Big Effort Needed
Tavis Knoyle
By Cheery Cherry
September 13 2013
If we are serious about success this season we can't afford another display like the one which saw Sharks win the league opener. Trouble is we are at Allianz Park on Sunday to face Sarries and not at Kingston Park to face Falcons ..
That's not intended as an insult Deano's men but only Tigers and Saints away are more difficult fixtures.
Nigel Davies has resisted the temptation to make too many changes but he has had to change a lacklustre back row. Morgan is the biggest loser and will have to be content with a place on the bench with Kalamafioni getting his shirt. Kvesic moves across to blindside and Akapusi Qera comes in at openside.
The other big change sees Tavis Knoyle making his first Premiership start at No 9 alongside Burns who will making his 100th start.
At the pre-match press conference Nigel said: "We've made one or two changes but, in the main, it's up to the guys to redeem themselves really. There's some technical stuff that we have to get right in terms of the set piece. When we get more ball, we can actually dictate for longer periods of the game."
Sarries have only suffered one defeat at Allianz Park and that was to Saints in last season's semi-final.
It's time for another.