Just thought I would share some brief thoughts about the shirts.

Both shirts have a nice, lightweight feel to them, much like last season's shirts. Quality not quite as good this year, as I will explain below (although maybe I have just been unlucky).

Home shirt design is nice although there are a few flaws with the production imo. In particular, you can see the white stitching on the arms which doesn't look great. The collar is kind of strange but comfortable at least.

Unfortunately, my home shirt had some bobbles / thread pulls on it. They stand out pretty badly because they are white bobbles on the red part of the shirt. I've ended up asking to return and replace it. Don't normally make a fuss but after paying £80 for a shirt I feel like I want one without obvious flaws on it.

The away shirt design actually looks far better when you have the shirt rather than looking at it on the computer/phone screen. The design has grown on me and I quite like the shirt. In terms of quality, I found loose threads on the collar, but nothing too bad.

Overall, a tad disappointed but I'll be happy enough once I've got a replacement home shirt. I'll get a lot of wear out of the shirts throughout the season. Got to say, they are so expensive for what they are though. Also, this year is the first year where I have seen for myself the infamous Castore quality (or lack of, I should say).

Has anyone else ordered the new shirts? Opinions?

Zoe at 10 makes me happy! 👏

Go Jess Express! 🔥

Sarries Women always make us proud. 🖤❤️

Go Red Roses! 🌹

20 year old, captained the u20 and A Samoa teams. 125kg 6’5” second row/back row. Interesting signing!

Am fairly certain the ball is from the 2018/2019 season. Any help appreciated!

I don’t know much about him but I assume this is to help cover the injuries to Daly, Loz, and Malins?

Not going to miss any RWC games as the game she will miss is the warm-up against France on Saturday 9th.

Zoe and Jess! Love to see them combining. 🔥 Fantastic try made by Saracens. 🖤❤️ Go Red Roses! 🌹

What did we all think of Owen's contribution to the tour?

I missed the first half of the Lions match but I saw he failed an HIA. How bad was the knock? What happened?

5 years ago the place was electric now you get a single cheer when a try is scored. What happened?

Fixture announcement.

Slightly late to the party, but I have just seen that Quins have been replaced with Saints for next year's Showdown at Spurs Stadium:

'A trip to Bath on the 21st March is the perfect warm up to The Showdown 6 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as Northampton Saints will be the opponents for one of the biggest days in the sporting calendar.

Another sell-out 60,000 strong crowd will be heading to Tottenham on Saturday 28th March, with incredible match ups such as Ben Earl v Henry Pollock, Owen Farrell v Fin Smith, Max Malins v Tommy Freeman and Elliot Daly v George Furbank! Ticket information will follow shortly.'

Has the reasoning for this been announced anywhere? It does seem slightly bizarre given the previous emphasis on the Showdown being the London derby. Perhaps for financial reasons? Or is it for entertainment value - i.e. are Saints seen as more competitive currently? Looking forward to it regardless!

Obviously we’ve had Daly’s big injury and it seems Theo Dan had at least some degree of injury. Do we have any news on their status? Are any other notables on the injury list? Lozowski is obviously still recovering.

I think Owen maybe the most successful lions player ever? I know Willy John Mcbryde won two, possibly drew another? Faz has won two lost one drew one. Certainly the most successful in the Pro era.