Sarries v Sale

[Epaminondas Pules]

Saracens Men team to play Sale Sharks:

1 Rhys Carre

2 Theo Dan

3 Marco Riccioni

4 Maro Itoje (c)

5 Hugh Tizard

6 Andy Onyeama-Christie

7 Ben Earl

8 Tom Willis

9 Ivan van Zyl

10 Fergus Burke

11 Rotimi Segun

12 Nick Tompkins

13 Alex Lozowski

14 Tobias Elliott

15 Elliot Daly

Replacements:

16 Jamie George

17 Sam Crean

18 Alec Clarey

19 Nick Isiekwe

20 Theo McFarland

21 Toby Knight

22 Charlie Bracken

23 Alex Goode

[Epaminondas Pules]

Sale Sharks Starting lineup:

15. Joe Carpenter, 14. Tom Roebuck, 13. Waisea Nayacalevu, 12. Rob du Preez, 11. Tom O’Flaherty, 10. George Ford, 9. Gus Warr; 1. Si McIntyre, 2. Luke Cowan-Dickie, 3. Asher Opoku-Fordjour, 4. Ben Bamber, 5. Hyron Andrews, 6. Sam Dugdale, 7. Ben Curry ©, 8. Jean-Luc du Preez.

Replacements:

16. Ethan Caine, 17. Tumy Onasanya, 18. James Harper, 19. Josh Beaumont, 20. Rouban Birch, 21. Nye Thomas, 22. Sam Bedlow, 23. Will Addison.

[Puja]

Good to see AOF getting more gametime - he'll fancy himself against Carre. Hopefully Sale are planning on taking a sensible approach with his gametime across the season (and anyone suggesting him playing a higher level than England A before the 6N at the absolute earliest still needs beating with a rolled up newspaper), but it's good to see him getting experience in the tank.

TCurry getting stood down as he fucking should after that head knock. Don't care if he passes the HIA - he needs a fortnight to have his brain stop from wobbling around in his skull.

Puja

[fivepointer]

Absolutely right about TCurry.

Quirke injured?

Sale will hope to get their backs moving this week.

[Epaminondas Pules]

Absolutely right about TCurry.

Quirke injured?

Sale will hope to get their backs moving this week.

Should be back in a couple of weeks. Just a minor knock.

[twitchy]

Not a fan of this sale kit.

[FKAS]

Not a fan of this sale kit.

Looks like a Netherlands football kit that's faded in the wash

[Danno]

Ford injured. Not good.

[FKAS]

Ford injured. Not good.

How bad?

[Puja]

Ford injured. Not good.

How bad?

Looked like a pulled quad - went for a long penalty kick, put a big effort into it, and pulled up immediately afterwards.

Puja

[FKAS]

Ford injured. Not good.

How bad?

Looked like a pulled quad - went for a long penalty kick, put a big effort into it, and pulled up immediately afterwards.

Puja

Thanks. Hard to say how long he's out for then, will have to see how bad it is.

[Oakboy]

Like: Tom Willis, our best 8.

Dislike: artificial pitches (are there any injury stats?).

[Puja]

Like: Tom Willis, our best 8.

Dislike: artificial pitches (are there any injury stats?).

I don't know you can blame the plethora of head i juries on the artificial pitch...

Puja

[Tigger]

How bad?

Looked like a pulled quad - went for a long penalty kick, put a big effort into it, and pulled up immediately afterwards.

Puja

Thanks. Hard to say how long he's out for then, will have to see how bad it is.

He's having a scan on his knee on Monday...and it was said that the fact he needs a scan means they think it could be bad.

[Mikey Brown]

What a shame. I’m sure they said he’d been asked about all his injuries and rehab and said he’s in the best shape he’s been for years.

[Puja]

What a shame. I’m sure they said he’d been asked about all his injuries and rehab and said he’s in the best shape he’s been for years.

He looked absolute mustard for the time he was on the pitch yesterday as well. The first Sale penalty was because he absolutely murdered Tobias Elliot with a dummy and go - had Elliot not made the (cynical and sensible) decision to tackle the 12 regardless of him not getting the ball, it would've been a try.

Hope he's okay.

Puja