Jeremy Guscott's Premiership predictions

By Jeremy GuscottBBC Sport rugby union expert

Last updated on .From the section Rugby Unioncomments24

Wasps v Harlequins

WASPS 40-42 HARLEQUINS

Verdict: Harlequins to win by seven points or more

Exeter v Sale

EXETER 43-6 SALE

Verdict: Exeter to win a close fought match by about seven points

Match report

gloucester v northampton

GLOUCESTER 19-24 NORTHAMPTON

Verdict: Northampton to win by about seven points

Match report

Worcester v Bath

WORCESTER 23-24 BATH

Verdict: I'm picking Bath to win by about seven points

Match report

Saracens v London Irish

SARACENS 40-3 LONDON IRISH

Verdict: Sarries to win by about 10 points

Match report

SUNDAY

London Welsh v Leicester

L WELSH 13-38 LEICESTER

Verdict: Leicester by a lot

Match report

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  • please league fan - i know that only about 20 people like rugby league but couldnt you join the other 19 on your own page. i dont trawl cricket sites to tell them i find their sport rubbish!

  • Jerry why is this site so obsessed with the one kick waste of space yobbish Henson. Very dull and very boring. What in earth has he done to warrant such overboard and over the top media grovelling.

  • Not bad JG. The Exeter game apart pretty good predictions. Good to have it back. As for the summer sport,its OK for people who don't like the cold I suppose but its appeal has never really grown largely because it remains an immitation of the proper game. Bit like five a side football.

  • Leaguefan, take care as you seem to have an agenda which is clear to all! So, when you "played union (course you did) you played it league style" eh?

    And, you claim "union always followed Leagues lead in developing the game", you mean like having scrums, running, passing, tackling, passing etc?

  • Leaguefan - seriously, try and construct sentences with correct spelling. It's difficult to understand your point otherwise

  • Have to agree with clownfeatures and the rooster...anyway it seems a bit dull to let this forum become a league vs union thread....anybody else notice so far Jerry has predicted all the outcomes correctly

  • The Rooster has a point you know.....and League in my own humble opinion is the more boring of the two codes as it seems loosely based around the principle of "the more stoppages the better"

  • I'm a fan of both league and union...but it always makes me wonder why a league fan would go onto a union board and call the game boring! If it's sooo boring, why have you bothered posting on it leaguefan?

  • Bath already look mid table best. I guess the new coaches need to assess the squad and let some contracts expire. But losing Louew and Webber and other injuries to Donald, Heathcote, Caldwell etc surprised not to see some new blood. This team however fit or well coached will not be up there with Saracens, Saints, Quins etc.

  • Wasps should have beaten Quins, but I'll take the bonus points. It was a shame Masi went off, had he stayed on I think Wasps would have won. It gave me a lot of encouragement for the season ahead. There are definitely a lot of tries in this team, and a bit more concentration in defence will see them fighting for the Heineken Cup places, rather than relegation

  • all wins predicted right which is impressive for first game of the season... but being pedantic couldn't they line up the results with the club crests...

  • #5 Oh dear .. Many a slip twixt cup and lip, and all that.
    I was hoping the same as I watched the highlights last night. No way could they throw away a lead like that... could they ?
    After last season, I was looking forward to the unfamiliar glow from a Wasps win.
    Ho hum, at least we picked up bonus points.

  • You guys arguing the toss re RL or RU can go right ahead, it's a free country, I think. It is a shame there is such snobbery in both directions. Both games are brilliant in my opinion, different but similar and equally good. For pete's sake unite and turn your fire on the real enemy, soccer.

  • League fan you need to get a life. You seem to spend most of it on this site denegrating Union. I love both codes but you have to ask yourself why Union is far far more popular than league. League has been going for well over 100 years and yet it is only played in a few small regions in the world. Instead of slagging off Union why not do something a bit more constructive. You are getting very dull

  • Yeah have to say thought the general standard in the Aviva today was pretty high- bar Bath WOrcester which was a little slow and stodgy but still as a Bath fan I enjoyed it :)

  • agreed smidgeon- some great rugby played today although Treviso Ospreys was pretty slow last night - undercooked with rubbish conditions-looked very rusty which many of the teams in the aviva didnt today

  • Other types of rugby? what other types of rugby? As for Cipriani, waste of space.

  • Bath will decimate all teams in their way!

  • Very kind on London Welsh there, can see them taking a real hammering in the first few games, esp against a full-strength Leicester team. Elsewhere I think LI could spring a surprise against Saracens and Sale to go well down in Exeter, as long as they keep Cipriani off the field.

  • Thanks for the tip Jerry, I can now bet on a Glos win

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