Friday, 16 December 2016

Friday and Saturday European cup rugby 16-12-16

FRIDAY

POOL 1

GLASGOW V RACING






Glasgow Warriors: Stuart Hogg, Tommy Seymour, Alex Dunbar, Sam Johnson, Lee Jones, Finn Russell, Ali Price; Gordon Reid, Fraser Brown, Zander Fagerson, Tim Swinson, Jonny Gray (capt), Rob Harley, Ryan Wilson, Josh Strauss.
Replacements: Corey Flynn, Alex Allan, Sila Puafisi, Brian Alainu'uese, Chris Fusaro, Henry Pyrgos, Mark Bennett, Sean Lamont.

Racing 92: Brice Dulin, Teddy Thomas, Casey Laulala, Anthony Tuitavke, Marc Andreu, Dan Carter, Maxime Machenaud (capt); Viliamu Afatia, Camille Chat, Ben Tameifuna, Gerbrandt Grobler, Francois van der Merwe, Wenceslas Lauret, Chris Masoe, Leone Nakarawa.
Replacements: Dimitri Szarzewski, Eddy Ben Arous, Cedate Gomes Sa, Thibault Dubarry, Antoine Claassen, Xavier Chauveau, Benjamin Dambielle, Joe Rokocoko.


If you had have said this at the start of this season I would have said that Racing would win and win quite comfortably but Glasgow look very good as they are going on an upwards spiral while Racing are going on a downwards one . I think that with players like Grey and Russel Glasgow can make a change here and win to keep their European hopes alive but it will be close and I think Racing will improve
SATURDAY

POOL 1

LEICESTER V MUNSTER










This year reminds me of the old Munster and there is that thing that they are playing for something or for someone but I think that this match will also be a close one but I think people like Connor Murray will make the difference killing of the game at the end. When a team is playing like this in Europe they are very hard to stop.

POOL 2

TOLOUSE V ZEBRE













Toulouse must win this to stay in this group as Zebre are the traditional whopping boys of the group and I think here that they will as they have got too much for the Italian side

CONNACHT V WASPS













Connacht have come from nowhere this season to be in this pool as a serious contender and if they stand any chance of reaching the Knockouts this is a tie that they must aim to either win or get at least a losing bonus from . I think they can win as they had shown last week that they could compete until the end and I think they will do this on Saturday. I think Connacht will get a losing bonus point

POOL 4

LEINSTER V NORTHAMPTON













Leinster are showing that they are back to the form that they were at a couple of years ago after getting the bonus point against Northampton last week and I think the same fate awaits the saints this week. I think that with players like Sean O Brian and Devon Toner Leinster should win but I do worry that Leinster do not have a quality fly half as if the game is within range the saints could win it

POOL 5

BORDEUX V EXETER













Exeter wold have had high expectations for this season and I thought that they could be a force in the group now they have lost 3 games what will they do. That to me will be the difference to whether Bordeaux get a bonus point here or not 

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