Exeter Chiefs v Glasgow Warriors

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Alright I will go first! Exe 32 - 16 Glasgow

Hopefully our run of good performances will continue, not sure what to read into Glasgow's recent results, but expecting another tough game, Chiefs 31 - 18 Glasgow.

Hard to predict this one isn’t it?

Loyalty rules as it usually does so I’ll go Ex 25 Glasgow 18

Exeter Chiefs:

15 Tommy Wyatt,
14 Immanuel Feyi-Waboso,
13 Henry Slade ,
12 Rory O’Loughlin,
11 Ben Hammersley,
10 Harvey Skinner ,
9 Tom Cairns;
1 Alec Hepburn,
2 Jack Yeandle (c),
3 Ehren Painter,
4 Rusi Tuima,
5 Lewis Pearson,
6 Ethan Roots,
7 Jacques Vermeulen,
8 Greg Fisilau.

Replacements:
16 Dan Frost,
17 Nika Abuladze,
18 Josh Iosefa-Scott,
19 Matt Postlethwaite,
20 Ross Vintcent,
21 Stu Townsend,
22 Joe Hawkins,
23 Zack Wimbush

Glasgow Warriors

1 Oli Kebble (94)
2 Gregor Hiddleston (0)
3 Zander Fagerson (137)
4 Scott Cummings (114)
5 Alex Samuel (10)
6 Ally Miller (22)
7 Matt Fagerson (100)
8 Henco Venter (7)
9 George Horne (106)
10 Duncan Weir (141)
11 Kyle Rowe (9)
12 Stafford McDowall (67)
13 Sione Tuipulotu (C) (44)
14 Huw Jones (65)
15 Josh McKay (36)

Replacements

16 George Turner (97)
17 Jamie Bhatti (97)
18 Lucio Sordoni (23)
19 Richie Gray (110)
20 Max Williamson (6)
21 Euan Ferrie (9)
22 Ben Afshar (5)
23 Tom Jordan (35)

Match Officials

Referee: Pierre Brousset

Assistant Referees: Pierre-Baptiste Nuchy & Kevin Bralley

TMO: Denis Grenouillet

Weather Forecast as at midday Friday

Sunny intervals and light winds from the north northeast
Temperature 5 degrees but will feel like 4 degrees.
Precipitation is not expected

TV Coverage

Channel 409 TNT Sports 2 SD from 1230
Channel 431 TNT Sports 2 HD from 1230

Lots of experience in the Glasgow team especially at halfbacks and props. Going for a home win but think it may be closer than is comfortable. Chiefs 35 Glasgow 29

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TV Coverage
Channel 409 TNT Sports 2 SD from 1230
Channel 431 TNT Sports 2 HD from 1230

Thanks Lowerwatha, also on ITV1 1230

Two strong teams but our bench looks tidy. Home advantage and hopefully cut out the cards. Chiefs 30 Warriors 24.

Not sure why Dunne not on the bench after his tigers cameo?

Anyway chiefs 33 Scotland 24

Chiefs 30 Glasgow 25

Chiefs 28 - 24 Warriors

Where's Sio? He has been worryingly absent from the matchday squad in recent weeks.

Chiefs 42 Glasgow 12.



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Hopefully a win, Chiefs 29 Glasgow 20

Chiefs 30 Glasgow 21

Chiefs 30 Glasgow 15

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Where's Sio? He has been worryingly absent from the matchday squad in recent weeks.
Chiefs 42 Glasgow 12.

Scott Sio picked up an injury against Leicester after making a break, can't remember if it was ankle, knee or hamstring.

Ah OK, thanks Bert.

Interesting Warriors selections, strong backline while also throwing in a brand new starting hooker. Our bench looks good and got to expect a win after last week’s narrow loss.
Chiefs 38 - 19 Warriors



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Sio was a hamstring.

Exeter 37 - 20 Glasgow

Chiefs 32, Glasgow 28

Going through the team sheets player by player, with the exception of the half backs, i genuinely think that we have the edge.

