Leicester vs Harlequins - Sunday 15:00

[Mikey Brown]

Pretty much full first XV (minus Louw, Symons & Marchant/Northmore) and a slightly interesting looking bench. Interested to see Huw Jones get a proper start.

Similar for Leicester? Not Matt Scott but that's about it?

1. Joe Marler
2. Jack Walker
3. Will Collier
4. Dino Lamb
5. Stephan Lewies – Captain
6. James Chisholm
7. Jack Kenningham
8. Alex Dombrandt
9. Danny Care
10. Marcus Smith
11. Cadan Murley
12. Andre Esterhuizen
13. Huw Jones
14. Louis Lynagh
15. Tyrone Green

Impact Players
16. Jack Musk
17. Santiago Garcia Botta
18. Simon Kerrod
19. Hugh Tizard
20. Viliami Taulani
21. Tom Lawday
22. Lewis Gjaltema
23. Oscar Beard

15 Freddie Steward [41]
14 Harry Potter [21]
13 Matías Moroni [20]
12 Dan Kelly [27]
11 Nemani Nadolo [23]
10 George Ford [113]
9 Ben Youngs [269]
1 Ellis Genge (c) [95]
2 Julián Montoya [10]
3 Dan Cole [272]
4 Harry Wells [133]
5 Eli Snyman [6]
6 Hanro Liebenberg (vc) [42]
7 Marco van Staden [4]
8 Jasper Wiese [23]

REPLACEMENTS
16 Nic Dolly [9]
17 Nephi Leatigaga [50]
18 Joe Heyes [80]
19 Ollie Chessum [16]
20 Tommy Reffell [55]
21 Richard Wigglesworth [20]
22 Bryce Hegarty [3]
23 Guy Porter [25]

[Puja]

Pretty much full first XV (minus Louw, Symons & Marchant/Northmore) and a slightly interesting looking bench. Interested to see Huw Jones get a proper start.

Similar for Leicester? Not Matt Scott but that's about it?

I reckon Scott's a selection decision - Kelly and Moroni and Scott are all pretty close together in terms of squad status - so I'd say that is our first XV. Maybe a question on whether Snyman's our first choice lock, but again it's close enough that I'd call it selection. Great to see two strong sides going out at each other.

Should be a good game; wouldn't like to predict it.

Puja

[Oakboy]

Some splendid confrontations/comparisons. Maybe, the backrows' clash is the spiciest.

[Puja]

Some splendid confrontations/comparisons. Maybe, the backrows' clash is the spiciest.

BIG game for Dombrandt. He needs to put in a performance after going missing against Sale, or the tag of flat-track bully is going to follow him.

Puja

[Peej]

Think the Tigers bench will prove decisive in this.

[fivepointer]

Ford up against Smith. That'll do for me.

[Mikey Brown]

Yes to all of the above. Massive game in general and I'm concerned I'm not actually going to be free to watch it.

Also apologies Puja for posting the match thread before you. I just felt like it was such hard work finding the team I might as well share it. How is it the BBC are still always so slow?

[FKAS]

I'm a bit disappointed by the Tigers bench, looks a bit conservative to me and like we intend to see out the game and guard against a late Quins rally more than we intend to keep the foot down for the full 80. Wigglesworth, Porter and Hegarty being the safer option. I'd have liked to see JVP and Murimurivalu in there alongside Hegarty but I suppose that would have potentially left no cover at 12, though the more broken game Quins were likely to bring would have suited Murimurivalu.

Quins clearly expecting a physical game with a 6:2 split bench so could get very tasty into the second half.

George Martin unlucky to miss out but Chessum is a more natural lock and has been exceptional recently. I am also a bit worried over the Tigers scrum which has been a bit below par this season. Not bad but nowhere near it's dominant best and that is normally a key area where we make like difficult for Quins and on recent years especially generate results we might not deserve (that away draw the other season particularly sticks in the mind). Quins scrum has looked good so far so we'll have to do better there.

