Great news for Worcester last two days, another year for Donnagh O'Callaghan leading on the pitch & Gary Gold staying on as DoR!Be very interesting to see what he does in terms of tweaking the squad & whether he can get the club out of that bottom 2 cycle.
Come on Glaws!
2nd semi was equally brilliant, wasps winning it with a 77th minute try to take it by a point.On top of that Saints won the playoffs against connacht, Apparently Mallinder was superb at 10, I fully expect him to break into the England squad next season.
Quote from: paul_e on May 20, 2017, 07:19:14 PM2nd semi was equally brilliant, wasps winning it with a 77th minute try to take it by a point.On top of that Saints won the playoffs against connacht, Apparently Mallinder was superb at 10, I fully expect him to break into the England squad next season.Lawes was the official man of the match, Mallinder was steady from what I saw via Facebook. Mallinder strikes me as too big to be a ten, I'd guess that he'd be a better inside centre where his strength would be more of an asset. Saints have also signed that chap from Aukland blues so Myler will have some competition next season.
I watched both semi finals and can't remember an afternoon of such high intensity Northern Hemisphere club rugby. All four teams should be extremely proud of their efforts and the final next week should be pretty special. I fancy Exeter to have a bit too much for Wasps up front and win a close one.Sorry guys, not having Mallinder as an international player. I know he's only young but all I see is Twelvetrees Mark 2. I much prefer the claims of youngsters like Lozowski and Malins. Tin hat on 😬
Superb finish to the first semi, Exeter leading by 2 until the 75th when sarries got a try but missed the conversion. From the kick off sarries choked chiefs and looked likely to carry off until they gave a scrum penalty. From that Slade put in the best touch finder you'll ever see before they drove over from the line out.Great game and, on balance, the right result.
Quote from: paul_e on May 20, 2017, 04:31:20 PMSuperb finish to the first semi, Exeter leading by 2 until the 75th when sarries got a try but missed the conversion. From the kick off sarries choked chiefs and looked likely to carry off until they gave a scrum penalty. From that Slade put in the best touch finder you'll ever see before they drove over from the line out.Great game and, on balance, the right result.And what a kick it was. It was, literally, an all or nothing kick. Fortune certainly favoured the brave with that kick.Agree, Exeter deserved it.Jack Nowell was excellent again. I think he'd be a fantastic open side flanker, too.
Quote from: Dave Summers on May 20, 2017, 09:05:11 PMI watched both semi finals and can't remember an afternoon of such high intensity Northern Hemisphere club rugby. All four teams should be extremely proud of their efforts and the final next week should be pretty special. I fancy Exeter to have a bit too much for Wasps up front and win a close one.Sorry guys, not having Mallinder as an international player. I know he's only young but all I see is Twelvetrees Mark 2. I much prefer the claims of youngsters like Lozowski and Malins. Tin hat on 😬I think all three are very good but I think what you're missing about Mallinder is his work in the tight. He's big and strong and has a great boot and a solid defence (where the Twelvetrees reference is valid) but it ignores just how good he is at offloading and passing out of contact.Malins will, in my opinion, be pushing Farrell all the way for club and country in a couple of years but it's worth noting that the best I've ever seen him play was with Mallinder outside him for the U20s. I think Lozowski is the weakest of the 3, he's decent but nothing more for me.I honestly believe that the team for the 2020 6N will include Maunder, Malins, Mallinder and Marchant as 9-10-12-13 - I think they're all world class players in the making.