Bristol v Newcastle (Sunday 15.00)

[jimKRFC]

Bristol:
15. Max Malins (30 apps), 14. Siva Naulago (31 apps), 13. Benhard Janse van Rensburg (21 apps), 12. James Williams (38 apps), 11. Gabriel Ibitoye (37 apps), 10. AJ MacGinty (34 apps), 9. Harry Randall (122 apps), 1. Ellis Genge (40 apps), 2. Gabriel Oghre (13 apps), 3. Kyle Sinckler (57 apps), 4. James Dun (30 apps), 5. Josh Caulfield (20 apps), 6. Steven Luatua (126 apps), 7. Fitz Harding (c) (68 apps), 8. Magnus Bradbury (41 apps)

Subs: 16. Will Capon (85 apps), 17. Yann Thomas (113 apps), 18. Max Lahiff (83 apps), 19. Joe Owen (13 apps), 20. Jake Heenan (107 apps), 21. Kieran Marmion (20 apps), 22. Virimi Vakatawa (15 apps), 23. Rich Lane (33 apps).

Newcastle:
15 Ben Redshaw, 14 Adam Radwan, 13 Oli Spencer, 12 Tom Penny, 11 Iwan Stephens, 10 Brett Connon, 9 Sam Stuart, 1 Adam Brocklebank, 2 Jamie Blamire, 3 Richard Palframan, 4 Tim Cardall, 5 Sebastian de Chaves, 6 Philip van der Walt, 7 Sam Cross, 8 Callum Chick (captain).

Replacements:
16 Bryan Byrne, 17 Mark Dormer, 18 Eduardo Bello, 19 John Kelly, 20 Freddie Lockwood, 21 Max Pepper, 22 Rory Jennings, 23 Matias Moroni.

Suspect Newcs fancy their chances but Bristol have been going well and haven't had to make many changes. Hopefully a win for Bris and a BP as well.

[Epaminondas Pules]

Great to see Mark Dormer with an opportunity to get on the pitch. Another bloody good loosehead at age grade who can hopefully make the step up. Brantingham forced his way in, now he's off which presents a great chance for Dormer to follow in behind.

Spencer starting is great along with Redshaw.

Tough going to Bris and expecting anything other than a bit of a drubbing.

[FKAS]

I dunno about Falcons fancying their chances. The team looks to be missing a number of players.

[Puja]

Great to see Mark Dormer with an opportunity to get on the pitch. Another bloody good loosehead at age grade who can hopefully make the step up. Brantingham forced his way in, now he's off which presents a great chance for Dormer to follow in behind.

Spencer starting is great along with Redshaw.

Tough going to Bris and expecting anything other than a bit of a drubbing.

Is Brantingham injured or has he been frozen out in a fit of pique by Diamond?

Puja

[fivepointer]

Bris in a very good groove. You'd expect them to win pretty comfortably.

[Epaminondas Pules]

Great to see Mark Dormer with an opportunity to get on the pitch. Another bloody good loosehead at age grade who can hopefully make the step up. Brantingham forced his way in, now he's off which presents a great chance for Dormer to follow in behind.

Spencer starting is great along with Redshaw.

Tough going to Bris and expecting anything other than a bit of a drubbing.

Is Brantingham injured or has he been frozen out in a fit of pique by Diamond?

Puja

From what I gather he’s ’preparing for next season’, or freezing the leavers out, whichever way you look at it. Though to be fair it’s not likely a winnable game so also worth rotating.

[jimKRFC]

Finished 85 - 14....

Did not see that coming!

[p/d]

Finished 85 - 14....

Did not see that coming!

Was it the 14 that took you by surprise

[fivepointer]

Bristol wont mind but a score like that does no one any good. Demoralising for Falcons who dont seem to have had much of a Diamond bounce.

[switchskier]

How did Bristol score 13 tries without Ibitoye, who I captained in fantasy rugby, getting any of them?

[Whagwan]

He still made 36.5pts from carrying and assists so you won't be losing out!

[jimKRFC]

Finished 85 - 14....

Did not see that coming!

Was it the 14 that took you by surprise

To be honest after a few decent results in a row I expect a massive collapse and a defeat..

[Margin_Walker]

I know there is a huge disparity in resources, but even so, most Championship clubs would have put up more of a fight than that. There's something seriously wrong there.

The prem site has Bristol making 1300 metres and 44 clean breaks. I've never seen anything like that.

[jimKRFC]

I know there is a huge disparity in resources, but even so, most Championship clubs would have put up more of a fight than that. There's something seriously wrong there.

The prem site has Bristol making 1300 metres and 44 clean breaks. I've never seen anything like that.

And only 3 kicks from hand..

[FKAS]

I know there is a huge disparity in resources, but even so, most Championship clubs would have put up more of a fight than that. There's something seriously wrong there.

The prem site has Bristol making 1300 metres and 44 clean breaks. I've never seen anything like that.

And only 3 kicks from hand..

They were probably crossfield or chip and chase as well.

[Margin_Walker]

TBF there's not a lot of need for kicking from hand when you're breaking the line at will.