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#Post#: 80927--------------------------------------------------
Team for Glaws is up
DIR By: poorfour
Date: December 31, 2021, 6:09 am
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HARLEQUINS’ COACHING GROUP HAS MADE THREE CHANGES TO THE
STARTING XV THIS WEEK AS THE CLUB TRAVELS TO KINGSHOLM THIS
SUNDAY
Hugh Tizard, Marcus Smith and Luke Northmore all return to the
starting XV following Quins’ 41-27 win over Northampton at Big
Game 13 on Monday. Tizard and Northmore earn starting berths
after impressive appearances from the bench at Big Game, with
Tizard replacing Club Captain Stephan Lewies, who misses out due
to injury this week, in the five jersey.
Number eight Alex Dombrandt leads the side in Lewies' absence.
Smith is restored to the ten jersey after missing out on Big
Game following a positive COVID-19 test result last week, but
returns to the team after subsequent negative test results.
Harlequins travel to Gloucester looking to secure five
consecutive wins against the Cherry and Whites this Sunday and
four consecutive wins at Kingsholm Stadium.
Previewing the fixture, Scrum Coach Adam Jones said: “As a Club
we’ve obviously gone back to the Quins DNA of old over the last
year or so, and Gloucester this weekend have probably done
something similar. As a kid, I remember the Mike Teagues and
Phil Vickerys of Gloucester. Tough West Country blokes who knew
all about forward rugby. It certainly seems Gloucester have gone
back a little bit to their DNA.
“Obviously they have a bit of pace in their team as well in the
back three, but their maul has been outstanding. Having a second
row as their head coach I guess you’ll know your onions in that
area. It’s going to be tough, but we’ve got a pretty good maul
defence so we’ll challenge them as much as we can.
“It was pretty pleasing to see how well we went at Big Game in
the wet weather. I could see some ex-players watching it,
commenting on Twitter about how high-skill and fast-paced the
game was. And error wise, it wasn’t too bad, considering the
weather. I thought that our physicality was brilliant, too. We
carried hard and cleaned out well at the breakdown.
“We’re fairly happy with where we are at the moment, but what is
probably better is we know we still have room to improve and
grow as a team. We’re in the middle of a pretty important run of
games, so we’re pretty much fully focused on keeping this
momentum going.”
Harlequins Starting XV
1. Joe Marler
2. Jack Walker
3. Will Collier
4. Matt Symons
5. Hugh Tizard
6. Tom Lawday
7. Jack Kenningham
8. Alex Dombrandt – Captain
9. Danny Care
10. Marcus Smith
11. Joe Marchant
12. Andre Esterhuizen
13. Luke Northmore
14. Louis Lynagh
15. Tyrone Green
Impact Players
16. Jack Musk
17. Santiago Garcia Botta
18. Simon Kerrod
19. Dino Lamb
20. Luke Wallace
21. Lewis Gjaltema
22. Will Edwards
23. Huw Jones
HTML https://www.quins.co.uk/news/quins-name-team-to-travel-to-gloucester/
#Post#: 80929--------------------------------------------------
Re: Team for Glaws is up
DIR By: poorfour
Date: December 31, 2021, 6:12 am
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Shame to be missing Lewies and Chis, and a shame Murley is out
of the XXIII.
But a strong team, especially with Smith back in harness
#Post#: 80931--------------------------------------------------
Re: Team for Glaws is up
DIR By: poorfour
Date: December 31, 2021, 6:14 am
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And Glaws:
Team News
Ruan Ackermann will make his 100th Gloucester Rugby appearance
when the Cherry and Whites host Harlequins at Kingsholm on
Sunday.
George Skivington has made two changes to the starting line up
that beat Bath with Billy Twelvetrees coming in to replace Mark
Atkinson at inside centre and Fraser Balmain swapping places
with Kirill Gotovtsev who is named on the bench.
Lloyd Evans starts at fullback with fellow Academy graduates
Louis Rees-Zammit and Ollie Thorley on the wings. Chris Harris
keeps his 13 shirt after scoring a brace against Bath and will
have Twelvetrees inside him at 12. Adam Hastings and Ben Meehan
continue their halfback partnership.
In the forwards, Val Rapava-Ruskin and Jack Singleton will
partner Balmain in the front row with Freddie Clarke and Matias
Alemanno in the second row. Jordy Reid, Ruan Ackermann and
captain, Lewis Ludlow, make up the backrow.
