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       #Post#: 95598--------------------------------------------------
       Team's Up!
   DIR By: Fearless Fred
       Date: September 16, 2022, 6:00 am
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       TEAM NAMED FOR SARACENS LONDON DERBY
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       Joe Marchant in action
       England internationals Joe Marchant and Will Collier earn their
       first starts of the season having appeared from the bench during
       last weekend’s opening round victory over Newcastle.
       Marchant starts on the right wing in place of Nick David, who
       drops out of the team due to injury, seeing Lennox Anyanwu and
       Luke Northmore continuing the centre partnership established
       during pre-season.
       Flanker Will Evans will also earn his first start of the season,
       replacing Tom Lawday at openside flanker. Archie White returns
       to the matchday squad in the 20 jersey, with Tom Lawday dropping
       from the squad having left the field due to injury during last
       week’s victory over Newcastle.
       Amongst the Impact Players, Academy centre Hayden Hyde will look
       to make his Gallagher Premiership debut from the 23 jersey, with
       the youngster impressing during pre-season and whilst on loan
       with partner club London Scottish.
       Summer signing Irne Herbst will make his first competitive
       appearance at the Stoop in front of a sold-out crowd, while
       hooker George Head and centre Anyanwu play their first home
       matches as senior players in front of a packed-out home
       audience.
       Both homegrown players made impressive starts to their senior
       careers with Harlequins last weekend, with Head seeing Quins
       claim a 100% record at the lineout (the only club to do so
       during round one) while Anyanwu claimed a length of the field
       team try that would go on to be runner-up for the try of the
       week.
       Alex Dombrandt continues to lead the side as Club Captain
       Stephan Lewies returns from injury.
       Danny Care continues to rehabilitate a minor muscle strain
       sustained during pre-season, looking to return to the Harlequins
       matchday squad over the next two weeks.
       Unfortunately for the Club, fly-half Marcus Smith was not given
       clearance to play this week and will continue his mandated rest
       period following England’s summer internationals.
       Head Coach Tabai Matson said: “It was an entertaining first
       blowout in Newcastle last week. In the end, we were pretty happy
       with the result. In that first game of the year, you want to see
       what you’ve been working on in pre-season put into the game and
       get a look at how some things work and how others don’t.
       “All in all we saw what we wanted to see from that first hit
       out, with plenty for us to go back and have a think about for
       the season ahead. We scored six tries, which was good, and
       created some opportunities with some new combinations that
       haven’t played together before. Overall, we were pretty positive
       off the back of that first hit-out.
       “We have a great challenge this week against some old rivals in
       what should be an entertaining all-London clash in front of a
       sold-out Stoop."
       Harlequins Starting XV
       1. Joe Marler
       2. George Head
       3. Will Collier
       4. George Hammond
       5. Irne Herbst
       6. Jack Kenningam
       7. Will Evans
       8. Alex Dombrandt – Captain
       9. Lewis Gjaltema
       10. Tommy Allan
       11. Cadan Murley
       12. Lennox Anyanwu
       13. Luke Northmore
       14. Joe Marchant
       15. Tyrone Green
       Impact Players
       16. Jack Walker
       17. Simon Kerrod
       18. Wilco Louw
       19. Dino Lamb
       20. Archie White
       21. Jack Stafford
       22. Will Edwards
       23. Hayden Hyde
       #Post#: 95599--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Team's Up!
   DIR By: Fearless Fred
       Date: September 16, 2022, 6:04 am
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       And the opposition:
       Saracens Men team to play Harlequins:
       1 Eroni Mawi
       2 Tom Woolstencroft
       3 Christian Judge
       4 Maro Itoje
       5 Hugh Tizard
       6 Theo McFarland
       7 Ben Earl
       8 Billy Vunipola
       9 Ivan van Zyl
       10 Owen Farrell (c)
       11 Alex Lewington
       12 Nick Tompkins
       13 Alex Lozowski
       14 Max Malins
       15 Elliot Daly
       Replacements:
       16 Jamie George
       17 Mako Vunipola
       18 Alec Clarey
       19 Andy Christie
       20 Jackson Wray
       21 Aled Davies
       22 Manu Vunipola
       23 Duncan Taylor
       #Post#: 95600--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Team's Up!
   DIR By: TomBuckQuin
       Date: September 16, 2022, 6:06 am
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       --- Quote from: Fearless Fred link ---
       >
       > Unfortunately for the Club, fly-half Marcus Smith was not
       given clearance to play this week and will continue his mandated
       rest period following England’s summer internationals.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       This feels like a thinly-veiled, barbed attack on the absolute
       farce that these mandated rest periods have become - Itoje,
       Billy V and Farrell all starting for Sarries, with George on the
       bench.
       #Post#: 95601--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Team's Up!
   DIR By: poorfour
       Date: September 16, 2022, 6:08 am
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       We’ll be hoping for a fast game with lots of action at the
       breakdown, then. Shame not to have Marcus or Andre, but them
       aside it’s one of the strongest XXIIIs we could put out. Only 6
       internationals to their 12, though.
       Going to be a tough game.
       #Post#: 95602--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Team's Up!
   DIR By: QNSno7
       Date: September 16, 2022, 6:09 am
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       Unfortunately for the Club, fly-half Marcus Smith was not given
       clearance to play this week and will continue his mandated rest
       period following England’s summer internationals.
       But yet, how many international are they allowed to play. All
       teams are equal, some are more qual than others !!!
       Come on Quinsssss
       #Post#: 95603--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Team's Up!
   DIR By: MrSoloDolo
       Date: September 16, 2022, 6:11 am
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       'Unfortunately for the Club, fly-half Marcus Smith was not given
       clearance to play this week and will continue his mandated rest
       period following England’s summer internationals.'
       Need to know more as Farrell is playing?
       #Post#: 95604--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Team's Up!
   DIR By: Man From LA
       Date: September 16, 2022, 6:17 am
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       Does this really surprise anyone? Look at their behaviour over
       the last decade. Leopards, spots etc. Goes to show how desperate
       they are to win their cup final against Quins though.
       #Post#: 95605--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Team's Up!
   DIR By: RhubarbAndGustard
       Date: September 16, 2022, 6:24 am
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       Smith not cleared to play, but Farrell, Itoje, Billy, George all
       fine to play despite playing the prem final in addition to all 3
       tests? That is an absolute joke
       #Post#: 95606--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Team's Up!
   DIR By: mighty_quin
       Date: September 16, 2022, 6:38 am
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       How does the return to play/clearance decision work?
       #Post#: 95607--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Team's Up!
   DIR By: quins4life
       Date: September 16, 2022, 6:43 am
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       No know. It seems all bar our request for Smith to play have
       been allowed. Either you let all clubs manage their players’
       minutes or you let none. It’s frankly a joke and brings the
       league’s integrity into question. Smith, a young lad with no
       history of injuries has to take time off and is a back with less
       ‘serious collision’. But the injury prone players of Farrell,
       the Vunipolas, Itoje and George can come back when they want
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