In a season with no A league/Prem Cup, I love this selection. I'll go out on a limb and actually back that team to upset Ulster. I reckon Flannery will be firing this group right up - what do they have to lose?

Northmore on the wing could unlock the Marchant/Northmore selection headache if he goes well. Or at the very least gives us another option. Can't wait to see Lasike bouncing players off again and looking forward to seeing Green at 15. Herron and Earle both have a lot to prove and Steele getting a start at 9 is exactly what he needs.

In the forwards, I suspect Botta and Collier have been tasked with focusing entirely on setting a scrum platform, nothing too flashy in the loose. Let's see if Elia has been working night and day on his darts - he's against the ropes so hopefully this is the game he comes out swinging. Glimpse of our possible future at 4 and 5 and back row has a nice balance to it if Lawday can hit his straps in terms of carrying.

Apart from anything, this is how you create competition for positions and push the "first choicers". I'm looking forward to seeing how these 2nd and 3rd in line players acquit themselves.

Think the optimism of recent months has got to my head...

Overall I’m disappointed. Not in the individual selections or rotation, but in the wholesale changes. It make the game meaningless, so many new combo’s and inexperienced players in one go, will give very little chance for anyone to shine.

I’d like to see Herron given some game, with DC and Andre. Can he be the back up we need?
Green at full back, great, but it would show more if he had experienced players in the back 3 with him.

Ditto for Kenningham.

I don’t see why they are starting Elia. When Musk and Riley should be playing.

What’s the point of putting Northmore on the wing?

However on the positive side. It’s not a bad team. Just wish they had all had a little more game time prior.
Overall I’m disappointed. Not in the individual selections or rotation, but in the wholesale changes. It make the game meaningless, so many new combo’s and inexperienced players in one go, will give very little chance for anyone to shine.

I’d like to see Herron given some game, with DC and Andre. Can he be the back up we need?
Green at full back, great, but it would show more if he had experienced players in the back 3 with him.

Ditto for Kenningham.

I don’t see why they are starting Elia. When Musk and Riley should be playing.

What’s the point of putting Northmore on the wing?

However on the positive side. It’s not a bad team. Just wish they had all had a little more game time prior.

...if he hadn't already echoed his own 

I think what it does mean, looking ahead a few weeks, is that we will absolutely be at full strength and looking to get 9 or 10 points for the Wuss and Irish games.

I am happy with that. If we are prioritising top 4, then it is a good idea to be out of sight from the chasing pack as early as we are able.

A lot depends on what has been happening in training. We don’t have a long injury list, so it’s possible-to-likely that the coaches have been running this team as a unit in training over the last couple of weeks in specific preparation for this game.

Most of them haven’t had much time on the pitch recently, but this is a team capable of putting in a good performance and in some ways the result of this match is less important than having enough players match fit to support a Premiership run-in.

As a forward pack, most of the players have put in good individual performances this season, and the backline has a lot of good players in it - Herron aside, we’d not be unhappy to see these players starting. The only real issue is the lack of experience as a team.

The coaches have made their focus clear, and I am happy with that - top 4 is a very achievable aim, and the Exeter and Bristol games have shown that Quins are able to go toe-to-toe with them even on their home grounds.

Well spare a thought for the poor commentator who has to gen up on the players and their appearance in a very short time!

Expected rotation but 14 personnel changes to the 15 is far too many, plus a positional change for Green.
Personally would have rather pushed to win the Challenge Cup and missed out on top 4. We aren’t at a stage to beat Exeter or Bristol in a final but we’re the form team in the challenge cup, and silverware is important.

I would have liked to have seen less rotation too, but I think we’re right to push for the Premiership. Our run-in should give us a good chance of the top 4 and if we can maintain our recent form, I actually think we’ll be a team Exeter or Bristol will want to avoid in knock out scenario.

Ulster are a good side, but Henderson and Coetzee are huge losses for them. They’ll be up for this game as their season is basically over unless they win, but player for player, I don’t actually think we compare that unfavourably even with this 2nd string.

Also worth mentioning that I live in Northern Ireland and Ulster are my second team so I know this side well.

I’m anticipating an Ulster win, but I’d back our guys to do better than many of you seem to be expecting.