Exeter Chiefs v Ealing Trailfinders (PRC)

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I see Coen is not in the England U20 squad. Hope that means he gets another start.

Exeter Chiefs:

15 Tommy Wyatt

14 Paul Brown-Bampoe

13 Joe Hawkins

12 Tamati Tua

11 Josh Hodge

10 Ben Coen

9 Tom Cairns


1 Kwenzo Blose

2 Jack Yeandle (c)

3 Josh Iosefa-Scott

4 Richard Capstick

5 Christ Tshiunza

6 Ethan Roots

7 Jacques Vermeulen

8 Greg Fisilau


Replacements:

16 Dan Frost

17 Billy Keast

18 Marcus Street

19 Franco Molina

20 Martin Moloney

21 Niall Armstrong

22 Harvey Skinner

23 Will Rigg

This looks a ‘gun’ of a team who I can’t see losing despite Rob stoking the Trailfinders fire with his comments about Champo teams in Prem Cup.
Chiefs 37 Trailfinders 20

Ealing Trailfinders

1. Lefty Zigiriadis

2. Matt Cornish

3. George Davis

4. Bobby De Wee

5. Danny Cutmore

6. Rob Farrar

7. Jordy Reid

8. David Bridge

9. Craig Hampson

10. George Worboys


11. Tom Collins

12. Francis Moore

13. Reuben Bird-Tulloch

14. Angus Kernohan

15. Tobi Wilson

Replacements

16. Scott Buckley

17. Kyle Whyte

18. Biyi Alo

19. Sean Lonsdale

20. Ollie Newman

21. Lloyd Williams

22. Craig Willis

23. Michael Dykes

Match Officials

Referee: Joe James
Assistant Referees: Richard Gordon and Calum Howard
TMO: Dan Jones

Weather Forecast as at 1200 Friday

May start with drizzle and a moderate breeze from the east south east but should brighten with sunny intervals.

Temperature: 11 degrees will feel like 10 degrees

Chance of Precipitation

TV Coverage

Channel 411 TNT Sports 4 SD 1200-1430
Channel 434 TNT Sports 2 HD 1200-1430

Strong Chiefs team at home, has to be a win for us.

Chiefs 39. Ealing 12

Almost as interesting will be the crowd numbers. Hopefully more than last week.

We seem to be up for this cup so :
Exeter 42 - 17 Ealing

They’ve got some real talent in their line up - Tom Collins, Jordy Reid, Matt Cornish and Bobby de Wee, so I think they’ll have some fire power and will be really up for it. Hopefully we’re approaching it with the right mindset.
Chiefs 29; Trailfinders 24
Btw, I’m glad to see Lefty Zigiriadis is on the loose head and not the tight head…

Chiefs 40 Ealing 15

Chiefs 31- 19 Trailfinders

Solid Ealing team. Looks like Michael Dykes, formerly of London Irish, could be one to watch from the bench for Ealing.

I have a feeling our bench will be the difference, though.

Chiefs 38 - 21 Ealing.

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

Worboys first start for Ealing. Baptism of fire.

Chiefs 38 Ealing 19.

Molina should be starting ahead of Capstick, good to see Coen getting another outing.

Clarification please.
If we win tomorrow and Falcons win tonight, is the final up there in Ice Station Zebra?

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Tiverton Brave
Clarification please.
If we win tomorrow and Falcons win tonight, is the final up there in Ice Station Zebra?

Yes!
If Bath win tonight and we win tomorrow it’s at Sandy Park (assuming we can get round the no games on Friday night planning rule…). It’s a tricky one - do we prefer a cold and wet Friday night at Kingston Park, or being steamrollered by Bath at home?!

I'd rather Barf at home than that awful pitch up there.

Chiefs 43 Ealing 17

I think that Newcastle are the only club to have a legitimate reason to have one of those dreadful plastic pitches. It’s not that cold up there but bl**dy wet. Glad Coen is playing again a real quality imho.

Newcastle's pitch is fine. Well maintained by the grounds team and the players like it.

Hard one we can be great one week and poor the next so its pot luck chiefs 38 Ealing 17

Chiefs 0 - Ealing 55

Let's hope rugby is the real winner.

A game on paper we should win comfortably but it depends which chiefs team turns up. Looking at the Bath selection Newcastle must be favourites playing at home to get through and host the final.
Chiefs 36 ET 24

Shouldn’t underestimate ETf but overall I’m going for the home win
Chiefs 31 - 25 Ealing

Chiefs 42 Ealing 21

Chiefs 32 Ealing 24.
Just decided to but ST for next season .
Not going to match tomorrow.

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Newcastle's pitch is fine. Well maintained by the grounds team and the players like it.

The Orthopaedic Surgeons like it even more !

Strong team. Chiefs 50 Purates 17

I think it will be a real battle. CHIEFS 34 Ealing 32

What sort of work do 'groundsmen' do on a plastic pitch?
Weld the holes back together?

Chiefs 34 : Ealing 27

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

If we play like we did against Sale we'll win comfortably. If we play like we did against Glaws we'll lose badly!! I have a feeling it will be tight. Like just about everybody, bar the coaches, I'd prefer to see an international second row playing over Capstick, we look a bit lightweight in the back five for me.
Chiefs 32 Ealing 24

There was a comment a few weeks ago from RB that they have been careful with Molina because he came back from international duty carrying an injury. That would explain things

Chiefs 37 ET 17

Chiefs 31 Trailfinders 21

Chiefs 32 Ealing 20

Feel a bit sorry for Coen being hailed as the new Messiah by both club and supporters alike and the publicity given to his debut (not afforded to others) was World Cup winning level!!
I really do hope he comes through as Chiefs need a 10 but to pull him from an U20 cap.. are the Chiefs really that desperate as whilst he was ok on his debut feel the other 10’s would have been a little envious given the forward dominance. The same happened to Iwan Jenkins a few years ago and he’s not played for the Chiefs since.
Let’s give Coen some breathing space as the same with 20’s behind a totally dominant pack and a few games for Uni when on parity have been poor. However with them not having signed an experienced 10 outside of Skinner feel he may be given the reigns next season.

Chiefs 42 Ealing 18

Exe 36 - 18 Ealing but I could be wrong!

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They’ve got some real talent in their line up - Tom Collins, Jordy Reid, Matt Cornish and Bobby de Wee, so I think they’ll have some fire power and will be really up for it. Hopefully we’re approaching it with the right mindset.
Chiefs 29; Trailfinders 24
Btw, I’m glad to see Lefty Zigiriadis is on the loose head and not the tight head…

Chapeau 🎩🎩🎩👏👏👏

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SixNineOne
They’ve got some real talent in their line up - Tom Collins, Jordy Reid, Matt Cornish and Bobby de Wee, so I think they’ll have some fire power and will be really up for it. Hopefully we’re approaching it with the right mindset.
Chiefs 29; Trailfinders 24
Btw, I’m glad to see Lefty Zigiriadis is on the loose head and not the tight head…

Chapeau 🎩🎩🎩👏👏👏

👏👏👏

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

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Rowancroft73

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SixNineOne
They’ve got some real talent in their line up - Tom Collins, Jordy Reid, Matt Cornish and Bobby de Wee, so I think they’ll have some fire power and will be really up for it. Hopefully we’re approaching it with the right mindset.
Chiefs 29; Trailfinders 24
Btw, I’m glad to see Lefty Zigiriadis is on the loose head and not the tight head…

Chapeau 🎩🎩🎩👏👏👏

👏👏👏

I’m obviously losing my touch… How can I maintain my position at the lower end of the league if you start awarding me 5 points?!!