Quins v Falcons

[Stom]

Quins
Starting XV:
1. Fin Baxter (29)
2. Sam Riley (35)
3. Will Collier (224)
4. Joe Launchbury (5)
5. George Hammond (48)
6. Dino Lamb (85)
7. Will Evans (68)
8. Alex Dombrandt (118 - Captain)
9. Will Porter (4)
10. Jarrod Evans (3)
11. Louis Lynagh (49)
12. Lennox Anyanwu (16)
13. Oscar Beard (34)
14. Tyrone Green (54)
15. Nick David (36)

Impact Players:
16. Nathan Jibulu (8)
17. Joe Marler (267)
18. Dillon Lewis (Debut)
19. Chandler Cunningham-South (1)
20. James Chisholm (135)
21. Max Green (3)
22. Marcus Smith (140)
23. Bryn Bradley (8)

Not available for selection: Stephan Lewies, Cadan Murley, Luke Northmore, Will Joseph, Jack Kenningham

International duty: Andre Esterhuizen (South Africa)

Newcastle:
15 Elliott Obatoyinbo
14 Adam Radwan
13 Matias Moroni
12 Matias Orlando
11 Mateo Carreras
10 Rory Jennings
9 Hugh O’Sullivan

1 Adam Brocklebank
2 Bryan Byrne
3 Mark Tampin
4 Pedro Rubiolo
5 Kiran McDonald
6 Sam Cross
7 Guy Pepper
8 Callum Chick (captain).

Replacements: 16 Jamie Blamire, 17 Phil Brantingham, 18 Eduardo Bello, 19 John Hawkins, 20 Josh Bainbridge, 21 Sam Stuart, 22 Brett Connon, 23 George Wacokecoke.

Not available for selection: Josh Barton, Nathan Greenwood, Ollie Leatherbarrow, Charlie Maddison, Richard Palframan, Tom Penny, Adam Scott, Marcus Tiffen.

No Care for Quins. Bench introductions for Smith and Marler, and Walker has disappeared...

[Scrumhead]

Walker really needed the rest

[Mikey Brown]

I had to laugh at Esterhuizen looking miserable in that one picture of SA lifting the trophy. It’s insane a player of his quality just getting one run out vs the minnows in a World Cup, but DDA is ridiculous.

[Stom]

40-12 final score. Riley scored, which is nice. Others were Lamb, Dommers, Green, David, and Lynagh.

[fivepointer]

Green's try was really quite something.

Predictably Newcastle are proving to be the league's whipping boys. I do hope they get a few wins this season.

[Puja]

4.25 for the Green try, which was really something spectacular.

Puja

[FKAS]

Smith does well to get that kick away under pressure but he's overcooked it, only for Green to superman in and rescue it. Great catch and finish.

[p/d]

Criticised for a perfect kick

[Puja]

Criticised for a perfect kick

I mean, it isn't though, is it?

Ridiculous finish though.

Puja

[p/d]

Criticised for a perfect kick

I mean, it isn't though, is it?

Ridiculous finish though.

Puja

To be fair you did call it spectacular. Therefore surely t makes sense the kick was perfect for it to be so?

[Puja]

Criticised for a perfect kick

I mean, it isn't though, is it?

Ridiculous finish though.

Puja

To be fair you did call it spectacular. Therefore surely t makes sense the kick was perfect for it to be so?

I suppose you are correct - if the kick wasn't in the format it was, then the try wouldn't have been such a wonderful piece of skill to finish it.

Mind, by that logic, Ben Youngs has made some perfect passes as an integral part of some ridiculous catches by his fly-halves in his time.

Puja