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Gloucester Rugby

15. Santiago Carreras
14. Louis Rees-Zammit *
13. Billy Twelvetrees
12. Mark Atkinson
11. Jonny May *
10. George Barton *
9. Willi Heinz

1. Val Rapava-Ruskin
2. Henry Walker *
3. Fraser Balmain
4. Ed Slater
5. Matias Alemanno
6. Jordy Reid
7. Lewis Ludlow (c) *
8. Ruan Ackermann


16. Santiago Socino
17. Alex Seville *
18. Jamal Ford-Robinson
19. Freddie Clarke *
20. Ben Morgan
21. Jack Clement *

22. Charlie Chapman *
23. Charlie Sharples *

EXETER CHIEFS

15 Josh Hodge
14 Olly Woodburn
13 Dan John
12 Corey Baldwin
11 Facundo Cordero
10 Harvey Skinner
9 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne
1 James Kenny
2 Jack Yeandle (capt)
3 Marcus Street
4 Sean Lonsdale
5 Tom Price
6 Don Armand
7 Richard Capstick
8 Rus Tuima

16 Elvis Taione
17 Danny Southworth
18 Alfie Petch
19 Will Witty
20 Charlie Wright
21 Stu Townsend
22 Arthur Relton
23 James Short

More or less full strength side from Glos notwithstanding injured players, versus a less than first choice Exeter team. Wouldn't like to predict which way this will go.

Bit of a tactical change from Exeter - Tuima isn't an 8 in the Simmonds/Kvesic/Hinckley mould that they've previously preferred.

Puja

That's only a player or two from Exeter's 1st choice 23. Why so many absentees?

Exe with one eye on Europe next week. Definitely second string, though some good players involved. Plus they have an Arthur on the bench.
Glos really should win this one.

Puja wrote:Bit of a tactical change from Exeter - Tuima isn't an 8 in the Simmonds/Kvesic/Hinckley mould that they've previously preferred.

Puja

Think he is the nephew of Akapusi Qera? also loosely related to the Cokanasiga family

Exeter should be lucky to get just a point here

Tigersman wrote:Exeter should be lucky to get just a point here

You say that.....

Glos do have ways of undoing anything good they do at the moment. That said, sticking with Barton at 10, and our first choice props back, plus May/LRZ available again there is at least hope.

fivepointer wrote:Exe with one eye on Europe next week. Definitely second string, though some good players involved. Plus they have an Arthur on the bench.
Glos really should win this one.

Can they still qualify for the next round? I thought they were as good as out ...

FFS Exeter couldn't have fielded this team against us last weekend could they.

Team talk written for Glaws, just show them the Chiefs team sheet. There's not even the cavalry on the bench in case it's not going well on the field.

Scrumhead wrote:

fivepointer wrote:Exe with one eye on Europe next week. Definitely second string, though some good players involved. Plus they have an Arthur on the bench.
Glos really should win this one.

Can they still qualify for the next round? I thought they were as good as out ...

It now goes straight to knockout. They host Lyon next weekend.

Rounds of 16: 2/3/4 April
Quarter-finals: 9/10/11 April
Semi-finals: 30 April – 1/2 May
Challenge Cup final: Marseille – Friday, 21 May
Heineken Champions Cup final: Marseille – Saturday, 22 May

Glaws would be very disappointed to lose this.

Gloskarlos wrote:

Puja wrote:Bit of a tactical change from Exeter - Tuima isn't an 8 in the Simmonds/Kvesic/Hinckley mould that they've previously preferred.

Puja

Think he is the nephew of Akapusi Qera? also loosely related to the Cokanasiga family

Brother of Lagi Tuima. If he's as good as his sister, he'll be a good England option in a few years.

Puja

You’ve just ruined his chances of appearing on Who Do You Think You Are.

Yeah that is the weakest team I've seen exe put out for a few years. I will be interested to see how tuima has come on but this will be a cricket score.

I don’t think it will TBH. Gloucester are lacking confidence and even if that’s a hell of a long way from Exeter’s first choice 23, they’ll still be well-drilled and organised.

Gloucester should definitely win, but I think it’ll be closer than it looks on paper.

Is the Exeter selection an argument against the play-offs? Maybe we are seeing too many club games with sub-standard XVs.

Scrumhead wrote:I don’t think it will TBH. Gloucester are lacking confidence and even if that’s a hell of a long way from Exeter’s first choice 23, they’ll still be well-drilled and organised.

Gloucester should definitely win, but I think it’ll be closer than it looks on paper.

Agreed - I'd even say that I think Exeter will win. They've got a very system-driven approach and everyone in that XV is very solidly inculcated into that system. Add that to a Glaws side low on confidence and with many changes and I could definitely see Exeter sneaking this one.

Puja

Just realised this is a 17.30 ko and there is 6N tonight.

Glos score after 2 mins.

Amazing individual try from hodge.

Yellow for 36, exe score. 7 -15.

H/T 14- 15

Good back and forth game. Glos should have scored a couple. Lots of last ditch defence on the line from exe.

twitchy wrote:Amazing individual try from hodge.

He's got that gliding running style. Does he get on the ball enough at 15 or should he be used off the wing running lines from the shoulders of playmakers instead? I think from the wing he could see more ball in positions where he can slip that first tackle and get away.