As reported earlier in the week the finals of the Aviva Premiership and the RaboDirect Pro12 take place this weekend. They should both be really high intensity games with the teams competing quite evenly matched.
Aviva Premiership
The final of the Aviva Premiership will be contested between London club Harlequins and Leicester at Twickenham on Saturday, 26 May 2012, kick off 16:00 SA time.
Teams are as follows:
HARLEQUINS |
LEICESTER |
| 15. Mike Brown, 14. Tom Williams, 13. George Lowe, 12. Jordan Turner-Hall, 11. Ugo Monye, 10. Nick Evans, 9. Danny Care, 8. Nick Easter, 7. Chris Robshaw (Capt), 6. Maurie Fa’asavalu, 5. George Robson, 4. Olly Kohn, 3. James Johnston, 2. Joe Gray, 1. Joe Marler Replacements: 16. Rob Buchanan, 17. Mark Lambert, 18. Will Collier, 19. Tomas Vallejos, 20. Tom Guest, 21. Karl Dickson, 22. Rory Clegg, 23. Matt Hopper | 15. Geordan Murphy (Capt), 14. Horacio Agulla, 13. Manusamoa Tuilagi, 12. Anthony Allen, 11. Alesana Tuilagi, 10. George Ford, 9. Ben Youngs, 8. Thomas Waldrom, 7. Julian Salvi, 6.Steve Mafi, 5.Geoff Parling, 4. George Skivington, 3. Dan Cole, 2. George Chuter, 1.Marcos Ayerza Replacements: 16. Tom Youngs, 17. Logovi’’i Mulipola, 18. Martin Castrogiovanni, 19. Graham Kitchener, 20. Craig Newby, 21. Sam Harrison, 22. Toby Flood, 23. Scott Hamilton |
RaboDirect Pro12
The final of the RaboDirect Pro12 will be contested between Dublin based club Leinster and Swansea based The Ospreys at the RDS in Dublin on Sunday, 27 May 2012, kick off 17:00 SA time.
Teams are as follows: (note Cian Healy will need to pass a late fitness test to be included, otherwise Jack McGrath will be on the bench)
LEINSTER |
OSPREYS |
| 15. Rob Kearney, 14. Fergus McFadden, 13. Brian O’Driscoll, 12. Gordon D’Arcy, 11. Isa Nacewa, 10. Jonathan Sexton, 9. Eoin Reddan, 8. Jamie Heaslip, 7. Shane Jennings, 6. Kevin McLaughlin, 5. Devin Toner, 4. Leo Cullen (Capt) 3. Mike Ross, 2. Sean Cronin, 1. Heinke van der Merwe Replacements: 16. Richardt Strauss, 17. Cian Healy/Jack McGrath, 18. Nathan White, 19. Brad Thorn, 20. Dominic Ryan, 21.John Cooney, 22. Ian Madigan, 23. David Kearney | 15. Richard Fussell, 14. Hanno Dirksen,13. Andrew Bishop, 12. Ashley Beck, 11. Shane Williams, 10. Dan Biggar, 9. Rhys Webb, 8. Joe Bearman, 7. Justin Tipuric, 6. Ryan Jones, 5. Ian Evans, 4. Alun Wyn Jones (Capt), 3. Adam Jones, 2. Richard Hibbard, 1. Paul JamesReplacements: 16. Scott Baldwin, 17. Ryan Bevington, 18. Aaron Jarvis, 19. James King, 20. Tom Smith, 21. Kahn Fotuali’i, 22. Matthew Morgan, 23. Tom Isaacs |
Leicester and Leinster for me
@ Just For Kicks:
Hello JFK am not so sure about that but to be honest dont know who will win, Leinster have a great backline and may have the edge here although Dan the man Biggar is in fine form so flyhalf battle could be close, forwards probably quite even and looking at way they hammered Munster will go for Ospreys. The other one will go with my hunch and say Harlequins but hey have been wrong before and certainly not planning on betting on it
The loss of Sean O’Brian (out with a knee injury) will be a big one for Leinster, interestingly Leinster didn’t seem to indicate during the week prior to their team anouncement that he was injured.
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