League leaders Leicester Tigers earned their biggest-ever win at Northampton Saints to maintain their perfect Premiership start.
Therefore, it's no shock that three of their players make it into our Premiership team of the week.
Check out the selection and then let us know if you agree with our selection.
Premiership Round 7 Results:
- Gloucester 13-16 Exeter Chiefs
- Bath 17-27 Wasps
- London Irish 33-45 Bristol Bears
- Northampton Saints 26-55 Leicester Tigers
- Worcester Warriors 27-14 Sale Sharks
- Harlequins 22-27 Saracens
BACK-THREE:
- 15. Tyrone Green (Harlequins)
- 14. Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs)
- 11. Nemani Nadolo (Leicester Tigers)
Devon Live on Nowell: "A relentless display. As busy as ever on the ball, he would be disappointed with a couple of moments where he was caught near Gloucester’s line but looked the most likely to create and was a constant threat, producing a couple of exquisite passes to find teammates in space."
Leicestershire Live on Nadolo: "Wow. After Saint’s Taqele Naiyaravoro has spent three years terrorising outside defences at the Gardens, Nadolo gave them more than a few doses of that medicine. His run was unstoppable on for his first try, the result a foregone conclusion as soon as he got his hands on the ball and he duly ran over Dingwall with the 22-year old merely a speed-bump."
CENTRES:
- 13. Ollie Lawrence (Worcester Warriors)
- 12. Billy Twelvetrees (Gloucester)
Gloucestershire Live on Twelvetrees: "No Mark Atkinson, no problem. The former England man really showed up for his team, he was ravenous in defence and looked refreshed in attack after not being used last week."
HALFBACKS:
- 10. George Ford (Leicester Tigers)
- 9. Aled Davies (Saracens)
Leicestershire Live on Ford: "After his England snub, this was the perfect message to all watching that Ford is playing some of his best rugby right now. His purple patch was during Wigglesworth’s sin-binning as he managed the game superbly covering both scrum-half and 10 to ensure Tigers came out of the period with just four points lost at a crucial juncture in the game.
"He conducted the attack superbly as usual and never gave an inch in defence either, including a counter-ruck that slowed up a dangerous first-half Saints attack.
"Ford's 45m drop-goal was something to behold as he overtook Jonny Wilkinson in the Premiership points scoring tally, his goal-kicking was the only minus point of Ford’s performance as he missed three conversions."
FRONT-ROW:
- 1. Alec Hepburn (Exeter Chiefs)
- 2. Gabriel Oghre (Wasps)
- 3. Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers)
Leicestershire Live on Cole: "Vintage performance from the tighthead, in a Leicester team featuring several derby debutants in front of fans, Cole brought steel and a calm head that Tigers needed. He held up well in the scrum against another veteran in Waller, he snagged a nice turnover too."
SECOND-ROW:
- 4. Dave Attwood (Bristol Bears)
- 5. Vaea Fifita (Wasps)
Coventry Live on Fifita: "Defensively he was aggressive and accurate and also made a couple of lovely line breaks too. He pinched a Bath lineout and was all over Ollie Fox from one ruck closer to the Bath line."
Bristol Live on Attwood: "The Bristol co-captain finished as his side’s top tackler with 22 without error as he put in an almighty shift again."
BACK-ROW:
- 6. Jackson Wray (Saracens)
- 7. Brad Shields (Wasps)
- 8. Fitz Harding (Bristol Bears)
Coventry Live on Shields: "After his 21-game streak in the starting line-up came to an end against Saracens, the skipper returned with a freakish shift with and without the ball. His 21 tackles made was the most of any player on the pitch, with so many of them being dominant collisions too."
Bristol Live on Harding: "The dynamic number eight set up the Bears’ fifth try for Harry Thacker’s with a strong burst at the edge of a ruck, taking an inside ball from the hooker before shrugging off an attempted tackle and getting his arms free to give the ball back to the frontrow for a try with just his second touch of the game."
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