Exeter off to a flyer v Sarries
Lisowski binned for a swinging arm to the head too
excellent, Gregor stays at Scotland for the foreseeable. nice one !!!
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Dan takes over as head coach at Newcastle
Sanderson has to walk this summer
What a disgrace from Sale.
Sarries score their 13th try to make it 85-12 after 75 mins
Saracens murdering Sale atm.
0-38 and its not half time yet
Jack Kelleher of Cork Con is on the bench for Northampton Saints tomorrow - he's described in some of the team news descriptions I've read as "guest player".
Scummy cheapshot by elliot daly.
Thought he was very good against us in the 6Ns when he was at 10. Badly exposed our lack of pace in the centres
Bath score on 79 mins after 35+ phases.
It ends Bath 33 Exeter 26
Bath score 4 tries in record time (20 mins) to go 26-0 up at home to Exeter.
76 mins played. Now 26-26.
Wtf
Exeter just a point off the top of the league after dismissing Leicester. Quite a turnaround from last season.
I originally thought he was much more suited to fullback but watching him the past season or two I’m in the same camp that he is probably suited to OH more. I like him as a player but don’t think he is top class in either position.
I had a look online (I know it’s a cesspit) after his mistake yesterday and he was getting pelters from everywhere about his attitude, it’s always about him, selfish player, hasn’t been good in years etc etc. I didn’t know that he seems to be pretty disliked by rugby supporters over in England.
Harlequins well beaten again. They've looked a bit shambolic defence wise this season despite scoring some great tries.
IMHO Marcus Smith is an OH not a FB.
Hoskins Sotutu signs for Newcastle Red Bull.
Tomos Williams to Saracens in '26
What a run by Kata.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/2025/12/18/itv-ramp-up-rugby-coverage-with-new-prem-deal/
A bit more rugby on FTA TV.
Saints have confirmed that Lee Radford will be seconded to Scottish Rugby for this season’s international windows. He take up a permanent position with Scotland in the summer of 2026.
Yeah, it was fairly obvious watching the game that than none of them would be short term injuries.
Bad news for Pat Lam:
Bristol Bears have been dealt a major blow with Harry Randall, AJ MacGinty and Gabriel Ibitoye all facing long spells on the sidelines and undergoing surgery for injuries this week.
The trio all went off in the Bears' win against Leicester last Sunday in their first outing of the new Prem season.
First choice fly-half MacGinty is facing nine months out with an Achilles injury and England scrum-half Randall is expected to be out until 2026 with a hamstring issue.
Winger Ibitoye - Bears' top try scorer of the past two seasons - also has a "complex" hamstring injury.
"I've probably never been in a game where I lose three starters, top players, to surgery in one game, but that's just the challenge we face," Lam said.
https://www.rugbypass.com/news/shock-change-at-the-top-imminent-as-newcastle-boss-gets-the-bullet/
Steve Diamond given his marching orders, surprising. Was on the rugby pod last week talking about the Red Bull take over, seemed very passionate / positive about the project
Well, Bristol did a right job on Leicester, winning 42 - 24. (5 tries to 4). But it was an expensive win for Pat Lam as they lost both Alan McGinty with what looked like a damaged achillles tendon and Harry Randall (hammy). They moved Tom Jordan to 10 where he had an excellent game, as had Marmion who replaced Randall. Their big signing Rees-Zammit scored a run-in try (from 60 meters!) at the death, which put the icing on the cake.
Tigers looked poor and, unusually for them, came second in the grunt game.
Bath destroyed Quins last night in an entertaining game [7 tries to 5, 31-47]. Mind you, after the unadulterated shite that Leinster had produced earlier, I think that any match would have looked entertaining afterwards!
From what I saw of the other game, Sarries were far too good for the Newcastle Red Bulls [17-39, 5 tries to 2], despite losing a player to a 20 minute red card.
Looking forward to what should be a pair of decent games tomorrow (Sunday), when Saints host Exeter [13.00] then Bristol take on Leicester [15.30].
Well, well, well! At halftime Saints led Exeter 33-7 and the game looked over, so I went out for a walk. In the second half, Exeter scored 26 unanswerd points and ended up with an impressive draw! That'll teach me!
After spotting it, I looked for any other Glaws players with similar but didn't see any. Maybe applies to capped internationals only ???
Yep, should have been IRFU badge (Glaws kit manager f*#k up)
I think Bath and Glocester put the flag of any international test players on their jersey. Not sure if any other clubs do it. I think it's a nice touch. Surprised it's the tricolour though. Shouldn't it be the IRFU flag?
BP win for Sale 27-10
Ross Byrne sporting a Tricolour on the back of his jersey above his name.
First game of this season's Premiership is Sale V Gloucester on THURSDAY evening at 19.45. It's live on TNT Sports 3.
I assume that Ross Byrne will be at 10 for Gloucester.
Quins V Bath is on Friday evening at 19.45. on TNT1 - convenient for Leinster watchers who need more rugby!
Liam Williams signs with The RedBulls
Seeing how few posts there are in here since the thread opened I'll just rename it.
The thread probably needs a new thread or an edit on the title but Liam Williams has signed for Newcastle
