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STARTING XV:

15. Nick David (78)
14. Cassius Cleaves (20)
13. Oscar Beard (83)
12. Luke Northmore (88)
11. Cadan Murley (C) (137)
10. Marcus Smith (183)
9. Will Porter (52)

1. Fin Baxter (87)
2. Jack Walker (99)
3. Harry Williams (7)
4. Guido Petti Pagadizábal (5)
5. Kieran Treadwell (14)
6. Zach Carr (18)
7. Jack Kenningham (81)
8. Chandler Cunningham-South (37)

IMPACT PLAYERS:

16. Sam Riley (73)
17. Will Hobson (22)
18. Pedro Delgado (6)
19. Joe Launchbury (47)
20. Will Evans (124)
21. Lucas Friday (7)
22. Ben Waghorn (16)
23. Rodrigo Isgró (17)

Unavailable: Alex Dombrandt, James Chisholm, Stu Townsend, Tyrone Green, Max Green, Simon Kerrod, Jordan Els, Ollie Streeter, Titi Lamositele, Stephan Lewies

Bristol Bears: 15 Louis Rees-Zammit, 14 Aidan Boshoff, 13 Benhard Janse van Rensburg, 12 James Williams, 11 Kalaveti Ravouvou, 10 Tom Jordan, 9 Kieran Marmion, 8 Fitz Harding (c), 7 Santiago Grondona, 6 Joe Owen, 5 Joe Batley, 4 Pedro Rubiolo, 3 Lovejoy Chawatama, 2 Gabriel Oghre, 1 Ellis Genge
Replacements: 16 Harry Thacker, 17 Jake Woolmore, 18 George Kloska, 19 George Taylor, 20 Benjamin Grondona, 21 Harry Randall, 22 Sam Worsley, 23 Noah Heward

Venue: Allianz Stadium, Twickenham
Kick-off: 18:00 GMT
Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe
Assistant Referees: Adam Leal, James Clarke
TMO: Dean Richards
How to watch: Live on TNT Sports 1, ITV4

Great to see Lucas Friday back from injury!

Puja

Faint concerns about the centres and Genge vs. Williams, but I'm quietly confident.

And there will be many tries.

Interesting that Tom Jordan has overtaken Worsley who's been great at 10 for Bristol this season. Should be a try fest.

Worsley has been very good. Randall back for Bris. He may have limitations at international level but he makes them tick and seldom has a poor game.

Carr getting a fair bit of game time for Quins. Another promising back rower worth keeping an eye on.

fivepointer wrote: ↑Fri Dec 19, 2025 4:56 pm Worsley has been very good. Randall back for Bris. He may have limitations at international level but he makes them tick and seldom has a poor game.

Carr getting a fair bit of game time for Quins. Another promising back rower worth keeping an eye on.

I’d say that’s usually true on Randall but Marmion has been really excellent recently. To a point where I wondered if he might be an option for England as an older head with international experience (he’s only 5 months older than Spencer- similar age to Dan Robson who might become an option too).

Puja wrote: ↑Fri Dec 19, 2025 12:58 pm Great to see Lucas Friday back from injury!

Puja

Fourth game in a row to get some experience off the bench. Great experience for him.

Bris looking good.

Bristol have been fantastic.

The two Quins backs stepped by Genge are either cowards or badly in need of some defensive coaching. A LH prop who's played 50 odd minutes should not be weaving through you. Incredible finish from Genge.

This is fucking embarrassing

The entire leadership at Quins needs gutting. Some many players playing nowhere near their potential.

Isn't Andy Friend available? Knows the club of old and now an experienced head coach. Might help give some direction.

Waghorn made a big difference when he came on.

Felt for CCS who was as trying everything to get the going but the rest of the pack was severely lacking at times.

Friday looked very sharp.

Bristol were a joy to watch!

Quins obviously have their issues but agree that Waghorn and Friday made a difference.

Bris were on another level with some of their ball movement and continuity.