Quins v Sarries

[Epaminondas Pules]

Starting XV:

1. Fin Baxter (54)
2. Jack Walker (66)
3. Titi Lamositele (3)
4. Irne Herbst (50)
5. Stephan Lewies (73 – Captain)
6. Dino Lamb (96)
7. Jack Kenningham (52)
8. James Chisholm (151)
9. Will Porter (25)
10. Marcus Smith (163)
11. Cadan Murley (114)
12. Lennox Anyanwu (25)
13. Oscar Beard (58)
14. Nick David (52)
15. Leigh Halfpenny (2)

Impact Players:

16. Nathan Jibulu (16)
17. Joe Marler (283)
18. Dillon Lewis (20)
19. Joe Launchbury (22)
20. Chandler Cunningham-South (19)
21. Will Evans (93)
22. Danny Care (379)
23. Jarrod Evans (20)

Saracens Men team to play Harlequins:

1 Rhys Carre
2 Jamie George
3 Marco Riccioni
4 Maro Itoje (c)
5 Nick Isiekwe
6 Juan Martin Gonzalez
7 Andy Onyeama-Christie
8 Ben Earl
9 Ivan van Zyl
10 Fergus Burke
11 Elliot Daly
12 Nick Tompkins
13 Alex Lozowski
14 Tobias Elliott
15 Alex Goode

Replacements:

16 Theo Dan
17 Eroni Mawi
18 Alec Clarey
19 Hugh Tizard
20 Tom Willis
21 Toby Knight
22 Gareth Simpson
23 Lucio Cinti

[FKAS]

This could be some game, the benches are absolutely loaded as well so second half should be fun. I think how Sarries deal with the exceptional Quins rolling maul will be key.

[Scrumhead]

Sadly I can only see a Saracens win. Great to see Murley back though.

[Mikey Brown]

Sadly I can only see a Saracens win. Great to see Murley back though.

Any particular reason? Slightly patchy team for us, especially backrow, but that’s a pretty handy looking bench.

Will be interesting to see how Earl goes at 8. Maybe he covers there during games but not sure I’ve seen him at 8 in the prem since his season with Bristol.

[Scrumhead]

Well it’s a long time since we beat them or even come close. They’re in great form, whereas we’ve been no more than OK. We’re missing key players … I could go on …

[Mikey Brown]

Did anybody see what just happened? Does not sound good at all judging by commentary, but I missed it.

Especially gutting for him suddenly looking a proper international player before his last injury.

[twitchy]

I missed it as well.

[FKAS]

Who was it?

[twitchy]

Every time I have watched halfpenny this season he has messed something up.


The injury was christie.

[Puja]

Who was it?

Onyeama-Christie. Very gruesome knee injury in the first couple of minutes that made a few players near it go pale and TNT ban the replay. Poor sod - he was in such good form this season.

Puja

[Puja]

Earl gives away a penalty for appealing at the referee in the middle of a ruck. Good call from the ref to immediately blow up.

Puja

[twitchy]

I appreciate the way they have approached injuries this season. No replay, camera pulls far back to a wide shot of the stadium. Definitely an improvement.

[Mellsblue]

Every time I have watched halfpenny this season he has messed something up.

*everything

I will love him forever for his performances for the Lions in Oz but he’s now a shadow of his former self.

[p/d]

Earl gives away a penalty for appealing at the referee in the middle of a ruck. Good call from the ref to immediately blow up.

Puja

Music to my ears!

[FKAS]

Who was it?

Onyeama-Christie. Very gruesome knee injury in the first couple of minutes that made a few players near it go pale and TNT ban the replay. Poor sod - he was in such good form this season.

Puja

Not another one. Don't like to see those. Hope it's not as bad as feared.

[Puja]

Elliott's having a great game for Sarries. Looks a really balanced winger, with a lovely step and turn of pace.

Puja

[Puja]

Itoje is putting in an incredible shift. Just made two turnovers in a row - feels like he's single-handedly keeping Sarries in this.

Kenningham's been PotM today though IMO. Absolutely monstrous. He's been everywhere and put in a ridiculous number of tackles, some of which were complete momentum-stoppers.

Puja

[Mikey Brown]

Itoje is putting in an incredible shift. Just made two turnovers in a row - feels like he's single-handedly keeping Sarries in this.

Kenningham's been PotM today though IMO. Absolutely monstrous. He's been everywhere and put in a ridiculous number of tackles, some of which were complete momentum-stoppers.

Puja

Yeah it’s been a slow road back for him, but that looked like 2020 Kenningham.

[Stom]

Nice that all bar 5 points from Lozowski's boo were scored by Quins academy graduates.

[fivepointer]

Enjoyed that. Not a 10 try jamboree but a tough hard fought slog. Hats off to Quins for a tremendous rearguard action.

Kenningham was terrific, so too Baxter along with Porter. Willis put in a huge shift for Saracens.

[Mellsblue]

You could pick an England backrow from that match and I’d be very happy.

[Banquo]

You could pick an England backrow from that match and I’d be very happy.

Earl remains a wankr tho. And tbh, died too much with the ball.


Sarries toothless and wrong tactics.
Quins defence fantastic.


(All that BS re Ampthill ‘Buddy’ system. Sarries get paid 100’s of k so that Ampthill can stay in the champ by fielding 9-13 Sarries squad players)

[Banquo]

Earl gives away a penalty for appealing at the referee in the middle of a ruck. Good call from the ref to immediately blow up.

Puja

Knobhead

[twitchy]

You could pick an England backrow from that match and I’d be very happy.

Sarries toothless and wrong tactics.

I came to say that quins did well but agree that sarries did look quite blunt.

[Mellsblue]

I can’t help but think that Sarries would’ve won by 83 points if Farrell were still there.