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Hello from sunny Gloucester.

If any of you Chiefs are traveling to Gloucester on Sunday and don't fancy the drive back there is a brand new 4* hotel just opened a couple of hundred yards from Kingsholm in the city centre.
Sunday is a cheap(ish) night.

Hotel Indigo part of the ihg.com group

And if you don't like the bar or breakfast prices there's a spoons 30 yards away

Cheers

Glos 22 Chiefs 38

Exeter Chiefs

15 Campbell Ridl
14 Paul Brown-Bampoe
13 Henry Slade (c)
12 Len Ikitau
11 Immanuel Feyi-Waboso
10 Harvey Skinner
9 Stephen Varney
1 Will Goodrick-Clarke
2 Joseph Dweba
3 Josh Iosefa-Scott
4 Rusi Tuima
5 Lewis Pearson
6 Ethan Roots
7 Ross Vintcent
8 Greg Fisilau

Replacements:
16 Max Norey
17 Ethan Burger
18 Jimmy Roots
19 Christ Tshiunza
20 Tom Hooper
21 Finn Worley Brady
22 Tom Cairns
23 Ben Hammersley

Match Officials
Referee: Matthew Carley

ARs: Sara Cox & Jamie Parr

TMO: Dean Richards

Great to see Len back, Gloss 15- 38 Chiefs.



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Weather Forecast as at 1200 Friday

Sunny and light winds from the east south-east
Temperature 18 degrees
Precipitation is not expected

TV Coverage

Channel 409 TNT Sports 2 SD from 1500 - 1800
Channel 431 TNT Sports 2 HD from 1500 - 1800
Also available on HBO Max

Gloucester Rugby

1.Val Rapava Ruskin

2. Jack Innard

3. Afolabi Fasogbon

4. Arthur Clark

5. Matias Alemanno

6. Freddie Thomas

7. Lewis Ludlow

8. Will Trenholm

9. Tomos Williams

10. Charlie Atkinson

11. Ben Loader

12. Seb Atkinson

13. Max Llewellyn

14. Will Joseph

15. George Barton

Substitutes

16. George Knowles

17. Dian Bleuler

18. Nepo Laulala

19. Danny Eite

20. Jack Clement

21. James Venter

22. Caolan Englefield

23. Ollie Thorley



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Wouldn't it be nice to see a reverse of last years horror score happen?
Glaws do seem in some disarray, hopefully we can push them a bit further in to that !

We’ve obviously decided that the lineout is not important - I hope it’s not something we come to regret!
Gloucester 26; Chiefs 31

Im excited about Ridl at 15. He strikes me as a classical attacking 15. That also puts out a hugely potent back 3. Len back at 12 is also great news. Hoping Glaws are a little off the motivation Glaws 15 Ex 32.

Ridl at 15? Len back? Hmmm...looks a solid Glaws side...going to lean optimistic...

Glaws 25 Chiefs 30

Team selection unfortunately shows the lack of quality and squad depth in the pack, with no back up second row forwards, just hybrid back rowers. Our line out will be under massive pressure and can’t see how we will stop their catch and drive.
Yes our back line looks good but will they get any ball to work with. Best wishes to Ridl at full back a very big test for him on the dreadful plastic pitch. With the exception of Hooper our bench looks v weak in terms of experience and how Hammersley gets in ahead of Rigg, WHW or Wimbush I can’t really fathom. Heaven for some reason doesn’t get a look in.
I hope I’m wrong but see this as a comfortable home win, with their pack having total dominance. Strange Backu gets player of the day for making the difference in the front row last week, where Jimmy had a day to forget and he doesn’t feature at all.
Glaws 42 Chiefs 27.

Glos 18 - 31 Chiefs

Glaws 18 Chiefs 48

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Team selection unfortunately shows the lack of quality and squad depth in the pack, with no back up second row forwards, just hybrid back rowers. Our line out will be under massive pressure and can’t see how we will stop their catch and drive.
Yes our back line looks good but will they get any ball to work with. Best wishes to Ridl at full back a very big test for him on the dreadful plastic pitch. With the exception of Hooper our bench looks v weak in terms of experience and how Hammersley gets in ahead of Rigg, WHW or Wimbush I can’t really fathom. Heaven for some reason doesn’t get a look in.
I hope I’m wrong but see this as a comfortable home win, with their pack having total dominance. Strange Backu gets player of the day for making the difference in the front row last week, where Jimmy had a day to forget and he doesn’t feature at all.
Glaws 42 Chiefs 27.

