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Piece on some tactical trends we’ve seen this season. Possession is *back*, baby!
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2026 Prem finalists finished 8th and 9th last season
Prem era champions that had finished lower than 4th the season before:
1998 - Newcastle (promoted)
2003 – Wasps (7th)
2008 – Wasps (5th)
2012 – Quins (7th)
2021 – Quins (6th)
2022 – Leicester (6th)
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Greg Fisilau with 28 tackles and 15 carries according to Stats Perform.
This is absurd stuff from Greg Fisilau. Looks like breaking open the game with every touch.
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Bath edged Exeter in January by going through a *monster* pick and go sequence at the death. Truly phenomenal from Exeter to deny them this time on the line with it all on the line. Mad.
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Zack Wimbush and Olly Woodburn. What a play.
Rugby.
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This is absurd stuff from Greg Fisilau. Looks like breaking open the game with every touch.
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Jun 13
Brilliant Prem semi final last night. The league at its best.
🥊 Pollock in business mode. 26 carries!
3️⃣ Litchfield hatty
🫡 Furbank double send off
✨ Magic Fin Smith in Saints’ French-esque attack
🐯 Tigers valiant but vanquished
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Also bits on Tommy Freeman (if he’s at 13 he needs the roaming licence Saints give him) and Archie McParland. *Loved* the latter spotting an over-fold and sniping from a slow ruck on his own 22 in the opening seconds.
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Henry Pollock was exceptional last night. All business, no bullshit. He’s outgrown a bench role at club level because using him for 30 is just wasting the first 50. As for England, we’ll see. But reckon he’d work in a pack with Martin, Coles and Chessum.
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Henry Pollock was exceptional last night. All business, no bullshit. He’s outgrown a bench role at club level because using him for 30 is just wasting the first 50. As for England, we’ll see. But reckon he’d work in a pack with Martin, Coles and Chessum.
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Geoff Parling said (fairly) last night that everyone had written off Leicester before the season. Made me think a) that’s a coach saying that earnestly rather than manufacturing a siege mentality and b) Parling hadn’t used that (publicly) a great deal. Refreshing on both counts.
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That’s pretty special. Those aren’t showpony numbers.
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Mega half. That’s the version of Henry Pollock – massive output everywhere, minimal extra-curricular stuff – that’ll keep his profile rocketing.
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Mega half. That’s the version of Henry Pollock – massive output everywhere, minimal extra-curricular stuff – that’ll keep his profile rocketing.
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That’s a very similar play to the one Tigers ran and scored off against Saints last season:
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Reckon Freddie Steward would have declared himself available for this with an amputated arm. Might have been a tougher selection call, but he’d have been up for it.
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Reckon Freddie Steward would have declared himself available for this with an amputated arm. Might have been a tougher selection call, but he’d have been up for it.
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So loud that you can hardly hear the Northampton team being announced. Good amount of Leicester fans, too. Class.
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Calm before the 30-man push-and-shove. Surface gorgeous. Weather ideal.
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Greg Fisilau (and Ross Vintcent) fit, Finn Russell not. Feels weighty.
Exeter will fancy winning at The Rec. Leicester will fancy winning at Franklin’s Gardens. Excellent.
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Jun 11
Thought this was typically self-aware and insightful about how his approach to knockout games has evolved.
Jun 11
Fin Smith is one of the best talkers in the game – already. Chatted to him yesterday and, as ever, was hugely impressed
🎭 Balance of ambition/enjoyment
🐐 Chats about mind-set with Wilkinson
⛳️ “Winning putt” mentality
⚡️ Inspiration of Jalibert & SFM
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