[p/d]

How is it the BBC are still always so slow?

‘Cause they don’t give a shit for something they don’t televise!!!

Snooker, women's and men’s semi pro football is generally what they think we are interested in.

[Danno]

Yes to all of the above. Massive game in general and I'm concerned I'm not actually going to be free to watch it.

Also apologies Puja for posting the match thread before you. I just felt like it was such hard work finding the team I might as well share it. How is it the BBC are still always so slow?

Tigers didn't have their squad out this morning, as far as I could find

[Puja]

Yes to all of the above. Massive game in general and I'm concerned I'm not actually going to be free to watch it.

Also apologies Puja for posting the match thread before you. I just felt like it was such hard work finding the team I might as well share it. How is it the BBC are still always so slow?

How dare you, etc, etc. I actually love it when other people put up the match threads, as it saves me a lot of work! It's FKAS you have to apologise to as you beat them to it by 1 minute and made me delete their thread (cause I'd already commented on yours and made it canon!).

This is the one game I will be able to watch - got a cup game for my club side so Saturday is taken up with a 2 hour coach ride down and a 10 beer coach ride back.

Puja

[francoisfou]

Really looking forward to this match and just hope my usual stream doesn't go titsup.
Home advantage with a capacity crowd (from what I've been led to believe) will make Tigers favourites but I'm taking nowt for granted.
I'm particularly looking forward to seeing how quickly Tigers' back row of Wiese, Van Staden and Liebenburg can impose themselves on a not too shabby looking Quins back row.
The fly half head-to-head is clearly going to be key and Ben Youngs needs to be on form to give George Ford that split second to create openings.
With Quins' reputation of raising their game in the second half, I'd like to think that Tigers will have opened up an adequate lead by half time, but that's maybe wishful thinking.
Allez Tigers!!

[Mellsblue]

Really looking forward to this. If it’s not 50 v 50 I’ll be bitterly disappointed.

[Puja]

Really looking forward to this. If it’s not 50 v 50 I’ll be bitterly disappointed.

50 vs 50?! That'd make Eben "Sir! Sir! They've got their subs on the pitch! You can't allow that!" Etzebeth very unhappy.

Puja

[Puja]

Good game so far. Quins looking to turn Nadolo, which is worrying, but our defence is eating up their attacks so far. We've been very strong over the ball getting turnovers so far.

Puja

[Mellsblue]

Wtf did Youngs kick that away.

[Puja]

Terrible minute for Leicester. Youngs kicks away excellent quick attacking ball so Quins can clear and then we give away two stupid penalties for being offside at the kick and then taking the Quins lifter at a lineout. Due to be 3-3 in a second.

Puja

[Puja]

Wtf did Youngs kick that away.

I know! There was no-one chasing, Quins had people back, it was glorious quick ball - I don't know what was wrong with him.

Just earned some credit back with that break and hand off into Smith's face though.

Puja

[Danno]

Almost 15 minutes before we had to hear the words 'Spiral' and 'Bomb'

[Mellsblue]

Jones has just Jonny Hilled.

[Puja]

Wiese is such a liability. We've just got on top, newly in the lead and Quins having Smith yellow carded, and he decides to level the playing field with an utterly unnecessary no arms daisy-cutter tackle on a particularly unthreatening tackler. Wasn't even particularly effective at stopping him.

He's a great ball carrier, but he's almost not worth having, despite that, given his inability to not be incredibly stupid.

Puja

[Puja]

Jones has just Jonny Hilled.

Not making a good case for a Scotland recall - two touches that I've seen and he's been turned over twice and bombed a near certain try. Mind, it's not necessarily unfair for him not to have expected that absolute worldie of a tackle from Potter.

Puja

[Mellsblue]

Class from Ford.

[Oakboy]

I thought the pass, in the try build-up, from Ford to Youngs was forward. The halfway line was in shot as a reference.

[Puja]

Youngs has absolutely paid back that gash kick in the first half. He's made three big breaks and that kick for the try was exquisite.

Puja