Sir Clive Woodward selects his five Premiership players to watch
Rugby NewsFriday, 14 August 2020 at 08:53
Premiership rugby returns after a five-month hiatus this evening, and while the league positions are the same, the personnel are quite different.
PREMIERSHIP FIXTURES:
Friday
Harlequins v Sale Sharks - 19:00
Saturday
Worcester Warriors v Gloucester - 12:30
Exeter Chiefs v Leicester Tigers - 13:30
Bath Rugby v London Irish - 15:00
Bristol Bears v Saracens - 16:15
Sunday
Northampton Saints v Wasps - 14:30
In his column for the Mail Online, World Cup-winning coach Sir Clive Woodward has highlighted his five players to watch.
Kyle Sinckler (Bristol)
A very modern prop with great skills and pace. Must work on his scrummaging but just the kind of player I would love to coach and his move to Bristol has come at a great time career-wise.
Stuart Hogg (Exeter)
Brilliant operator at full-back, the Scot was beginning to show his class before lockdown. X-factor player hungry for honours at club level. Start of a 12-month 'season' for him that should end in South Africa with the Lions.
Semi Radradra (Bristol)
Radradra (was a star of the 2019 World Cup and is a match-winner at the highest level. If Bristol make the play-offs, the Fijian could prove their trump card. Pace, strength and savvy.
Manu Tuilagi (Sale)
The Sharks were going very nicely even before they pounced when Manu unexpectedly became available. He will have a big impact and I still feel we have not seen the best of him.
Matteo Minozzi (Wasps)
Wasps were beginning to really fire before lockdown and the looser and faster the game and the harder the pitches, the more Minozzi will like it.
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- Jordie Barrett over Damian de Allende is far from being correct. The hype around Dupont is also overreaching, he's probably 4th in the world and has been since the 2023 WC. He also avoids certain matchups which is strange. The rest of the list is pretty good apart from minor subjective biases.JasonMarlow16-09-2026
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