Saracens v Exeter Chiefs

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Exeter Chiefs:

15 Olly Woodburn

14 Immanuel Feyi-Waboso

13 Henry Slade

12 Len Ikitau

11 Campbell Ridl

10 Harvey Skinner

9 Stephen Varney


1 Will Goodrick-Clarke

2 Jack Yeandle

3 Bachuki Tchumbadze

4 Dafydd Jenkins (c)

5 Andrea Zambonin

6 Tom Hooper

7 Ethan Roots

8 Greg Fisilau


Replacements:

16 Julian Heaven

17 Scott Sio

18 Jimmy Roots

19 Lewis Pearson

20 Kane James

21 Charlie Chapman

22 Will Haydon-Wood

23 Will Rigg

Saracens

15 Elliot Daly
14 Noah Caluori
13 Lucio Cinti
12 Nick Tompkins
11 Max Malins
10 Owen Farrell
9 Ivan van Zyl (c)
1 Rhys Carre
2 Theo Dan
3 Marcus Street
4 Nick Isiekwe
5 Hugh Tizard
6 Juan Martin Gonzalez
7 Ben Earl
8 Tom Willis

Replacements:

16 Jamie George
17 Eroni Mawi
18 Marco Riccioni
19 Harry Wilson
20 Andy Onyeama-Christie
21 Charlie Bracken
22 Fergus Burke
23 Rotimi Segun

Match Officials

Referee Luke Pearce,

Assistant Referees: Dan Jones and Calum Howard,

TMO David Rose.

Weather Forecast as at 1200 Friday

Sunny intervals and a gentle breeze from the south east
Temperature 8 degrees will feel like 6 degrees
Precipitation is not expected

TV Coverage

Channel 450 TNT Sports 1 SD
Channel 458 TNT Sports 1 HD

Available on Discovery



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2025:12:19:12:02:57 by Lowerwatha.

Good to see Varney & Rigg back. Both teams have a few injuries but I think we are more impacted by ours. I'm going with home advantage but bonus points for us.
Sarries 35 Chifs 30. I have been under-calling Chiefs this season however.

Sarries 33; Chiefs 31

Have to lean towards pessimism here. Sarries 35 Chiefs 30

I was hoping for an expansive, quick, tactical game, bossed by Luke who will hopefully 'let the boys play' ... And then read 'TMO David Rose' and my heart sank. His interjections often stop momentum and spoil games, so I hope Luke puts a lid on him.
Sarries 33 : Chiefs 32

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

Looks like we're running out of 15s but I'm sure Woodburn will turn his hand to it.

A shame Dweba hasn't recovered in time, although Yandz seems well up for it at the moment and Heaven a very decent replacement.

Good to see Ridl given a chance after his barnstorming performance in Paris.

FYI I shall mostly be shouting Tchumbaaaaaaa! every time our new Georgian prop goes on the rampage.

To state the obvious, if we can score a few tries and defend aggressively till the end then we might edge it.

Totally agree DN, David Rose is the worst TMO he interjects all the time and ruins the flow of a game.

The game itself is a real test of where we are. We very rarely won at Sarries even at our pomp. Yes they are not the same team as they were, however that pitch makes it a very hard place to win. If we can pick up a bonus point I'll be happy.
So Sarries 36 Chiefs 26 I'd love to be as wrong as I was last week!

Unfortunately our injury list keeps growing week by week but that’s an opportunity for others, not sure Baxter has put out an update on the subject. So pleased for Ridl a big ask away for your prem debut but I have high hopes that he will be a star going forward. Dweba a big miss as is JO-S in the front row.
Sarries always tough place to go on that awful plastic pitch. Fingers crossed for a lbp. Sarries 38 Chiefs 24.

Anyone got any info on Paul B-B?

As well as going to the Stonex for the first time I’m also going for a narrow Chiefs victory.

Chiefs 24 Sarries 21

Sarries 24 Chiefs 28

After last weekend, hoping we can bring some more LBPs home
Sarries 29. - 24 Chiefs

Thought I has done a post - appeared and now disappeared. A gremlin or a senior moment! Saracens 34 Chiefs 29

Saracens 33 - 28 Chiefs

Home advantage and theoretically a stronger bench. We are still growing as a team. A 4 try bonus point away from home would be nice. Sarries 41 Chiefs 31

Logic dictates that Sarries should probably win this, but im afraid that I can't find it in me to predict a win for them. Churlish? Probably. Long memory? Definitely.

🧠 says 37 - 29
♥️ says 29 - 37.

Im going with my heart. Sarries 29 Chiefs 37.

It should be a great encounter.

Hopefully we’ll be in it to the end, as we often are. Two points on the road would be a good return.
Sarries 32 Chiefs 27

On paper I think they look stronger but I think we have the momentum and confidence. But the fact they're at home on that awful pitch I think makes them favourites. However... Sarries 21 - 26 Chiefs.



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Sarries 29 chiefs 17

Their bench is much stronger than ours

Sarries 31 Chiefs 25

Saracens 29 Chiefs 27

Sarries 36 - 21 Exe but I hope I am very wrong!

Saracens 25 - Chiefs 28

It’s Christmas so hoping for an early present:
Saracens 24 - Exeter 31

More in hope than expectation .......... Saracens 30 Chiefs 31

Sarries 32 - 29 Chiefs

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I don't think I've ever been as happy putting up a table as I am today!