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Mikey Brown wrote:And yet Wales pick George North at 13.

Don't think England fans can ever question another nation deciding to follow the "put the big lad there" approach.

I'm surprised more hasn't been made of this match. There is no way an exeter second team should be able to beat saints.

twitchy wrote:I'm surprised more hasn't been made of this match. There is no way an exeter second team should be able to beat saints.

Why not?
I thought it was popular opinion that Exeter 2nd XV could beat anyone else's 1st XV except Saracens.
Let's face it, there's a whole bunch of mediocrity behind those 2; and Exeter's real strength comes in their systems, and getting the absolute best out of average players - meaning that there's much less of a drop off from Exeter 1sts to Exeter 2nds than any other club could claim.
Exeter 2nd XV playing the Exeter way, would be a mid-table team - where any of 8 teams can all beat the others without it being any surprise.

twitchy wrote:I'm surprised more hasn't been made of this match. There is no way an exeter second team should be able to beat saints.

Saints are over rotating and Exeter 2`s have done it before