Friday, 6 January 2017

RUGBY WEEKEND 6-1-16

CHAMPIONS CUP


RACING 92 V MUNSTER

Racing 92: J Imhoff; J Rokocoko, C Laulala, A Tuitavke, T Thomas; B Dambielle, X Chauveau; K Vartanov, C Chat, L Ducalcon; G Grobler, F van der Merwe; C Masoe (capt), M Voisin, A Claassen.
Replacements: V Lacombe, J Brugnaut, C Gomes Sa, A Williams, S Fa'aso'o, J Hart, D Carter, H Chavancy.

Munster: S Zebo; A Conway, J Taute, R Scannell, R O'Mahony; T Bleyendaal, C Murray; J Cronin, N Scannell, J Ryan, D Ryan, B Holland, P O'Mahony (capt), T O'Donnell, CJ Stander.
Replacements: R Marshall, D Kilcoyne, S Archer, D Foley, J O'Donoghue, D Williams, K Earls, F Saili.
To me the Anthony Foley match is the only match that matters this week as it will tell me where Munster stand in the European Cup as it does seem that Racing are out if Munster will win one of the 2 matches and  they will have a top 2 shootout with Glasgow for a guaranteed quarter final spot

PRO 12

SCARLETS V ULSTER

Scarlets: Johnny Mcnicholl; Liam Williams, Jonathan Davies, Hadleigh Parkes, Steff Evans; Dan Jones, Gareth Davies; Rob Evans, Ken Owens (capt), Werner Kruger, Jake Ball, Tom Price, Lewis Rawlins, James Davies, John Barclay.
Replacements: Ryan Elias, Wyn Jones, Nicky Thomas, Joshua Macleod, Will Boyde, Aled Davies, Aled Thomas, Steff Hughes.

Ulster: Louis Ludik, Andrew Trimble (capt), Luke Marshall, Stuart McCloskey, Jacob Stockdale, Paddy Jackson, Paul Marshall; Callum Black, Rory Best, Ross Kane, Kieran Treadwell, Iain Henderson, Clive Ross, Chris Henry, Sean Reidy.
Replacements: John Andrew, Andrew Warwick, Jonny Simpson, Franco van der Merwe, Pete Browne, Dave Shanahan, Brett Herron, Tommy Bowe.


Ulster don’t have to win this to keep in touch but a win going into their match with Exeter next week will definitely boost their confidence. I think that this will be a game that will go up and down and a bonus point will be got but I do feel that Ulster will win

DRAGONS V TREVISO

Dragons: Carl Meyer; Tom Prydie, Tyler Morgan, Adam Warren, Pat Howard; Angus O'Brien, Sarel Pretorius; Phil Price, Elliot Dee, Brok Harris, Nick Crosswell, Cory Hill, Lewis Evans (capt), Ollie Griffiths, Ed Jackson
Replacements: Rhys Buckley, Sam Hobbs, Lloyd Fairbrother, Rynard Landman, Nic Cudd, Tavis Knoyle, Dorian Jones, Jack Dixon.


Treviso: Luke McLean; Andrea Pratichetti, Tommaso Benvenuti, Alberto Sgarbi (capt), Luca Sperandio; Tommaso Allan, Tito Tebaldi; Marco Barbini, Robert Barbieri, Abraham Steyn, Dean Budd, Marco Fuser, Matteo Zanusso, Davide Giazzon, Alberto De Marchi.
Replacements: Ornel Gega, Federico Zani, Tiziano Pasquali, Teofilo Paulo, Marco Lazzaroni, Giorgio Bronzini, Ian McKinley, Tommaso Iannone.
I think that the Dragons need a bonus point win here if they have any chance of getting into European rugby


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