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Exeter Chiefs v Gloucester
Exeter Chiefs: 15 Josh Hodge, 14 Olly Woodburn, 13 Ben Hammersley, 12 Tamati Tua, 11 Tommy Wyatt, 10 Henry Slade, 9 Stu Townsend, 8 Greg Fisilau, 7 Jacques Vermeulen, 6 Ethan Roots, 5 Richard Capstick, 4 Dafydd Jenkins (c), 3 Marcus Street, 2 Dan Frost, 1 Scott Sio
Replacements: 16 Jack Innard, 17 Will Goodrick-Clarke, 18 Josh Iosefa-Scott, 19 Franco Molina, 20 Ross Vintcent, 21 Tom Cairns, 22 Will Haydon-Wood, 23 Zack Wimbush

Gloucester: 15 Santi Carreras, 14 Christian Wade, 13 Max Llewellyn, 12 Seb Atkinson, 11 Josh Hathaway, 10 Gareth Anscombe, 9 Tomos Williams, 8 Ruan Ackermann, 7 Lewis Ludlow (c), 6 Jack Clement, 5 Matias Alemanno, 4 Freddie Thomas, 3 Kirill Gotovtsev, 2 Seb Blake, 1 Mayco Vivas
Replacements: 16 Jack Singleton, 17 Jamal Ford-Robinson, 18 Ciaran Knight, 19 Cam Jordan, 20 Albert Tuisue, 21 Caolan Englefield, 22 Chris Harris, 23 George Barton

Venue: Sandy Park
Kick-off: 15:00 GMT
Referee: Ian Tempest
Assistant Referees: Anthony Woodthorpe, Gareth Holsgrove
TMO: David Rose

The great hope for England at 12 is playing, I see. Good to see Zack Wimbush back fit again.

Puja

Puja wrote: ↑Fri Dec 27, 2024 4:52 pm The great hope for England at 12 is playing, I see. Good to see Zack Wimbush back fit again.

Puja

Justice 4 Seb

Exeter to break their duck.

FKAS wrote: ↑Fri Dec 27, 2024 10:43 pm

Puja wrote: ↑Fri Dec 27, 2024 4:52 pm The great hope for England at 12 is playing, I see. Good to see Zack Wimbush back fit again.

Puja

Justice 4 Seb

Really? I mean Seb Blake's a good player, but I don't see him being an England prospect at 12 - you can’t just find a big player and assume he'll make an international 12, you know!

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Puja

Both Seb's were really good last week and both should be in the mix for the next A team game at least.

Puja wrote: ↑Sat Dec 28, 2024 9:43 am

FKAS wrote: ↑Fri Dec 27, 2024 10:43 pm

Puja wrote: ↑Fri Dec 27, 2024 4:52 pm The great hope for England at 12 is playing, I see. Good to see Zack Wimbush back fit again.

Puja

Justice 4 Seb

Really? I mean Seb Blake's a good player, but I don't see him being an England prospect at 12 - you can’t just find a big player and assume he'll make an international 12, you know!

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Puja

Outrageous, he's clearly the big ball carrying option we need. Let's face it his lineout work is top notch so he should be able to actually pass to our wingers as well which will be a novelty.

That was painful to watch at times but they got the result.

Thought Exeter were pretty good in the first half. They did enough overall and will be mighty relieved to get that monkey off their back.

A trivial little thing niggles me every time I see Tomos Williams. At the ruck, he clearly feints by twitching his shoulders (sometimes more than once). He does not feint with a full false pass but it is clearly cheating. Why do refs never penalise him for it? Other SHs do it occasionally but nothing like as often or as blatantly as him.

On the game, I thought Roots and Fisilau were outstanding.