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Harlequins take on Leicester

Former England and Lions centre Jeremy Guscott is waiting to answer your questions after the latest round of Premiership and Pro12 matches.

Among the topics making the headlines this week are:

- Harlequins inflicting Leicester's first home defeat since October 2011

- Pro12 champions Ospreys ending their losing run by beating the table-topping Scarlets

- Olly Barkley's surprise move from Bath to French side Racing Metro 92

- All Blacks skipper Ritchie McCaw's decision to take a six-month sabbatical from rugby

- Sale suffering a fourth straight Premiership defeat and then sacking their forwards coach

- Ben Foden being ruled out of England's autumn internationals

If you have a question for Jerry, on any topic, post it in the comments section at the bottom of the page. He will answer as many as possible but not every question submitted can be used.

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  • Hi Jez, do players still have pockets on their shorts?

  • Hi Jerry,

    With Saracens bland style of rugby no longer bringing them victories previously taken for granted, should England be worried about the quality Ashton, Barrit and Farrell will arrive in when the squad joins up?

  • Jeremy
    This weekend I noticed many attacking players being tackled, released immediately by the tackler (as the laws states he must) and then the attacker illegially got back to his feet with the ball.
    Do you think this is a problem and should refs police this more?

  • Jerry - as a Sharks fan currently living in the Richmond area it is great to see London Welsh winning games, but first and foremost as a Sharks fan I have one question - what do they need to do to sort this out?

  • George Robson made a great offload to set up the Quins try this week, he competed well against the Leicester pack in the scrum and has been racking up the ties in recent weeks. Do you think he'll stand a chance of getting into the full England team this Autumn?

  • Hi Jerry, Do you believe Harlequins have the strength in depth to sustain a title defence campaing? Personally i think if we lose players Evans and Easter at the same time we will be a pretty average outfit.

  • With talk of having some of England's WC games away from Twickenham do you think that 1 of the 4 November games should always be staged "up north" (alternating east and west). Also that the Saxons should play 1 game in the south west and 1 in the midlands during their 6 nations fixtures.

  • Sale made some very high profile signings in the off season and were widely tipped to do well this season. What the hell's happened to them?

  • After having little time to prepare to prepare for the season and being hammered by harlequins and Leicester what do you think has changed to make london welsh a winning team, a change in tactics or maybe a different mentality.
    Digby

  • Hi Jeremy,
    With two wins in a row now for new boys London Welsh, do you think that they have a genuine chance of staying up? And if you do, who do you think will be relegated instead?

  • Hi Jeremy,

    With Quins having beaten Leicester on their own patch for the second year running, are we seeing a shift in English rugby's top team?
    It is also shaping up to be another good season for Quins domestically, but how far can they go against the top teams in Europe in the Heineken Cup? Do they have the squad depth to challenge for both domestic and European trophies?

    Thanks.

  • Jeremy,

    Despite all the expectation around Sale this summer they have consistently failed to deliver. What do you think is wrong with the side, and how can it be resolved? Will they recover in time or face another relegation dogfight like previous seasons?

    Alex, Manchester

  • Hi Jerry,

    Would you agree that Richard Cokerill is the Aviva Premierships version of Arsene Wenger? Constantly berates officials and never considers his team may have lost to a better side (eg. Quins).
    Do you think the RFU need to take action against him to restore the dignity of the AP?

  • Hi Jerry. Real quick question, hope you can help me out here.

    Do you know where my car keys are?

  • Hi Jerry,

    Why has nobody suggested Danny Cipriani as full back for England?

  • @44,are you serious?? It's got nothing to do with the players position or even if it was a high tackle,it was a swining arm to the head of an opposition player,who happened to be in the act of scoring a try. No if's or but's,it was a penalty try and a minimum of a yellow card. Stowers knew exactly what he was doing,you cannot afford to be that naive.

  • @44 Not having seen it I cant comment. I used it as another example of TMO mistake/correct call (like in the Exeter game) where the TMO advice may not be utilised as it perhaps should, also like in the Quins game where the man was blatantly tackled off the ball.

  • Hi Jerry, do you think the new TMO needs serious rethinking. My main problem with it is deciding whether a pass is forward. You can have many different angles which will show the ball doing different things, in RL they can't check forward passes for this reason. Also it takes alot of time out of the game, personally i don't see what was wrong with the old system.

  • @ 40 and @Jerry,

    I still cannot decide if it was even high. If the Scarlet player had been standing the tacklers arm would have been at chest hight but as the attacking player dived to ground the ball the tacklers arm looked higher than it was. Surley this was just unlucky timing and not cynical or profesional, I was happy with the TMO decision.

  • Also, what are you views with taking a 'sabbatical' from rugby (or any sporting profession for that matter) a la captain tackles McCaw? do you think its a very risky strategy knowing the depth of talent the ABs have in the back row that he'll never find his way back in the team? or is it a smart move to prolong the career of a man who is pretty much undroppable from the AB's side?

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