Exeter Chiefs v Sale Sharks (PRC)

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Exeter Chiefs:

15 Tommy Wyatt

14 Paul Brown-Bampoe

13 Joe Hawkins

12 Tamati Tua

11 Josh Hodge

10 Ben Coen

9 Stu Townsend


1 Scott Sio

2 Jack Yeandle (c)

3 Josh Iosefa-Scott

4 Dafydd Jenkins

5 Christ Tshiunza

6 Ethan Roots

7 Jacques Vermeulen

8 Greg Fisilau


Replacements:

16 Dan Frost

17 Kwenzo Blose

18 Marcus Street

19 Franco Molina

20 Richard Capstick

21 Tom Cairns

22 Will Haydon-Wood

23 Will Haydon-Wood

Big news Ben at Ten - good luck son

Sale Sharks:

15. Ollie Davies,

14. Tom O’Flaherty,

13. Rob du Preez,

12. Sam Bedlow,

11. Arron Reed,

10. Tom Curtis ©,

9. Gus Warr;

1. Ross Harrison (300),

2. Tadgh McElroy,

3. Patrice Bell,

4. Ernst van Rhyn,

5. Jonny Hill,

6. Jos Gilmore,

7. Sam Dugdale,

8. JL du Preez.

Replacements:

16. Alfie Longstaff,

17. Tumy Onasanya,

18. Tye Raymont

19. Ben Bamber,

20. Hyron Andrews,

21. Nye Thomas,

22. Joe Bedlow,

23. Alex Wills

Match Officials

Referee: Adam Leal

Assistant Referees: George Selwood and James Clarke

Weather Forecast as at 1200 Friday

Sunny intervals and light winds from the north east

Temperature: 10degrees will feel like 8 degrees

Precipitation is not expected

Delighted for Coen. Interesting that his DEY-BOO will be in a quarter-final. Would've liked to see him introduced earlier in the tournament.

Chiefs 25 - 20 Sharks.

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

Looks like Will Hayden-Wood is going to be busy off the bench…
Chiefs 24, Sharks 19

Or on the bench! Presumably shuffling from one end to the other - he'll be knackered before he gets on the pitch

I see the Offy has Will Rigg at 23

Chiefs 31- 28 Sale

Chiefs 30 Sale 25.

Chiefs 29 - 24 Sharks

Great to see Ben Coen finally getting his debut!
Hopefully Townsend will have a good game and give him good ball, rather than decide to make it all about himself.
Some names in that Sale side but think we should have enough if we play well.
Chiefs 29 Sale 24

Optimistic so :
Exeter 38 - 24 Sale

Heart over head: Chiefs 26 : Sale 22

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

Chiefs 23 Sale 28

A game we should comfortably win but I said that the last game. Chiefs 27 Sale 17

Chiefs 32 Sale 21

Chiefs 43 Sale 28.

I'm going and expect to see the players making a statement after that last dire performance.

I thought we were certain to win against a 2nd/3rd Glos team. How wrong we all were. As much as I want a win tomorrow, Sale look strong.

Chiefs 21 25 Sharks

Really happy Coen has been given a start and it's a good looking team. However Sale are going for it as well so I find it hard to see us winning. Chiefs 22 Sale 32.

Chiefs 21 - 15 Sale

With heart and not head Exe 25 - 18 Sale but I have been known to be wrong!

tough call but sticking with the chiefs 27 sale 17

Chiefs 26 Sale 24

Chiefs 31 Sale 12

I have a strange premonition the outcome may be decided by cards

Chiefs 28 Sharks 23

Chiefs 26 Sale 18

Chiefs 19 Sale 24

Chiefs 33 - 26 Sale

Chiefs 26 Sale 25

We should win but with so much awful tactics recently Sale 34 Chiefs 25 I hope I am wrong. I have not gone to the game and hope I am wrong about the score and performance. Have decided to get my Season Tickets but for the first time I was a bit ambivalent. The cost this season +200 miles travelling have not been merited by many of the performances.

Hi Ouch, I should have got points this week as I did have us to win. No problem though for what must be a thankless job for you.

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Hi Ouch, I should have got points this week as I did have us to win. No problem though for what must be a thankless job for you.

Sorry, I was doing it on my phone in an Amsterdam hotel room and completely missed your prediction. I'll do an update so you'll have the points on the board going into next week.

Anyone found any highlights for the game anywhere?
I've failed to locate any.

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Anyone found any highlights for the game anywhere?
I've failed to locate any.

here

Thanks Tribester. What a back three we have! I had to check that it was us I was watching...no flopping on the floor or carrying the ball into contact AND seeming to know how to offload...what is going on?
Paul B-B is superb, I hope he's tied into a long contract with us.

With Ikitau at 12 and Henry at 13, and perming any three from Wyatt, Hodge, F-B, BB and **, that should be a decent back line with perhaps Coen at 10, and the other Aussie mentioned bringing on Stu, Cairns and ** at 9.
However, games will as always be won up front, so getting the pack right is essential. So the Aussie at 6, with the SA lad at 2, plus more experience at 8 for Fisilau and Vintcent, could at least give us a sound base in the set piece.
After that as ever it’s all down to tactics. The first half highlights of the Sale game made for enjoyable watching even if we did revert to up the jumper type in sight of the tryline in the second half.