Comments on: Aviva Premiership 2014/2015: Team-by-team report card

By: Stu

Stu — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 11:43:10 +0000

I thought Waldrom would certainly be in the 50 given his try scoring record and Morgans injury, very unlucky in my opinion. Kitchener also must be scratching his head.

Totally agree with Itoje and Beaumont selections, both look like real prospects.

By: Pablito

Pablito — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 21:07:27 +0000

Not convinced by Swiel (but happy to be proved wrong)

Nick Evans unfortunately is not the player he was a couple of years ago. If Quint still want to challenge at the top level then they need a fly half who is also at that level consistently. Currently they don’t

For me it’s a shame Freddie Burns ended up at Leicester where his attacking abilities are a touch wasted. I’d have loved to see him at a team like Quins

By: Claire

Claire — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 16:24:38 +0000

Thomas Waldrom now a “Kiwi number eight”?! NZ-born perhaps but I for one am still hoping Lancaster calls him up to add to his England caps!

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 15:39:36 +0000

Tim Swiel should be good for back up. (given we’ve spent any money we could put towards a second big name fly half elsewhere

By: Andy C

Andy C — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 15:33:01 +0000

Yeah – it’s certainly easier to get an ‘A’ grade when you’re outspending everyone else

By: Dazza

Dazza — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 14:05:58 +0000

Sorry that was not meant to be a reply to you Pete!

By: Dazza

Dazza — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 14:05:13 +0000

Quins should definitely be at least a C-, maybe even a D. They won the Premiership three years ago, and now finish 8th in the league and get knocked out of the group stages in the Champions Cup. That is pretty poor!
Rest of these I would agree with.

By: Pete Cresswell

Pete Cresswell — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 13:20:03 +0000

I’d have an asterisk beside some teams’ grades pending the resumption of salary cap investigations mind. Hard to judge a score when you don’t know how uneven the laying field is.

By: Leon

Leon — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 12:21:08 +0000

I would mark:
London Irish down to a D as they have achieved no improvement on last season and don’t deserve the same as Gloucseter who won a trophy
Quins down to a C- as they have taken a big step backwards from last season
Newcastle down to C+ big improvement but still a long way to go

By: Pablito

Pablito — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 11:36:47 +0000

I’d have given Quins a D – they should be much better than their final placing. They paid the price for not having previously spent a bit of cash to bolster their pack and centres.

They may have finally filled those gaps – if Roberts and Jones can stay fit. Their other concern though should be at fly-half – Nick Evans isn’t getting any younger and they don’t have a consistent, top-quality back-up.

By: Jez

Jez — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 11:32:53 +0000

Can’t disagree with any of that really.