We need Cairns and Skinner to have a good match, but there is plenty of strength and options coming off the bench to manage that if they struggle.

Scott Cummings will be a nuisance at the lineout so I hope that Yenz and Frosty are on target.

But I'm optimistic. Chiefs 37 Warriors 21

Chiefs 35; Glasgow 22

In Rob we trust.
By the way - cream on first. There's nothing to debate.

Chiefs 38 Warriors 18

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Going through the team sheets player by player, with the exception of the half backs, i genuinely think that we have the edge.
We need Cairns and Skinner to have a good match, but there is plenty of strength and options coming off the bench to manage that if they struggle.

Scott Cummings will be a nuisance at the lineout so I hope that Yenz and Frosty are on target.

But I'm optimistic. Chiefs 37 Warriors 21

I think you're thinking of Duncan Weir from at least 5 years ago. His form has been in the drain and is more than likely seeing his final year of contract out. Ross Thompson is definitely out of favour with Franco Smith and he's been playing NZ born Tom Jordan who came to Scotland cause he never even had a Mitre Cup club and wanted to see a bit of the world. He's come good but not ripping up trees. The back row is also on its bare bones but good to see Matt Fagerson back. Starting debut for the hooker who was playing club rugby with Jordan is also a head scratcher. Exeter will batter us, I think the coach has looked at the group and decided he only needs to win one game and is going for Toulon in our last match in a winner qualifies, loser out view. Chiefs by around 20.

Yhats a strong team & bench. Makes me wonder what is the strongest 22 when everyone is fit

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Going through the team sheets player by player, with the exception of the half backs, i genuinely think that we have the edge.
We need Cairns and Skinner to have a good match, but there is plenty of strength and options coming off the bench to manage that if they struggle.

Scott Cummings will be a nuisance at the lineout so I hope that Yenz and Frosty are on target.

But I'm optimistic. Chiefs 37 Warriors 21

I think you're thinking of Duncan Weir from at least 5 years ago. His form has been in the drain and is more than likely seeing his final year of contract out. Ross Thompson is definitely out of favour with Franco Smith and he's been playing NZ born Tom Jordan who came to Scotland cause he never even had a Mitre Cup club and wanted to see a bit of the world. He's come good but not ripping up trees. The back row is also on its bare bones but good to see Matt Fagerson back. Starting debut for the hooker who was playing club rugby with Jordan is also a head scratcher. Exeter will batter us, I think the coach has looked at the group and decided he only needs to win one game and is going for Toulon in our last match in a winner qualifies, loser out view. Chiefs by around 20.

I sadly agree with my fellow Warrior. This is a bare bones sort of team. Any Exeter fans expecting to see a good match up are likely to be disappointed. Comfortable home win.

I've always rated Duncan Weir although I probably haven't seen that much of him recently. If you're right about the 20 point margin, I hope that its because Ex play well rather than Glasgow play poorly. Good luck and enjoy the game in any case.

I hope to see Hawkins covering 10.

Chiefs 29 Glasgow 21

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I sadly agree with my fellow Warrior. This is a bare bones sort of team. Any Exeter fans expecting to see a good match up are likely to be disappointed. Comfortable home win.

That'd be a real shame, but completely understandable under the way this competition plays out. Good luck against Toulon and perhaps we'll meet again down the line.

In Rob we trust.
By the way - cream on first. There's nothing to debate.

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Going through the team sheets player by player, with the exception of the half backs, i genuinely think that we have the edge.
We need Cairns and Skinner to have a good match, but there is plenty of strength and options coming off the bench to manage that if they struggle.

Scott Cummings will be a nuisance at the lineout so I hope that Yenz and Frosty are on target.

But I'm optimistic. Chiefs 37 Warriors 21

I think you're thinking of Duncan Weir from at least 5 years ago. His form has been in the drain and is more than likely seeing his final year of contract out. Ross Thompson is definitely out of favour with Franco Smith and he's been playing NZ born Tom Jordan who came to Scotland cause he never even had a Mitre Cup club and wanted to see a bit of the world. He's come good but not ripping up trees. The back row is also on its bare bones but good to see Matt Fagerson back. Starting debut for the hooker who was playing club rugby with Jordan is also a head scratcher. Exeter will batter us, I think the coach has looked at the group and decided he only needs to win one game and is going for Toulon in our last match in a winner qualifies, loser out view. Chiefs by around 20.

