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All 10 team selections for Gallagher Premiership round 10

Ireland and Leinster's Harry Byrne, Bristol's new loan signing (Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

Last week’s post-Christmas block of fixtures took us beyond the halfway point in this season’s Gallagher Premiership and a number of the round nine results have certainly whetted the appetite as English rugby welcomes in the new year.

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Harlequins’ recent lack of wins has ensured that even Marcus Smith has been pencilled in for Friday’s round-opening trip to bottom club Newcastle, while the weekend will conclude on Sunday with champions Northampton feeling they are in must-win territory when they welcome leaders Bath.

In between, Saturday’s three-match schedule will also intrigue fans with Sale heading to Gloucester looking to continue their recent good form and inconsistent Leicester host the no longer winless Exeter.

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      The game of the day, though, will be the London clash of wounded Saracens against a hurting Bristol, who give a club debut to new loan signing Harry Byrne from Leinster. Here are all 10 of the round 10 Gallagher Premiership teams:

      FRIDAY
      Newcastle Falcons vs Harlequins (Kingston Park, 7.45pm)Live on TNT Sports 1 and UHD

      NEWCASTLE: 15. Ben Redshaw; 14. Adam Radwan, 13. Alex Hearle, 12. Connor Doherty, 11. Ben Stevenson; 10. Brett Connon, 9. Sam Stuart; 1. Murray McCallum, 2. Jamie Blamire, 3. Richard Palframan, 4. Sebastian de Chaves, 5. Kiran McDonald, 6. Freddie Lockwood, 7. Tom Gordon, 8. Callum Chick (capt). Reps: 16. Ollie Fletcher, 17. Micky Rewcastle, 18. Callum Hancock, 19. John Hawkins, 20. Philip van der Walt, 21. Max Pepper, 22. Louis Brown, 23. Oli Spencer.

      HARLEQUINS: 15. Nick David; 14. Rodrigo Isgro; 13. Oscar Beard, 12. Luke Northmore, 11. Cadan Murley (capt); 10. Marcus Smith, 9. Will Porter; 1. Fin Baxter, 2. Jack Walker, 3. Titi Lamositele, 4. Joe Launchbury, 5. Dino Lamb, 6. Jack Kenningham, 7. Will Evans, 8. James Chisholm. Reps: 16. Sam Riley, 17. Wyn Jones, 18. Dillon Lewis, 19. Irne Herbst, 20. Alex Dombrandt, 21. Lucas Friday, 22. Jarrod Evans, 23. Ben Waghorn.

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      Referee: Sara Cox.

      Gallagher Premiership

      P
      W
      L
      D
      PF
      PA
      PD
      BP T
      BP-7
      BP
      Total
      1
      Bath
      9
      8
      1
      0
      39
      2
      Bristol
      9
      6
      3
      0
      34
      3
      Sale
      9
      6
      3
      0
      29
      4
      Saracens
      9
      5
      4
      0
      29
      5
      Leicester
      9
      5
      3
      1
      28
      6
      Gloucester
      9
      4
      5
      0
      25
      7
      Harlequins
      9
      3
      5
      1
      22
      8
      Northampton
      9
      4
      5
      0
      20
      9
      Exeter Chiefs
      9
      1
      8
      0
      10
      10
      Newcastle
      9
      2
      7
      0
      8

      SATURDAY
      Gloucester vs Sale Sharks (Kingsholm, 3pm) Live on discovery+

      GLOUCESTER: 15. Santi Carreras; 14. Max Llewellyn, 13. Chris Harris, 12. Seb Atkinson, 11. Josh Hathaway; 10. Gareth Anscombe, 9. Tomos Williams; 1. Mayco Vivas, 2. Jack Singleton, 3. Kirill Gotovtsev, 4. Freddie Thomas, 5. Arthur Clark, 6. Jack Clement, 7. Lewis Ludlow (capt), 8. Ruan Ackermann. Reps: 16. Seb Blake, 17. Val Rapava-Ruskin, 18. Ciaran Knight, 19. Freddie Clarke, 20. Albert Tuisue, 21. Caolan Englefield, 22. George Barton, 23. Charlie Atkinson.

