching staff.

Be sure to treat every day on this earth as if it were your last...one day you will be right. (Jethro)

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Devon Andy
The tigers game was more abandoned due to safety concerns with by the sound of it advertising hording being blown around and a collapsed scaffolding

Blimey. Having just watched the ITV4 highlights, I realise how lucky we were with the weather; the conditions at several other games, especially Quins, were truly awful. Also, it is noticeable how well the pitch is holding up under the current deluge compared to many others. Well done to the ground staff.