RugbyRebels

Bristol:

15. Rich Lane (20 apps), 14. Noah Heward (7 apps), 13. Virimi Vakatawa (2 apps), 12. Benhard Janse van Rensburg (5 apps), 11. Gabriel Ibitoye (22 apps), 10. Callum Sheedy (155 apps), 9. Harry Randall (106 apps); 1. Jake Woolmore (135 apps), 2. Harry Thacker (104 apps), 3. Max Lahiff (70 apps), 4. James Dun (18 apps), 5. Joe Batley (44 apps), 6. Fitz Harding (c) (56 apps), 7. Dan Thomas (132 apps), 8. Magnus Bradbury (26 apps).

Subs: 16. Will Capon (76 apps), 17. Sam Grahamslaw (debut), 18. George Kloska (33 apps), 19. Josh Caulfield (6 apps), 20. Jake Heenan (97 apps), 21. Kieran Marmion (6 apps), 22. James Williams (22 apps), 23. Piers O’Conor (124 apps).

Quins:
1. Fin Baxter (28), 2. Sam Riley (34), 3. Will Collier (223), 4. Joe Launchbury (4), 5. George Hammond (47), 6. Jack Kenningham (47), 7. Will Evans (67), 8. Alex Dombrandt (117 - Captain), 9. Will Porter (3), 10. Jarrod Evans (2), 11. Louis Lynagh (48), 12. Lennox Anyanwu (15), 13. Oscar Beard (33), 14. Tyrone Green (53), 15. Nick David (35)

Impact Players:
16. Nathan Jibulu (7), 17. Jordan Els (31), 18. Simon Kerrod (97), 19. Dino Lamb (84), 20. James Chisholm (134), 21. Max Green (3), 22. Will Edwards (31), 23. Bryn Bradley (7)

Both sides playing well - who knows how it'll go but expect lots of points!

Good to see Sam Grahamslaw coming out of the Jersey disaster and getting Prem game time. He got good write ups on the loosehead for Jersey last season, a late convert to the front row having played 8 in academy rugby (and possibly for Scotland under 20s).

Well that could certainly be an interesting midfield clash.

That's a lot of academy grads for Quins...

If you count Launch, it's 9 of the starting XV, and another 4 on the bench. 6 of the pack, and the other 2 are both EQP. Damn fine work.

That's a powerful midifeld for Bristol!
Could be brutal

Stom wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:23 pm That's a lot of academy grads for Quins...

If you count Launch, it's 9 of the starting XV, and another 4 on the bench. 6 of the pack, and the other 2 are both EQP. Damn fine work.

I'm not sure you can count Launch as a grad, considering he didn't exactly graduate...

Puja

Which Tyler wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 4:56 pm That's a powerful midifeld for Bristol!
Could be brutal

Yeah … big experience/quality gap there. Anyanwu and Beard are decent but untested as a combination and they’re up against a couple of very good players.

Puja wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 5:49 pm

Stom wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:23 pm That's a lot of academy grads for Quins...

If you count Launch, it's 9 of the starting XV, and another 4 on the bench. 6 of the pack, and the other 2 are both EQP. Damn fine work.

I'm not sure you can count Launch as a grad, considering he didn't exactly graduate...

Puja

Oh hush

Stom wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 10:52 pm

Puja wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 5:49 pm

Stom wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:23 pm That's a lot of academy grads for Quins...

If you count Launch, it's 9 of the starting XV, and another 4 on the bench. 6 of the pack, and the other 2 are both EQP. Damn fine work.

I'm not sure you can count Launch as a grad, considering he didn't exactly graduate...

Puja

Oh hush

Gloucester count Cam Jordan even though he'd already come through the academy and played a Prem game for another club before he joined them.