      SALE: 15. Joe Carpenter; 14. Tom Roebuck, 13. Rob du Preez, 12. Luke James, 11. Tom O’Flaherty; 10. Tom Curtis, 9. Raffi Quirke; 1. Bevan Rodd, 2. Luke Cowan-Dickie, 3. Asher Opoku-Fordjour, 4. Ernst van Rhyn, 5. Jonny Hill, 6. Tom Curry, 7. Ben Curry (capt), 8. JL du Preez. Reps: 16. Ethan Caine, 17. Si McIntyre, 18. WillGriff John, 19. Josh Beaumont, 20. Dan du Preez, 21. Gus Warr, 22. Sam Bedlow, 23. Sam Dugdale.

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      Referee: Jack Makepeace.

      Leicester Tigers vs Exeter Chiefs (Mattioli Woods Welford Road, 3.05pm)Live on TNT Sports 1 and UHD

      LEICESTER: 15. Freddie Steward; 14. Josh Bassett, 13. Dan Kelly, 12. Solomone Kata, 11. Ollie Hassell-Collins; 10. Handre Pollard, 9. Jack van Poortvliet; 1. Nicky Smith, 2. Julian Montoya (capt), 3. Joe Heyes, 4. Cameron Henderson, 5. Harry Wells, 6. Hanro Liebenberg, 7. Tommy Reffell, 8. Olly Cracknell. Reps: 16. Charlie Clare, 17. James Whitcombe, 18. Dan Cole, 19. Jed Holloway, 20. Matt Rogerson, 21. Ben Youngs, 22. Jamie Shillcock, 23. Joseph Woodward.

      EXETER: 15. Josh Hodge; 14. Ben Hammersley, 13. Zack Wimbush, 12. Tamati Tua, 11. Tommy Wyatt; 10. Henry Slade, 9. Stu Townsend; 1. Scott Sio, 2. Dan Frost, 3. Marcus Street, 4. Dafydd Jenkins (capt), 5. Franco Molina, 6. Ethan Roots, 7. Jacques Vermeulen, 8. Greg Fisilau. Reps: 16. Jack Innard, 17. Will Goodrick-Clarke, 18. Josh Iosefa-Scott, 19. Rusi Tuima, 20. Richard Capstick, 21. Tom Cairns, 22. Will Haydon-Wood, 23. Will Rigg.

      Referee: Christophe Ridley.

      Saracens vs Bristol Bears (StoneX Stadium, 5.30pm) Live on TNT Sports 1 and UHD

      SARACENS: 15. Elliot Daly; 14. Rotimi Segun, 13. Alex Lozowski, 12. Nick Tompkins, 11. Lucio Cinti; 10. Fergus Burke, 9 Ivan van Zyl; 1. Rhys Carre, 2. Jamie George, 3. Marco Riccioni, 4. Maro Itoje (capt), 5. Harry Wilson, 6. Juan Martin Gonzalez, 7. Ben Earl, 8. Tom Willis. Reps: 16. Kapeli Pifeleti, 17. Phil Brantingham, 18. Alec Clarey, 19. Olamide Sodeke, 20. Nathan Michelow, 21. Gareth Simpson, 22. Olly Hartley, 23. Angus Hall.

      BRISTOL: 15. Rich Lane; 14. Jack Bates, 13. Benhard Janse van Rensburg, 12. James Williams, 11. Noah Heward; 10. Sam Worsley, 9. Harry Randall; 1. Ellis Genge, 2. Gabriel Oghre; 3. George Kloska, 4. James Dun, 5. Jamie Hodgson, 6. Steven Luatua, 7. Fitz Harding (capt), 8. Viliame Mata. Reps: 16. Harry Thacker, 17. Yann Thomas, 18. Jimmy Halliwell, 19, Steele Barker, 20. Jake Heenan, 21. Kieran Marmion, 22. Harry Byrne, 23. Kalaveti Ravouvou.

      Referee: Matthew Carley.

