Prop: Nathan Catt (Bath Rugby)
Hooker: George McGuigan (Newcastle Falcons)
Prop: Harry Williams (Exeter Chiefs)
Lock: Ed Slater (Gloucester)
Lock: Will Skelton (Saracens)
Flanker: Jake Polledri (Gloucester)
Up against his hometown club where he started out in the Academy, flanker Jake Polledri produced a monstrous performance. The statistics are incredible. He made 20 carries. The 87 metres he made was more than any other player on the pitch and he beat twice as many defenders as anyone else, going past 10 players. These are the sort of statistics more often associated with outside backs.
As we take a break from today’s action, here’s @JakePolledri being his usual bulldozing self for @gloucesterrugby last night 💪💪💪
📺 Catch all the highlights from the weekend’s #GallagherPrem on @channel5_tv on Monday night pic.twitter.com/PQjk2oO37e
— Premiership Rugby (@premrugby) September 15, 2018
Flanker: Lewis Ludlow (Gloucester)
Number 8: Zach Mercer (Bath Rugby)
Mercer scored two tries and carried with real venom all afternoon for Todd Blackadder’s side. And in a game that finished up being decided by the smallest of margins, it was the 21-year-old Mercer who took the plaudits.