After an impressive try in the Premiership Cup game against
Worcester, Tom Seabrook is named on the bench with Charlie
Chapman and Kyle Moyle the other back replacements. Santiago
Socino and Jamal Ford-Robinson, Kirill Gotovtsev, Andrew
Davidson and Jack Clement cover the forwards.
George Skivington is looking forward to hosting the reigning
champions.
“Quins are going really well. They’re the reigning champions and
they were really good against Saints at Twickenham. They are an
outstanding attacking team and there are a lot of guys in there
with flare and they obviously have a good connection amongst the
group. We know what a threat they are and we know how hard we
are going to have to work. It should be an exciting fixture.”
Tickets for the Harlequins game are available here.
Gloucester Rugby
15. Lloyd Evans *
14. Louis Rees-Zammit *
13. Chris Harris
12. Billy Twelvetrees
11. Ollie Thorley *
10. Adam Hastings
9. Ben Meehan
1. Val Rapava-Ruskin
2. Jack Singleton
3. Fraser Balmain
4. Freddie Clarke *
5. Matias Alemanno
6. Jordy Reid
7. Lewis Ludlow (c) *
8. Ruan Ackermann
16. Santiago Socino
17. Jamal Ford-Robinson
18. Kirill Gotovtsev
19. Andrew Davidson
20. Jack Clement *
21. Charlie Chapman *
22. Tom Seabrook *
23. Kyle Moyle
*Denotes Academy player or graduate from the Gloucester Rugby
Academy
#Post#: 80933--------------------------------------------------
Re: Team for Glaws is up
DIR By: T-Bone
Date: December 31, 2021, 6:16 am
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Good to see Smith back. Shame about lewies, though he's not
looked totally fit this season when he has played. Wallace over
taulani is interesting. No mention of murley being injured or
rested. Bit odd.
Forwards have a big job on their hands. Main thing is not to
give them a platform to launch the maul in the first place
#Post#: 80934--------------------------------------------------
Re: Team for Glaws is up
DIR By: poorfour
Date: December 31, 2021, 6:18 am
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Some interesting match-ups there. I think the Quins pack will
have the edge in the scrum, but Gloucester’s lineout and maul
are strong. The breakdown could be interesting given how
physical the Gloucester back row are.
The back division is an interesting contrast of styles, though
man for man I think Quins shade it in most positions. Looks like
Marchant might have been picked on the wing to contain LRZ, and
it will be interesting to see how Lloyd Evans goes at 15 - isn’t
he more usually a fly half?
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Re: Team for Glaws is up
DIR By: Quintron
Date: December 31, 2021, 6:29 am
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Glos by 10
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Re: Team for Glaws is up
DIR By: poorfour
Date: December 31, 2021, 6:38 am
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> Glos by 10
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I hope for your sake that you’re not backing your predictions up
with spread bets, because on the evidence so far you’d have lost
a packet.
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Re: Team for Glaws is up
DIR By: KentQuin
Date: December 31, 2021, 7:36 am
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--- Quote from: poorfour link ---
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> and it will be interesting to see how Lloyd Evans goes at 15 -
isn’t he more usually a fly half?
>
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Correct, but he's played their last three of four games at 15 so
Skivington is giving him an extended run there. Kind of makes
sense to me as it gives them a real secondary kicking option. I
know they've got Twelvetrees in for this weekend's game, but
their usual first choice centre pairing of Atkinson and Harris
doesn't offer them a genuine second receiver.
I can't recall if it was the corresponding fixture last season
or the season before, but Marcus's spiral bombs caused them all
sorts of problems. Wouldn't be surprised if they test out Lloyd
in similar fashion early on
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Re: Team for Glaws is up
DIR By: Bucksquin
Date: December 31, 2021, 10:09 am
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I wish we were getting injury updates; the coaches seem to have
stopped providing them. I appreciate that there is an element of
confidentiality to that in relation to the next few weeks'
matches, for our opposition, but surely it's also reasonable to
keep the supporters informed.
#Post#: 80943--------------------------------------------------
Re: Team for Glaws is up
DIR By: honkytonk
Date: December 31, 2021, 10:12 am
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--- Quote from: Bucksquin link ---
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> I wish we were getting injury updates; the coaches seem to
have stopped providing them. I appreciate that there is an
element of confidentiality to that in relation to the next few
weeks' matches, for our opposition, but surely it's also
reasonable to keep the supporters informed.
>
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I get where you are coming from, but at the same time, there is
no obligation to keep any one updated. Doesn't make any
difference re the team that is selected.
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