      SUNDAY
      Northampton Saints vs Bath (cinch Stadium @ Franklin’s Gardens, 3pm)Live on TNT Sports 1 and UHD

      NORTHAMPTON: 15. George Hendy; 14. Tommy Freeman, 13. Fraser Dingwall (capt), 12. Rory Hutchinson, 11. James Ramm; 10. Fin Smith, 9. Alex Mitchell; 1. Tom West, 2. Curtis Langdon, 3. Trevor Davison, 4. Temo Mayanavanua, 5. Alex Coles, 6. Josh Kemeny, 7. Tom Pearson, 8. Juarno Augustus. Reps: 16. Henry Walker, 17. Tarek Haffar, 18. Luke Green, 19. Tom Lockett, 20. Henry Pollock, 21. Angus Scott-Young, 22. Archie McParland, 23. Ollie Sleightholme

      BATH: 15. Orlando Bailey; 14. Joe Cokanasiga, 13. Ollie Lawrence, 12. Max Ojomoh, 11. Will Muir; 10. Finn Russell, 9. Ben Spencer (capt); 1. Beno Obano, 2. Tom Dunn, 3. Will Stuart, 4. Quinn Roux, 5. Ross Molony, 6. Guy Pepper, 7. Miles Reid, 8. Alfie Barbeary. Reps: 16. Kepu Tuipulotu, 17. Francois van Wyk, 18. Thomas du Toit, 19. Charlie Ewels, 20. Sam Underhill, 21. Louis Schreuder, 22. Josh Bayliss, 23. Jaco Coetzee.

      Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe.

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      Some great leadership quality from Big Jim, he facilitated for large parts then put the responsibility on himself at the end drive the team forward in the last desperate minutes. He also filled in for Withy extremely well, adding real strength to the maul.


      The Force have been playing very well this year indeed, and their stars did make a couple of key players, the main factor though is definitely what I reported in the previous article “

      Gotta say I’m really enjoying the Highlanders desperation in the last 10 minutes of games, maybe it’s just because theyre having to throw the kitchen sink at it again. Another massive effort to hold the opposition out just like in the Blues game. I’m sure the coach’s will be wanting a little more composure though as the play seems to far more hap hazard (really just the type of footy I like watching) than the picture they bring at the beggining of games.

      Again though they don’t have the refs to thank for anything, being down a man twenty more minutes than they should have been. Most importantly they were without one of they best attackers (not counting Tangitau’s early change) for the final push, with Nareki’s bin.

      Again, I can see where this team is trying to go, I hope they can get their this year as they certainly have the game to be a top four team if they click. They are munch of misfits when you look at it objectively though, they probably have the worst cohesion score of any SRP team. A few more wins, maybe a come from behind upset may be the best theey can hope to acheive this year.

      “. Like Jim I thought the defence stood up strongly for large parts, but they may just have some structural issues, where it’s just not paying off. They had Lawaqa on the wing all day, allowed the Force to make a dozen linebreaks, why? Both there attack and defence look a bit too fancy for me, why? Common Joseph, the youngest team with the least cohesion/most new guys, it look overly complicated.


      I hope it clicks. Manson in particular looked to be trying far too hard when he came on, what’s been said in his ear? Stick to you lane son and don’t make any mistakes, don’t lose the game for your team. Should be a comfortable win next week against Drua if they keep there heads up and come back stronger. Lasaqa might be best to come off the bench, would keep Jim at 12 but I’d like Tele’a to come back to the side, though TUJ hasn’t been bad and style might suit Drua more. Hopefully Renton or someone with some size is at 8 or 6, Lasaqa appears to be more an 8 actually, similar to Sititi and I wouldn’t mind if he was groomed behind him and Sotutu. Lennox I thought could make a good halfback but isn’t ready, I’d hope Arscott, Fakatava, or Pledger could return to the side. Other than Drua theyve got Cheifs twice, though the home game is the last of the round/season so potentially a gimme if the Chiefs repeat previous years tactics. The Crusaders and Moana at home are also very doable. Those four wins could see them crash into the top 6 still.

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