I sadly agree with my fellow Warrior. This is a bare bones sort of team. Any Exeter fans expecting to see a good match up are likely to be disappointed. Comfortable home win.

ESW how does this team compare with that which beat Bayonne away last month? That was quite an achievement! Hopefully we’ll manage to do the same next week.

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Going through the team sheets player by player, with the exception of the half backs, i genuinely think that we have the edge.
We need Cairns and Skinner to have a good match, but there is plenty of strength and options coming off the bench to manage that if they struggle.

Scott Cummings will be a nuisance at the lineout so I hope that Yenz and Frosty are on target.

But I'm optimistic. Chiefs 37 Warriors 21

I think you're thinking of Duncan Weir from at least 5 years ago. His form has been in the drain and is more than likely seeing his final year of contract out. Ross Thompson is definitely out of favour with Franco Smith and he's been playing NZ born Tom Jordan who came to Scotland cause he never even had a Mitre Cup club and wanted to see a bit of the world. He's come good but not ripping up trees. The back row is also on its bare bones but good to see Matt Fagerson back. Starting debut for the hooker who was playing club rugby with Jordan is also a head scratcher. Exeter will batter us, I think the coach has looked at the group and decided he only needs to win one game and is going for Toulon in our last match in a winner qualifies, loser out view. Chiefs by around 20.

I sadly agree with my fellow Warrior. This is a bare bones sort of team. Any Exeter fans expecting to see a good match up are likely to be disappointed. Comfortable home win.

ESW how does this team compare with that which beat Bayonne away last month? That was quite an achievement! Hopefully we’ll manage to do the same next week.

Similar overall (though we did at least have 2 wingers to start that game!). But key differences being we're weaker at 10 with Weir instead of Thomson and there's a fair bit less heft in the starting second/back rows. To be fair, none of us expected a result in Bayonne either!

Having ended my superstitious streak of predicting Chiefs defeats for many weeks and always delighted at being wrong, last week I unfortunately got it right. So, all that’s done now. Time to start climbing the Prediction League 🤗
Chiefs 32 Glasgow 22

I haven't been following Glasgow so but banking on Chiefs to carry on improving so Chiefs 29 v Glasgow 18

Chiefs 32 Warriors 21

Chiefs 42 Glasgow 22

interesting to see how O'Loughlin goes at 12, I dont think Devoto or Hawkins have been that great at 12 and not as good a Hendrickson was at the start of the season.

surprised to see Postlewaite instead of Dunne on the bench. Postlewaite for me is dead wood

Its starting to look like Bayonne might be a dead rubber...

Saints 42 Bayonne 0 HT

Chiefs 38 Warriors 18

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Having ended my superstitious streak of predicting Chiefs defeats for many weeks and always delighted at being wrong, last week I unfortunately got it right. So, all that’s done now. Time to start climbing the Prediction League 🤗
Chiefs 32 Glasgow 22

I too had been predicting losses for Chiefs and been happily wrong, last week I went for a Chiefs win and was still wrong! I'm quite hesitant to predict a win this week!! I do feel if we start anywhere near as good as we did last week we'll win with ease. I also believe we'll miss Daf, he's been immense this year. We conceded a lot of points with him off the pitch last week and our lineout looks much better with him in it.
Going on our home form and the lack of belief from our Scottish friends I'm going for Chiefs 33 Glasgow 19

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Its starting to look like Bayonne might be a dead rubber...
Saints 42 Bayonne 0 HT

Maybe hoping the Munster result goes their way this week and try to get a result at home next week. They may be happy with a chance at the Challenge Cup and I think they'll know what they have to do by the time they play us

Chiefs 32 - Glas 16

Chiefs 30 - 21 Glasgow