Gloucester Rugby v Exeter Chiefs (PRC)

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Exeter Chiefs:

15 Josh Hodge

14 Ben Hammersley

13 Tamati Tua

12 Will Rigg

11 Tommy Wyatt

10 Will Haydon-Wood

9 Stu Townsend


1 Scott Sio

2 Dan Frost

3 Marcus Street

4 Rusi Tuima

5 Richard Capstick

6 Ethan Roots

7 Jacques Vermeulen (c)

8 Greg Fisilau


Replacements:

16 Jack Innard

17 Will Goodrick-Clarke

18 Jimmy Roots

19 Lewis Pearson

20 Martin Moloney

21 Will Becconsall

22 Harvey Skinner

23 Zack Wimbush

Gloucester Rugby

1. Mayco Vivas

2. Seb Blake

3. Ciaran Knight

4. Freddie Clarke

5. Danny Eite

6. Ruan Ackermann

7. Lewis Ludlow (c)

8. Zach Mercer

9. Caolan Englefield

10. Charlie Atkinson

11. Ollie Thorley

12. Rory Taylor

13. Chris Harris

14. Christian Wade

15. Ioan Jones

Replacements

16. Jack Singleton

17. Val Rapava-Ruskin

18. Afo Fasogbon

19. Arthur Clark

20. Jack Clement

21. Charlie Chapman

22. Max Knight

23. Jack Reeves

Weather Forecast as at 1200 Thursday

A clear sky with light winds from the south southwest
Temperature 1 degree feels like -1 degrees
Precipitation is not expected

TV Coverage

Channel 410 TNT Sports 3 SD 1930-2000
Channel 432 TNT Sports 3 HD 1930-2000

I still don't get Capstick at lock, but this looks like an even contest, whatever our resident troll might say.

Its great to see some of those players back from injury. And interesting to see how WHW gets on.

Gloucester 22 Chiefs 27

This will be tough to win, they have a good side out, and with their awful pitch I think they start as favourites, but 2 wins gives us a bit of confidence, think it'll be close, heart wins, Gloss 18 - 21 Chiefs.

Would expect a good win with Gloucester far from full strength, granted Chiefs without Internationals - Glouc 18 Chiefs 30

I see both sides going quite strong probably sums up our ambitions this season. We know Glos will throw the ball around and attack from anywhere and if we go with a kick it in the air attitude all night it could be a painful watch. I hope I’m wrong but can’t see Glos not scoring 5 or 6 tries (unless weather is grim) so we need to match their ambition and desire the get anything out of the game. Hawkins must still be on the naughty chair, and yes our lack of specialist lock forwards is a crazy situation to be in.

Glos 42 Chiefs 21.

I think it will be close and fear the worst so :
Gloucester 33 - 30 Exeter

Glaws will miss their Welsh half back pair which evens things up although I reckon we have a stronger bench. Need to pin down Mercer early. The weather is going to be dry but freezing, I should imagine a number of players will be wearing leggings to keep warm and as protection against that awful plastic pitch. Glaws 23 Chiefs 31!

That Gloucester side is only one or two names away from being the team that plays in the Premiership.

We've been on a good run, but that's against a few Championship sides. I fear that Gloucester's JOUER attitude will be too much for us.

Gloucester 31 - 21 Chiefs

Gloucester 32 Chiefs 28

Glos look too strong to me, so them to win 42-38, but hope it will be t'other way round

I dont get Paul Brown not getting game time, the ceiling of his talent his far higher then Hammerley. Paul is green and needs to improve his skills, case-in-point against Quins were running down the wing he carried the ball in the wrong hand so he could not hand-off the defender, if only we had a skills coach.

glad to see Rigg is still getting some game time. We should let Hawkins go now so he can play in the 6 nations.

Gloucester 40 Chiefs 35

Should be an evenly matched game. But forever the optimist

Glos 23 Chiefs 27

With that lineup, I really should be expecting us to cope well with Glaws, even considering the side they've selected - and no one can blame them for it! Where's PBB? Feel might be a little narrow, which of course impacts defence as well as attack.
Gloucester 32: Chiefs 28

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

Difficult to choose how the pendulum will swing for this but will be close to call but not in our favour.
Glos 31- 28 Chiefs,

Gloucester 31, Chiefs 26

Unfortunately, our away form has been diabolical for a while now. Add a plastic pitch, and Glous going strong, into the equation and I can only see one winner.. If we could sneak a win that would do our confidence a power of good. Can't see it myself though.
Gloucester 38 Chiefs 29

Gloucester 37 Chiefs 19

Heart ruling head again Glaws 28 - 36 Exe but I have been known to be wrong!

Hope I am wrong Glouc 38 Chiefs 20

Glos 41- 28 Chiefs

Glos 32 Chiefs 24

Gloucester 26 Chiefs 36

*sees Christian Wade's name of the Glaws teamsheet and curses*

Their turf, pardon me for going cautious.

Glaws 30 Chiefs 25

Difficult and could go either way so its Gloucester 27 chiefs 31 for me what do i no?

Home advantage Glos 28 Chiefs 21

Have we won at Gloucester since they laid that horrible pitch?

Gloucester 29 Chiefs 26

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Have we won at Gloucester since they laid that horrible pitch?
Gloucester 29 Chiefs 26

Yes, last season end of April in think.

Its obviously a much more difficult task than the previous couple of weeks but hopefully the confidence has been restored and we play the way we know this group can.
Interesting to see how our centre pairing go in particular?
Its the prem cup so not overly worried about the result but just want to see us put in a performance and give it a go.
🤞

Thanks OTH for keeping both tables running. It is appreciated.

yes thanks ouch for all your hard work

Yes, Thanks Ouch

Ouch = leg-end. 👍

Cueto wasn't in touch, at least in my dreams.

Thanks ouch from an also ran.