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We're good enough to beat any team in this comp in a KO game, especially in the Spring. Our failing is the inability to adapt to arm wrestle conditions and poor weather. Remember Bath at home in the Champs Cup?
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We're still still here, but I wish we were in an Anglo-Welsh
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157cb
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We did not play the conditions well ,but to play Toulon on Sunday and then Bath on the Friday was always a game to far .
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miaow
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Didn't see that against Toulon tbh. Their pack was full of some of the best pros in the game. Not just in Europe, in the world. Messam, Etzebeth...these are some of the best of the best. Bath are not Toulon. Toulon are on a huge run of success since we last played them. We can beat most teams, we can even sneak past Toulon, but reality is we've been massively up and down and inconsistent from one game to the next this season so far. Brad hasn't got the flow of European rugby yet, and won't. What it takes to be consistently good week to week and not lose games you should be winning. If we play Bristol away, we're underdogs.
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Like the look of that team Ffidel. Morgan replacing Josh is a good call. Josh needs a good rest and work on his technique. Much will depend on fitness particularly Fonotia (who we have missed recently) & Blade. If fit I would have Blade on the bench instead of Rawlins. McNichol & Parkes do not deserve selection on current form. I am mystified what has happened to Baldwin - he is not down as injured. He gets his first start at centre against Bayonne, does well & then disappears.
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GPR - Rochester
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# Don't disagree with you on Asquith's overall 80 minute game but he is quicker than Steff who, on form, is our natural 12. Also Asquith makes things happen in attack with good kicking and superb offloading ability. Of course neither are Scott but sadly he is not available. It is pretty clear to all of us that our options at 12 should be Steff, Asquith or Hadleigh & at 13 Fonotia, Baldwin or Asquith but Brad for some reason doesn't agree. We have no option on Saturday but to go looking for a bonus point win so it must for me be Baldwin or Asquith at 13 assuming Fonotia not fit.
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Hughes on the bench, with Parkes and Asquith centre combo. Cassiem and Tex have to start. Macleod has been one of the best 7’s in the league all season a couple games off form isn’t enough to drop him in my opinion.
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ap sior
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Castres win Pool 1 with 23pts, Dragons second with 20 pts.
Leicester must now beat Pau to secure a home QF, hopefully that will benefit us.
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ap sior
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Pau need a BP win to claim a QF spot.
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So if we win we are through? If Pau don’t win?
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Rich (Bris)
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Tigers resting or benching some key players unfortunately. Hopefully those player's they pick who are normally 2nd choice will go out to prove their worth and Pau will underestimate them.
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ap sior
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We need a BP win and for Pau to lose. Pau can't win their group but could still claim a QF spot, but need a BP win to be sure.
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157cb
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If Pau lose? and Blues 18pts 3 wins and us 18pts 4 wins ,do we go through .
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miaow
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No idea on the 18pts head to head, but I'd say it's 70:30 against us qualifying at the moment. The Blues are at the mercy of us having an extra point. Edinburgh will likely clean up or at least reach 20 points, leaving it a shootout in Pool 5 between Pau and Leicester, and less likely, the Blues. It's not out of the question that we qualify and Pau lose with us getting a bonus point win, but any other results and we're struggling.
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(c) If ranking remains unresolved and/or if clubs have not played each other previously in the pool stage, qualification/ranking will be determined as follows:
(i) the best aggregate points difference from the pool stage; or (ii) if equal, the number of tries scored in the pool stage; or (iii) if equal, the club with the fewest number of players suspended under Disciplinary Rules in the pool stage; or (iv) if unresolved, by drawing lots.
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