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Harlequins XV to play Worcester Warriors (kick-off: 19:45)

15. Mike Brown (302)
14. Cadan Murley (4)
13. Joe Marchant (65)
12. Ben Tapuai (8)
11. Nathan Earle (9)
10. Marcus Smith (38)
9. Charlie Mulchrone (26)

1. Joe Marler (176)
2. Max Crumpton (8)
3. Will Collier (137)
4. George Merrick (86)
5. Matt Symons (10)
6. Alex Dombrandt (5)
7. Jack Clifford (79)
8. James Chisholm (Captain, 64)

Game Changers

16. Dave Ward (151)
17. Lewis Boyce (23)
18. Phil Swainston (15)
19. James Horwill (57)
20. Archie White (25)
21. Danny Care (250)
22. James Lang (30)
23. Francis Saili (10)

Not considered for selection

Alofa Alofa
Renaldo Bothma
Rob Buchanan
Demetri Catrakilis
Gabriel Ibitoye
Semi Kunatani
Paul Lasike
Mat Luamanu
Aaron Morris
Chris Robshaw
Kyle Sinckler
Stan South
Tim Visser

Walker again missing from both the 23 and the list of absentees... What's going on?

Worcester: Pennell; Heem, Venter, Mills (capt), Humphreys; Weir, Hougaard; Black, Singleton, Schonert, Bresler, Phillips, Hill, Lewis, Cox.

Replacements: Annett, Waller, Milasinovich, Barry, Williams, Heaney, Shillcock, Olivier.

I feel this is another good opportunity for Worcester to show that they're going to stay up this season…

If the pack can get parity, I feel Hougaard, Weir, and Mills should get some good time on the ball!

Walker has to be off and it seemed worth investing the gametime in. He was tearing it up a season or two ago, looked like our Wade and now he’s just nowhere.

Renniks wrote:I feel this is another good opportunity for Worcester to show that they're going to stay up this season…

If the pack can get parity, I feel Hougaard, Weir, and Mills should get some good time on the ball!

its a game Wuss will have been targeting. Home wins are going to be vital in staying up.

Mikey Brown wrote:Walker has to be off and it seemed worth investing the gametime in. He was tearing it up a season or two ago, looked like our Wade and now he’s just nowhere.

But why? His form didn't really dip..

Didn’t get on with some part of the shake-up at the club and has been offered a starting shirt somewhere else? Gustard just doesn’t see it in him?

I think it’s the wrong decision, but I can’t see what else could have happened. Just fallen out of love with the game? I’d just be guessing.

You’d think it would be very difficult to look at any highlights (lol) of us in the last 2 or 3 seasons and not see Walker as one of our biggest attacking threats.

Mikey Brown wrote:Didn’t get on with some part of the shake-up at the club and has been offered a starting shirt somewhere else? Gustard just doesn’t see it in him?

I think it’s the wrong decision, but I can’t see what else could have happened. Just fallen out of love with the game? I’d just be guessing.

You’d think it would be very difficult to look at any highlights (lol) of us in the last 2 or 3 seasons and not see Walker as one of our biggest attacking threats.

I feel Walker is a bit of a highlights player, and that may be why he's fallen out of favour - doesn't seem to fit in with Gustard's style, and I'd rather we kept Earle and Ibitoye over Walker. During the Prem Cup home game, I was really impressed with Murley; doesn't seem flashy, but a bloody hard worker who will add some solidity to Quins' back line with some skill too.

If Walker wanted to come to Wasps I wouldn't mind.

I think this Worcester team have found a bit of form, and may well pick up some points here

If Earle did something that belonged in a highlights reel I’d be pretty pleased.

lol.

Yeah, I really don't get it. He was one of our best players. And it's not like he was constantly falling off tackles, either: he's improved a lot since his early days in a Quins shirt.

Maybe he's someone who's already found a contract elsewhere and Quins have decided to shun him like Gloucester did to Burns?

Puja

Puja wrote:Maybe he's someone who's already found a contract elsewhere and Quins have decided to shun him like Gloucester did to Burns?

Puja

Then I'll be more than pissed that we didn't offer him a good enough contract, while giving Visser any kind of contract.

Would be absolute insanity. There aren't many top class Prem wings around who are available all year round. He's one of them.

Visser isn't. Alofa isn't. SAR could have been...and we lost him, too.

The situation with Walker is a bit of a mystery. I’ll be gutted if we lose him and Ibitoye.

Murley has impressed me though so I’m fairly pleased he’s getting a chance.

Tonight’s game is very hard to call. Worcester have been playing well recently and we don’t generally travel well. It’s 100% within our capabilities to win this, but I can easily see it being a loss. 4/5 points should be the aim but 1 feels more likely.

Blydi hell, Murley can move a bit can't he?

Can’t he just.

Lovely run.

Mikey Brown wrote:If Earle did something that belonged in a highlights reel I’d be pretty pleased.

Well he's going to be in the highlights for his incredible handling...

Ted Hill is going to be the business.

Unlike Weir.

Given the pace of Marchant and Murley it's pretty criminal how little space Quinns are capable of making for them.

Murley looks like a natural doesn't he.

What?

How the hell can that be given... That TMO needs sacking

Wuss will do more than stay up this season.More than capable of top 'arf.On a good run at Sixways atm.Pleased for Falcons too who have proved to be competitive.