Northampton vs Munster - Sunday 12.30pm

[Puja]

Northampton: 15 James Ramm, 14 Tommy Freeman, 13 Fraser Dingwall, 12 Burger Odendaal, 11 Ollie Sleightholme, 10 Fin Smith, 9 Tom James, 8 Sam Graham, 7 Lewis Ludlam (c), 6 Courtney Lawes, 5 Alex Coles, 4 Alex Moon, 3 Trevor Davison, 2 Curtis Langdon, 1 Emmanuel Iyogun
Replacements: 16 Sam Matavesi, 17 Alex Waller, 18 Paul Hill, 19 Temo Mayanavanua, 20 Angus Scott-Young, 21 Juarno Augustus, 22 Alex Mitchell, 23 George Hendy

Munster: 15 Mike Haley, 14 Simon Zebo, 13 Antoine Frisch, 12 Alex Nankivell, 11 Shane Daly, 10 Jack Crowley, 9 Craig Casey, 8 Gavin Coombes, 7 John Hodnett, 6 Peter O’Mahony, 5 RG Snyman, 4 Tadhg Beirne (c), 3 Stephen Archer, 2 Niall Scannell, 1 Jeremy Loughman
Replacements: 16 Eoghan Clarke, 17 Josh Wycherley, 18 John Ryan, 19 Tom Ahern, 20 Alex Kendellen, 21 Conor Murray, 22 Joey Carbery, 23 Sean O’Brien

Venue: @Cinch Stadium at Franklin’s Gardens
Kick-off: 12:30 GMT
Referee: Mike Adamson (SCO)
Assistant Referees: David Sutherland (SCO), Jonny Perriam (SCO)
TMO: Hollie Davidson (SCO)

[Banquo]

Ramm at 15 again...bleurghh

[Puja]

Iyogun auditioning for the 1 shirt next season with this run of games and getting picked in the big one here.

Puja

[fivepointer]

Thought Iyogun looked pretty good last week.

Got to fancy Saints at home.

[Adam_P]

Yeah I think Iyogun is definitely first choice - the only reason he hasn't had loads of game time is frustrating injuries. I'd definitely be comfortable with him and Haffar as our top two.

Shame Pearson is back on the injury list, he was very good last week.

Notice John Ryan is named on the Munster bench, despite getting a 3 game ban last week. Edit - just seen they've updated the team after an appeal to replace him with an academy prop.

[Banquo]

opponents for this ties winners currently playing in front of what appears to be about 100 spectators at Loftus Versfeld. Ludicrous, and Bulls currently stuffing Lyon

[twitchy]

Are munster good this year?

[twitchy]

I am knackered after watching that opening 10 mins.

[Adam_P]

After messing up gathering the kick off we took a solid 5 mins of Munster pressure ending in a really solid defensive set and a held up try. Now we've gone down the other end and scored, lovely

[Adam_P]

Sleightholme is a quality jackler

[Banquo]

saints getting reamed at breakdown, poor under kicks too

[Captainhaircut]

I don’t care if Mitchell is 50% fit, they have to get him on.

[Banquo]

I don’t care if Mitchell is 50% fit, they have to get him on.

Yeah James has been average

[Adam_P]

That was a mad 40 mins of rugby

[Puja]

The minerals on Langdon - that one-handed catch over his shoulder and then turn and run. Hell of an exciting game.

Puja

[Adam_P]

The minerals on Langdon - that one-handed catch over his shoulder and then turn and run. Hell of an exciting game.

Puja

He has to be in the conversation for England. Saints best signing this season IMO

[Puja]

Referee not on Saints' side the last few minutes. Cost them twice in that attack.

Puja

[Puja]

Mitchell could be a game-changer. Loose game like this, coming on against tiring bodies - he's a hell of a player to bring off the bench. Augustus too.

Puja

[Puja]

Iyogun auditioning for the 1 shirt next season with this run of games and getting picked in the big one here.

Puja

Passing the audition with flying colours so far. Davidson's changing my opinion on him as well.

Puja

[Adam_P]

Both the recent Beirne turnovers have had absolutely no release of the tackled player

[Adam_P]

Iyogun auditioning for the 1 shirt next season with this run of games and getting picked in the big one here.

Puja

Passing the audition with flying colours so far. Davidson's changing my opinion on him as well.

Puja

Davidson has really lifted his game in the rounds since the 6N break. Really hitting people hard in the loose, in addition to his already solid set piece

[Puja]

FSmith gets pinged for a flat pass as forward, but I counted about three knock-ons in that Munster move without even bothering the ref.

Oh, and we finally get an offside penalty at about the 20th Munster offside.

Puja

[Adam_P]

Quality finish Hendy

[Adam_P]

FSmith gets pinged for a flat pass as forward, but I counted about three knock-ons in that Munster move without even bothering the ref.

Oh, and we finally get an offside penalty at about the 20th Munster offside.

Puja

You're starting to sound like me!

[Mr Mwenda]

Man, Zebo is a chonky lad these days.