Tigers Vs Bristol

[FKAS]

STARTING XV

15 Freddie Steward [96]
14 Josh Bassett [20]
13 Will Wand [7]
12 Solomone Kata [26]
11 Ollie Hassell-Collins [32]
10 Handré Pollard [38]
9 Ben Youngs [322]
1 Nicky Smith [8]
2 Julián Montoya (C) [63]
3 Joe Heyes [149]
4 Cameron Henderson [48]
5 George Martin [70]
6 Hanro Liebenberg [116]
7 Tommy Reffell [122]
8 Olly Cracknell [51]

REPLACEMENTS

16 Charlie Clare [104]
17 James Whitcombe [56]
18 Will Hurd [44]
19 Jed Holloway [2]
20 Emeka Ilione [30]
21 Jack van Poortvliet [81]
22 Jamie Shillcock [37]
23 Joseph Woodward [16]

Still no Kelly. Wand comes in for the injured Perese.

MacGinty and Harding return for Bristol, Malins now ruled out for the season.

15. Rich Lane (45 apps), 14. Jack Bates (45 apps), 13. Kalaveti Ravouvou (15 apps), 12. Benhard Janse van Rensburg (34 apps), 11. Gabriel Ibitoye (51 apps), 10. AJ MacGinty (45 apps), 9. Harry Randall (134 apps); 1. Ellis Genge (51 apps), 2. Gabriel Oghre (27 apps), 3. Max Lahiff (97 apps), 4. James Dun (42 apps), 5. Joe Owen (21 apps), Steven Luatua (138 apps), 7. Fitz Harding (c) (81 apps), 8. Viliame Mata (3 apps).

System players: 16. Harry Thacker (122 apps), 17. Jake Woolmore (160 apps), 18. George Kloska (50 apps), 19, Jamie Hodgson (1 app), 20. Ben Grondona (13 apps), 21. Kieran Marmion (35 apps), 22. Sam Worsley (13 apps), 23. Benjamin Elizalde (8 apps).

Unavailable: Sam Grahamslaw, Lovejoy Chawatama, Tom Doughty, Joe Batley, Josh Caulfield, Steele Barker, George Taylor, Santiago Grondona, Kofi Cripps, Sam Wolstenholme, James Williams, Noah Heward, Deago Bailey, Max Malins, Siva Naulago

[Mellsblue]

Bristol by 97 and Pat Lam to have his garden expertly titivated etc etc

[fivepointer]

Bristol will be glad to get back to the Prem after two heavy defeats in Europe. Should be a close one.

[p/d]

Bristol will be glad to get back to the Prem after two heavy defeats in Europe. Should be a close one.

That’s almost a copy and paste of Mells post

[Mellsblue]

Bristol will be glad to get back to the Prem after two heavy defeats in Europe. Should be a close one.

That’s almost a copy and paste of Mells post

[FKAS]

Bristol will be glad to get back to the Prem after two heavy defeats in Europe. Should be a close one.

MacGinty coming back in at 10 is a big boost for them. Should make it a lot closer though I'm expecting Tigers to send Kata straight down his channel early doors to see just how recovered he is.

[twitchy]

Didn't recognise OHC.

[twitchy]

Great stuff from Bris.

[FKAS]

Both sides playing attacking, offloading rugby. Knew Bristol would do that but didn't expect it from Tigers. Lovely stuff. Two tries a piece inside 18 minutes.

[twitchy]

Excellent.

[FKAS]

Bristol brutally efficient with every opportunity.

[FKAS]

Bristol have completely dominated the breakdown. They've got quick ball pretty much every phase, they've made an absolute mess of Tigers breakdown every time it's gone into contact.

[twitchy]

I didn't expect this. When bristol turn it on they are really special.

[FKAS]

I didn't expect this. When bristol turn it on they are really special.

Turned it on with boosters in the first half. The highlights from the first half could easily run to about half an hour.

Janse van Rensburg a deserving man of the match. Sensational performance from him, if he wasn't a Saffa he'd have over 50 caps by now.

Tigers grabbing the TBP at the end there as a grim consolation.

[fivepointer]

Enjoyed that. Bristol were outstanding. The focus might be on their backs but the work the front 5 get through is something else.