Glos v Quins

[Stom]

Quins team:
1. Fix Baxter (26)
2. Sam Riley (32)
3. Will Collier (221)
4. Joe Launchbury (2)
5. George Hammond (45)
6. Jack Kenningham (45
7. Will Evans (65)
8. Alex Dombrandt (115 - Captain)

9. Will Porter (1)
10. Will Edwards (29)
11. Louis Lynagh (46)
12. Luke Northmore (59)
13. Will Joseph (2)
14. Tyrone Green (51)
15. Nick David (33)

Impact Players:

16. Nathan Jibulu (5)
17. Santiago Garcia Botta (60)
18. Lovejoy Chawatama (3)
19. Irne Herbst (27)
20. James Chisholm (132)
21. Max Green (1)
22. Jarrod Evans (Debut)
23. Oscar Beard (31)

Not available for selection: Stephan Lewies, Cadan Murley, Chandler Cunningham-South

International duty: Joe Marler, Jack Walker, Danny Care, Marcus Smith (England), Andre Esterhuizen (South Africa), Dillon Lewis (Wales), Dino Lamb (Italy)

[Stom]

Glos:
15. Lloyd Evans*
14. Jake Morris*
13. Max Llewellyn
12. Seb Atkinson
11. Ollie Thorley*
10. George Barton*
9. Charlie Chapman*

1. Harry Elrington
2. George McGuigan
3. Fraser Balmain
4. Freddie Clarke*
5. Arthur Clark*
6. Ben Donnell
7. Lewis Ludlow* (C)
8. Zach Mercer

Replacements

16. Seb Blake*
17. Val Rapava-Ruskin
18. Ciaran Knight*
19. Freddie Thomas*
20. Jack Clement*
21. Stephen Varney*
22. Louis Hillman-Cooper*
23. Jack Reeves*

[p/d]

Glaws second row is brilliant!!!

[Banquo]

Glaws second row is brilliant!!!

Arthur C Clark would be better

[Which Tyler]

Go well Zach

[FKAS]

It's a very young Glaws midfield but the potential there is massive.

Suspect this could be a rather entertaining game.

[fivepointer]

Think Glos have an EQP count of 21 out of 23. Good on 'em.

Really excited to see how Seb Atkinson develops this season.

[Stom]

Think Glos have an EQP count of 21 out of 23. Good on 'em.

Really excited to see how Seb Atkinson develops this season.

Quins is high, too. A very EQP game, this. Looking forward to it.

Also, I can't help but look at this Quins team and feel like this is the best squad we've had for a little while. Really looking forward to how we go this year, despite losing Marchant.

[Mellsblue]

Glaws second row is brilliant!!!

Arthur C Clark would be better

“Arthur Clark, where’s the other half?”
“He’s playing next to him in the second row.”

[p/d]

Arthur has bagged a try but Quins edging it.

[Stom]

Arthur has bagged a try but Quins edging it.

Was that the converted try? So it's TRY, Clark, Arthur (C)

[Stom]

CMK has screwed us here. How the hell could he give try onfield?

[fivepointer]

Finished 29-28 sounds like quite a ding dong.

[Gloskarlos]

I turned it off with 1 min to go when Quins intercepted to score.... subsequently pulled back for a high tackle and then Glos went on to win it. Entertaining match but so many mistakes on both sides - tackling optional at times. There was some good rugby too.

[Stom]

I turned it off with 1 min to go when Quins intercepted to score.... subsequently pulled back for a high tackle and then Glos went on to win it. Entertaining match but so many mistakes on both sides - tackling optional at times. There was some good rugby too.

A large part of the second hand showcased for me why the Prem is so far behind at the moment. The rugby on offer was so poor.

On the high tackle, I just don't get how players haven't adapted yet...it's been a while since this was introduced, and that Evans 'tackle' was just avoidable.

[Puja]

I turned it off with 1 min to go when Quins intercepted to score.... subsequently pulled back for a high tackle and then Glos went on to win it. Entertaining match but so many mistakes on both sides - tackling optional at times. There was some good rugby too.

A large part of the second hand showcased for me why the Prem is so far behind at the moment. The rugby on offer was so poor.

On the high tackle, I just don't get how players haven't adapted yet...it's been a while since this was introduced, and that Evans 'tackle' was just avoidable.

In fairness, there's a *lot* of players missing. Marler, Walker, Lamb, Care, Smith, Esterhuizen from Quins, and Alemanno, Tuisue, Varney*, Harris*, May, Rees-Zammit, Carreras. While not all of those players are superstars, having 6/7 of your starting XV unavailable before you even look at injuries is going to be disruptive.

Puja


*Yes, I know they're technically back available, but with very little prep time and only Varney made the bench.

[Stom]

I turned it off with 1 min to go when Quins intercepted to score.... subsequently pulled back for a high tackle and then Glos went on to win it. Entertaining match but so many mistakes on both sides - tackling optional at times. There was some good rugby too.

A large part of the second hand showcased for me why the Prem is so far behind at the moment. The rugby on offer was so poor.

On the high tackle, I just don't get how players haven't adapted yet...it's been a while since this was introduced, and that Evans 'tackle' was just avoidable.

In fairness, there's a *lot* of players missing. Marler, Walker, Lamb, Care, Smith, Esterhuizen from Quins, and Alemanno, Tuisue, Varney*, Harris*, May, Rees-Zammit, Carreras. While not all of those players are superstars, having 6/7 of your starting XV unavailable before you even look at injuries is going to be disruptive.

Puja


*Yes, I know they're technically back available, but with very little prep time and only Varney made the bench.

Hammond showed...why we should have fought to keep Tizard. I think he's fine, but he's not really up to pace. With Lewies perma-crocked, we kinda need someone to step up there.

As much potential as Will Joseph has, too, it's a pretty huge step down from Marchant, tbh.