Exeter vs Worcester - Sunday

[Puja]

Exeter Chiefs: 15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Jack Nowell, 13 Henry Slade, 12 Ian Whitten, 11 Alex Cuthbert, 10 Joe Simmonds (c), 9 Jack Maunder, 8 Sam Simmonds, 7 Jacques Vermeulen, 6 Dave Ewers, 5 Jonny Hill, 4 Jonny Gray, 3 Harry Williams, 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 1 Ben Moon
Replacements: 16 Jack Innard, 17 Billy Keast, 18 Marcus Street, 19 Will Witty, 20 Richard Capstick, 21 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, 22 Harvey Skinner, 23 Tom Hendrickson

Worcester Warriors: 15 Scott van Breda, 14 Nick David, 13 Ashley Beck, 12 Will Butler (c), 11 Alex Hearle, 10 Billy Searle, 9 Michael Heaney, 8 GJ van Velze, 7 Sam Lewis, 6 Tom Dodd, 5 Andrew Kitchener, 4 James Scott, 3 Richard Palframan, 2 Beck Cutting, 1 Callum Black
Replacements: 16 Isaac Miller, 17 Lewis Holsey, 18 Joe Morris, 19 Justin Clegg, 20 Caleb Montgomery, 21 Matt Cox, 22 Jono Kitto, 23 Oli Morris

[Digby]

I fancy Exeter to edge this, and if one gets bored at an uncontested training run you can always amuse by singing along to 'whoa Will Witty, bamba lam'

[fivepointer]

Mmmm...home BP win seems on the cards.
Wuss have to prioritise certain games and this obviously isnt one of them.
Thought Exe might mix n match a bit after their good midweek win. They are spoilt for choice in a number of positions.

[Scrumhead]

I fancy Exeter to edge this, and if one gets bored at an uncontested training run you can always amuse by singing along to 'whoa Will Witty, bamba lam'

I love that one!

‘He’s there to catch, bam ba lam, he’s got a bald patch, bam ba lam’

[Warrior85]

Oh dear!! This could get ridiculous! That's close to a full strength Chiefs side and warriors have gone 2nd or 3rd string, 4th in some cases. Sam Lewis is the only 1st XV in that entire 23.

Exeter away is pretty much a right off for us anyway but this could be embarrassing!

[Digby]

Oh dear!! This could get ridiculous!

Damn thing's gone wild

[Scrumhead]

Oh dear!! This could get ridiculous! That's close to a full strength Chiefs side and warriors have gone 2nd or 3rd string, 4th in some cases. Sam Lewis is the only 1st XV in that entire 23.

Exeter away is pretty much a right off for us anyway but this could be embarrassing!

I guess Solomons is looking at the bigger picture. Exeter at full strength and at home was always going to be a tall order, so after your bonus point win in midweek, perhaps he thought ‘we’re probably getting 0 points from that game either way’ and decided to rest the first XV.

[Puja]

Oh dear!! This could get ridiculous! That's close to a full strength Chiefs side and warriors have gone 2nd or 3rd string, 4th in some cases. Sam Lewis is the only 1st XV in that entire 23.

Exeter away is pretty much a right off for us anyway but this could be embarrassing!

I guess Solomons is looking at the bigger picture. Exeter at full strength and at home was always going to be a tall order, so after your bonus point win in midweek, perhaps he thought ‘we’re probably getting 0 points from that game either way’ and decided to rest the first XV.

This is the kind of situation that strikes me when someone makes the argument that we could play an 11 month season and just have bigger squads with more rotation.

Puja

[Scrumhead]

Yep. What’s the incentive to try?

[Peej]

I fancy Exeter to edge this, and if one gets bored at an uncontested training run you can always amuse by singing along to 'whoa Will Witty, bamba lam'

I think one of the great unifiers across rugby clubs is that everyone all does a 8-9-15 move that is named after a Southern Hemisphere country, and that everyone has a "whoa [insert name of player X], bam alam" song. Ours was for Fat Webby. Good times.

[Warrior85]

As predicted, this is ridiculous! 38 v 0 at halftime with a hatrick feo Jonny Hill.

The Chiefs back 3 have more lions caps combined than the Warriors back 3 have Worcester appearances.

[fivepointer]

Tough assignment for anyone against Exe in this kind of form. Gotta feel a bit for the Wuss 2nd string, they are being absolutely buried.

[switchskier]

So what do we think? How many will Exeter run up, and will Sarries exceed it tomorrow?

[twitchy]

This is going to be ugly. Only tuned in for the 2nd half and they scored immediately.

[Scrumhead]

Could be brutal. 60+ I reckon.

[Warrior85]

If Chiefs don't take their foot of the gas this could easily get to the 60s pushing 70s

[switchskier]

Why aren't all the subs on already for Exeter? Why risk your front line players? They're not learning anything from this.

[Scrumhead]

I’m watching Gloucester vs. Tigers now but I’m pleased to see Warriors have scored some points.

[twitchy]

I’m watching Gloucester vs. Tigers now but I’m pleased to see Warriors have scored some points.

Same, thorley is having a field day.

[Warrior85]

We weren't nilled and it wasn't our biggest ever loss...so good day!

[Mellsblue]

We weren't nilled and it wasn't our biggest ever loss...so good day!

Ha! That’s the spirit.

[Mellsblue]

Hehe

[Mikey Brown]

Half an hour in to watching this one and Exeter look ridiculous. Nowell's finish in the corner was ridicuous, but it seems if you have Ewers behind you in contact you're basically unstoppable.

Hogg adds so much to this side. Having Hogg and Slade either side of the pitch returning kickoffs back into the opposition 22 must be horribly deflating to play against.

I think it was a Squidge rugby thing where he noted Exeter somehow seem to control field position with their backs, and use the forwards to finish things off, or something to that effect. A bit facetious maybe but not miles off.

[Puja]

Just seen that Nowell try on the highlights - utterly ridiculous. He is very much underrated on here IMO.

Puja

[Mikey Brown]

I think on here it feels like that when a player has some pretty absurd strengths (consistently breaks tackles nobody deserves to break, bravery over the ball and in the air, fighting through those tight spaces etc.) but also weaknesses (pace, front-on tackling, prone to some real brain farts) that just get glossed over in punditry.

I can't work out how much his pace and defence are a issue though, or just a theoretical one. Is that out of date now? Does it simply not matter when he so often manages to create a try out of very little?

Only just picked the game up again, and just as I say that he drops what looks like a good try-scoring pass to me, though the commentators disagree.