Wow, Andy15.1 !!!! I was going to attend but you’ve totally eradicated any hope and enthusiasm I had for a comfortable Chiefs victory ☹️

Glaws 20 Chiefs 38

Hopefully Glaws don’t manage to come out firing on all cylinders, while do get out of the blocks early and dominate.
Glaws 24 - 29 Chiefs

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Andy15.1
Team selection unfortunately shows the lack of quality and squad depth in the pack, with no back up second row forwards, just hybrid back rowers. Our line out will be under massive pressure and can’t see how we will stop their catch and drive.
Yes our back line looks good but will they get any ball to work with. Best wishes to Ridl at full back a very big test for him on the dreadful plastic pitch. With the exception of Hooper our bench looks v weak in terms of experience and how Hammersley gets in ahead of Rigg, WHW or Wimbush I can’t really fathom. Heaven for some reason doesn’t get a look in.
I hope I’m wrong but see this as a comfortable home win, with their pack having total dominance. Strange Backu gets player of the day for making the difference in the front row last week, where Jimmy had a day to forget and he doesn’t feature at all.
Glaws 42 Chiefs 27.

I'm guessing Rob's giving as many of his 1st choice forwards a week off after the quick turnaround last week (and some tough games). Personally, I don't see the point of having Rigg on the bench - he's essentially a one-position player whereas Hammersley, for all his faults, can cover quite a few positions. Maybe he's also considered a bit more dispensable than WHW who many seem to think would be the logical 'Swiss army knife' to have on the bench.

Glos 32 - 21 Chiefs

I don't think this is going to be as easy as some of these predictions suggest. I certainly hope I'm wrong. My main concern is also the lineout, since returning from South Africa Dweba's arrows have been inconsistent (at best) and with no out and out lineout specialists I think this could be our biggest weakness. However, if our forwards can get some good solid possession then we've certainly got a back line that could do some serious damage.

Glos 25 Chiefs 31

Some rotation was inevitable but I agree with Andy and others that the fall off in the pack and especially at the line out is significant.

Glos are so unpredictable. They have a lot of quality, but rarely seem to be able to pull it all together. If they do, it could be a surprise. We badly need this win but I dont think its a given at all. Having said that, if they fall apart as they can easily do, our back three could run them ragged.

Which is a long winded way of saying that I haven't got a clue.

Gloa 25 Chiefs 31

Glaws 32-38 Exe but I could be wrong

I think it will be an open game:
Gloucester 33 - 40 Exeter

Glaws 10 Chiefs 33

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

Whilst I totally agree around the drop of in quality from our starting second row to the one picked, and the weakness of our bench, a lot of you have forgotten a key fact! This year Gloucester have been pants!! Last week against Bristol they were awful. They probably couldn't play as bad as that again, but we still have by far the better team, their bench is equally as poor. I'm sure there are a few players that have some ghosts to rest from last year. I'm going Chiefs 36 Glaws 12 let's hope my optimism is not misplaced.

Plastic pitch so first wish is no injuries. Second choice no proper second row a major worry Gloucs 29 Exeter Chiefs 34. Fingers crossed.

It's a front 5 that was good enough to draw away at saints. Tuima is a england A International with nearly 100 first team appearances and Pearson well over 50. Its not like we have picked a players up from South West one.

Glos 21 - Chiefs 28



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It's a front 5 that was good enough to draw away at saints.

An interesting point. Also interesting, to my mind at least, is that the momentum in the game turned, and we did most of our scoring after Daf came on at halftime, followed by Zambo on 43 minutes.

Criticism of squad selection without knowing the reasons is churlish.

Glos 27 - Chiefs 42

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Criticism of squad selection without knowing the reasons is churlish.

No criticism. Just an observation which I felt was valid in response to Chief in Exile's.

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Chief Bert
Criticism of squad selection without knowing the reasons is churlish.

No criticism. Just an observation which I felt was valid in response to Chief in Exile's.

It was your post that was a criticism.

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Chief Bert

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Osmium

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Chief Bert
Criticism of squad selection without knowing the reasons is churlish.

No criticism. Just an observation which I felt was valid in response to Chief in Exile's.

It was your post that was a criticism.

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As stated, it wasn't a criticism, it was an observation, indeed a statement of fact. Clearly you read it differently. I suggest we leave it at that.

Gloucester 20 Chiefs 29

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Chief Bert

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Osmium

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Chief Bert
Criticism of squad selection without knowing the reasons is churlish.

No criticism. Just an observation which I felt was valid in response to Chief in Exile's.

It was your post that was a criticism.

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As stated, it wasn't a criticism, it was an observation, indeed a statement of fact. Clearly you read it differently. I suggest we leave it at that.

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Osmium

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Chief Bert

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Osmium

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Chief Bert
Criticism of squad selection without knowing the reasons is churlish.

No criticism. Just an observation which I felt was valid in response to Chief in Exile's.

It was your post that was a criticism.

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As stated, it wasn't a criticism, it was an observation, indeed a statement of fact. Clearly you read it differently. I suggest we leave it at that.

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Osmium

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Chief Bert

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Osmium

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Chief Bert
Criticism of squad selection without knowing the reasons is churlish.

No criticism. Just an observation which I felt was valid in response to Chief in Exile's.

It was your post that was a criticism.

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As stated, it wasn't a criticism, it was an observation, indeed a statement of fact. Clearly you read it differently. I suggest we leave it at that.

Sorry Osmium I meant to say it was NOT your post that was a criticism.

Gloucester 28 - 31 Chiefs

Gloucester 27 Chiefs 37