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Team vs Sarries
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2026 12:01 pm
by Olyy
Starting XV:
15. Tom Roebuck, 14. Tom O’Flaherty, 13. Rob du Preez, 12. Rekeiti Ma’asi-White, 11. Alex Wills, 10. George Ford, 9. Gus Warr; 1. Asher Opoku-Fordjour, 2. Ethan Caine, 3. James Harper, 4. Ernst van Rhyn ©, 5. Ben Bamber, 6. Jacques Vermeulen, 7. Jos Gilmore, 8. Sam Dugdale.
Replacements:
16. Alfie Longstaff, 17. Ralph McEachran, 18. Tye Raymont, 19. Dylan Hodkinson, 20. Reuben Logan, 21. Dom Hanson, 22. Marius Louw, 23. Tristan Woodman.
Not sure anyone could've predicted this side
Re: Team vs Sarries
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2026 12:10 pm
by Olyy
Unsurprisingly the offy social media accounts have a different side up to the offy website,
They're saying no Roebuck, RdP at 15, Louw at 13 and Joe Bedlow on the bench
Guess we just have to wait until Sunday to see who shows up
Re: Team vs Sarries
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2026 12:11 pm
by RinTin
Facebook release says completely different backline:
15/ RDP 14/Flats 13/ Louw 12/ RMW 11/ Roebuck 10/ Ford 9/ Warr
1/ Asher 2/ Caine 3/ Harper 4/ EVR 5/ Bamber 6/ Vermeulen 7/ Gilmore 8/ Dugdale
Re: Team vs Sarries
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2026 12:12 pm
by HerefordShark
How do we manage to put out different team sheets almost every week?
Re: Team vs Sarries
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2026 12:13 pm
by RinTin
Asher at loosehead is the one that will get the 'AOF is a loosehead' guys fired up. I just view it as needs must and shows his versatility.
Re: Team vs Sarries
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2026 12:13 pm
by Surbiton_Shark
Olyy wrote: ↑Fri Apr 17, 2026 12:01 pm
Not sure anyone could've predicted this side
Couldn't agree more. Carps injured again? Luke James seems to be constantly injured, he can't be out of favour as we signed him for another few years....
Thought Tom C may appear. I really would have liked to have seen Hanson start and I'm fed up of Ford aimlessly kicking so would have given him a breather.
Odd selection all around
Re: Team vs Sarries
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2026 12:15 pm
by RinTin
Saracens full bore - absolutely terrifying pack on it's way to us.
Re: Team vs Sarries
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2026 12:20 pm
by Surbiton_Shark
RinTin wrote: ↑Fri Apr 17, 2026 12:15 pm
Saracens full bore - absolutely terrifying pack on it's way to us.
Maybe they want to win....and not just talk about it
Re: Team vs Sarries
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2026 12:25 pm
by AndaleManito
Agree with the others, would like an update on Luke James. Wonder what's up with him, was knocking on England's door some years back, but he hardly plays these days. Clearly still handy (4 tries in 3 PREM games - 2 starting) this season. A headscratcher.
Otherwise, I'm really happy to see some of the younger lads get some experience. I've said before, but if this season is indeed a transition, then we should squeeze as much as we can from the experience-giving stone.
...it is actually comical how poor our social media/PR side is... how difficult is it to put out the correct team sheet each week? It's quite a bad look if you think about it - clearly some managerial and communication incompetence somewhere for it to be consistently poor - have to wonder what else is poorly communicated that we don't see.
I now second guess myself and wonder if its selection bias - are all clubs as bad as we are, and I just don't notice it because I don't follow their rosters/lineups so closely? Probably not.
Excited to see Gilmore, Longstaff, McEachran, Raymont, Hodkinson, Logan, Hanson, and Woodman. Go well lads.
Re: Team vs Sarries
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2026 12:25 pm
by Olyy
Carpenter a groin strain vs Leinster according to the offy (so take with a huge pinch of salt) - did wonder why he was subbed early
Re: Team vs Sarries
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2026 12:27 pm
by RinTin
1 Rhys Carre
2 Jamie George
3 Marcus Street
4 Maro Itoje (c)
5 Hugh Tizard
6 Theo McFarland
7 Ben Earl
8 Tom Willis
9 Charlie Bracken
10 Fergus Burke
11 Rotimi Segun
12 Olly Hartley
13 Nick Tompkins
14 Noah Caluori
15 Max Malins
Replacements:
16 Theo Dan
17 Eroni Mawi
18 Marco Riccioni
19 Harry Wilson
20 Nathan Michelow
21 Ivan Van Zyl
22 Owen Farrell
23 Angus Hall
I'm excited to see Hartley vs RMW. Both great young talents and come through U20's together in the centres side by side.
Their wingers have scary pace.
Re: Team vs Sarries
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2026 12:42 pm
by dinogyro
This is probably going to be the worst £275 I've ever spent.
Re: Team vs Sarries
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2026 12:45 pm
by Yareet
AndaleManito wrote: ↑Fri Apr 17, 2026 12:25 pm
Agree with the others, would like an update on Luke James. Wonder what's up with him, was knocking on England's door some years back, but he hardly plays these days. Clearly still handy (4 tries in 3 PREM games - 2 starting) this season. A headscratcher.
Otherwise, I'm really happy to see some of the younger lads get some experience. I've said before, but if this season is indeed a transition, then we should squeeze as much as we can from the experience-giving stone.
...it is actually comical how poor our social media/PR side is... how difficult is it to put out the correct team sheet each week? It's quite a bad look if you think about it - clearly some managerial and communication incompetence somewhere for it to be consistently poor - have to wonder what else is poorly communicated that we don't see.
I now second guess myself and wonder if its selection bias - are all clubs as bad as we are, and I just don't notice it because I don't follow their rosters/lineups so closely? Probably not.
Excited to see Gilmore, Longstaff, McEachran, Raymont, Hodkinson, Logan, Hanson, and Woodman. Go well lads.
The Welsh RFU apparently managed to put the wrong Scotland lineup in the program for the W6N game. Including Jade Konkel who retired after the World Cup
It’s not just us
Re: Team vs Sarries
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2026 1:14 pm
by ejndavid95
How can it be so difficult for them to release the correct team selection across all platforms? Supposed to be a professional outfit for god sake.
Ties in to the lack of match updates on Twitter etc as well...all points to a pretty amateurish social media team.
Re: Team vs Sarries
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2026 1:23 pm
by SSR
Check out this interview with Axe on RugbyPass.
https://www.rugbypass.com/news/beef-ale ... ace-in-it/
Now compare it to the team we are putting out. What statement is he trying to make ?
Re: Team vs Sarries
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2026 4:25 pm
by DavenportSharky
Sale Sharks v Saracens
Referee: Christophe Ridley (93rd game)
ARs: Hamish Smales & Jamie Leahy
TMO: Peter Allan
Re: Team vs Sarries
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2026 8:28 pm
by Olyy
Joe Bedlow has shared the teamsheet on his Instagram story so I guess that confirms the version with him in is the legit one
I'm not keen on RdP at 15 tbh - is Ollie Davies injured? Might as well give him a crack at it