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Exeter Chiefs

15 Josh Hodge
14 Jack Nowell
13 Ian Whitten
12 Solomone Kata
11 Olly Woodburn
10 Harvey Skinner
9 Sam Maunder
8 Sam Simmonds
7 Jacques Vermeulen
6 Dave Ewers
5 Jack Dunne
4 Jannes Kirsten
3 Harry Williams
2 Jack Innard
1 Scott Sio


16 Dan Frost
17 Danny Southworth
18 Patrick Schickerling
19 Mike Williams
20 Aidon Davis
21 Jack Maunder
22 Joe Simmonds
23 Tom Hendrickson

Match Officials

Referee: Luke Pearce
Assistant Referees: Christophe Ridley and Sara Cox.
TMO: Stuart Terheege.
Citing Officer: Budge Pountney

Weather Forecast as at 1200 Friday

Light cloud and a moderate breeze from the east north east
Temperature 6 degrees but will feel like 2 degrees
Precipitation not expected

Television Coverage

SD Channel 408 BT Sports 1 from 1230-1515
HD Channel 430 BT Sports 1 from 1230-1515

Sale Sharks Starting XV:

15. Joe Carpenter, 14. Tom Roebuck, 13. Rob du Preez, 12. Ryan Mills, 11. Tom O’Flaherty, 10. George Ford, 9. Gus Warr; 1. Bevan Rodd, 2. Ewan Ashman, 3. Coenie Oosthuizen, 4. Cobus Wiese, 5. Jonny Hill, 6. Jono Ross ©, 7. Sam Dugdale, 8. Jean-Luc du Preez

Replacements:

16. Tommy Taylor, 17. Si McIntyre, 18. Nick Schonert, 19. Alex Groves, 20. Josh Beaumont, 21. Raffi Quirke, 22. Sam James, 23. Arron Reed.

Hi Lowerwatha. I didn't mean to steal your thunder, but was keen to see the Sale lineup.

2 good teams. Excellent referee delegation - pleasantly surprised at that. Great to see some beef in the lineup

Im very happy that have four of our own Saffers playing.

There are going to be some big collisions for certain.

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Hi Lowerwatha. I didn't mean to steal your thunder, but was keen to see the Sale lineup.

No worries, I kept getting page not available on the Sale site.

Looks like a strong side even without te Curry brothers and Tualagi!

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Not Manichean
Hi Lowerwatha. I didn't mean to steal your thunder, but was keen to see the Sale lineup.

No worries, I kept getting page not available on the Sale site.

Looks like a strong side even without te Curry brothers and Tualagi!

Yes no Manu is a huge problem for us.

Unless Jonno Ross steps up we may have to play against 15 men....🤣

2 strong teams, should be a close game, will be good to see Flats and Johny back at SP. It could well be the game of the season, certainly a must win for us, along with a try bonus point to keep up our challenge for the play offs. Good to finally see Jacques back.

Chiefs 30 25 Sharks

Good back line and a hefty centre partnership in Whits and Solly with Tom H as back up.
Going for Chiefs win 31-19. Fancy them for a couple of cards!

Chiefs 32 - 21 Sale

Chiefs 29 Sale 23

Chiefs 25 SAle 20

Chiefs 28 Sale 25

I think Joe Simmonds must be leaving - in 23 but not starting. Whitts starting is never good IMO although I know I am in a minority. They have a good front row and better second row. I am not convinced about our bench props. We will have to take all our opportunities and the game will be very physical. Worried re our set piece. Heart wants us to win but I think Sale may sneak it with Ford pulling the strings. Chiefs 27 Sale 30. Hope I am wrong.

Chiefs 35 Sharks 22

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

I think it will be close but have a good feeling so - Exeter 31 - 28 Sale

Has the feel of being a tight one.

Chiefs 29 Sharks 24

We have a good looking team

Chiefs 33 Sale 21

I think discipline will be critical.

Last week sale could easily have had a red and 4 yellows.

If the guys can keep their heads when all around them are losing theirs (and blaming it on them), we should be OK.

With 6 of our players away on international duty plus our long term injuries probably the best side we could put out. Pathetic scheduling again. Agree discipline will be key Sale play on the edge and will probably give away a lot of pens we need to keep ours to a minimum as we know they will play a forward game plan with lots of kicking from Ford.

Interesting to see how Hill plays he was quite disrespectful to us in his comments on leaving suggesting he was going to improve his game - left as a Lion now not even in England squad. Has the habit of losing his head let’s hope he does this Sunday.

A massive game in our season at full strength I would have expected a comfortable win but think the game will be close, let’s hope we can come out on top. Exeter 31 Sale 27.

Not too confident about this one but hope to be completely wrong.
Chiefs 14 Sale 24

Would much prefer to see Joe at 10, Jack at 9, anyone else at 13 and a change on the wing. Woody started out fantastically, but imo his performances have dropped off recently, he has conceded 21 turnovers and thats a lot of possession to give up.

Think this will all be down to who settles, imho Hill is not the player he was here by what I’ve seen. If we face up we can win this well, but all depends on how we start, we mustn’t gift a last minute pen to throw the win away as we did with Sarries.

Think we will win, not sure about bp.

Chiefs by a nose, will be close and I’m sure Ford will be someone we need to not let get in penalty range.

Chiefs 29 - 25 Sale

Chiefs 31 Sale 25

Chiefs 34 Sale 31

Chiefs 32 Sale 29

Think we will have the beating of them as they will lose a few to the bin. would have liked to have seen cairns involved but some things never change. chiefs 24 sale 19.

God knows! Going 22-17 Exe.

Definitely a wild stab in the dark this week - Chiefs 24 Sharks 21

Chiefs 28 - Sale 24

Chiefs 33 - 30 Sharks

I hope for the sake of my blood pressure that it's not actually as close as that!

Going to be a fierce contest but hoping Chiefs come out on top
Mrs PC Ex 24 Sale 21
PC Ex 28 Sale 24

Exe 34 - 27 Sale perhaps I live in cloud cuckoo land!

A nail biter, Chiefs to win 19-18

Chiefs35 Sale 20 if Sale get a few cards and Sanderson isn’t on the phone to the ref right now!

I wonder whether Jack will still play, his insta has something about his little boy arriving today.

Tough one for us here. Hoping for a home win Chiefs 26 Sale 23

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I wonder whether Jack will still play, his insta has something about his little boy arriving today.

I’m sure the team release article described him as ‘new Dad’ so assuming he will play

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tulls
I wonder whether Jack will still play, his insta has something about his little boy arriving today.

I’m sure the team release article described him as ‘new Dad’ so assuming he will play

Captain today but stayed in the hotel to get a decent nights sleep, been there, got the t-shirt!

Four very valuable points though some might argue that it should have been five!
Ouch got FIVE points for his score predictions, so he goes into the lead!
56 Points: Ouch that hurts;
55 Points: Mike the Shirt;
53 Points: Scottish Chief;
52 Points: Dumnoniinomad;
51 Points: Bold Eagle
47 Points: Cornwall Chief;
46 Points: Rowancroft73;
45 Points: Andy15.1;
44 Points: Hankey; Lowerwatha; ExTedd Chief;
43 Points: Alain le Chief; Chief Firewater;
42 Points: Osmium;
41 Points: Plympton Chief;
39 Points: Not Manichean;
38 Points: Currychef;
37 Points: Keithbar54;
36 Points: Stokecanon;
35 Points: Mrs PC; Ex58; Cully Chief;
33 Points: Big Chief Little Chief;
32 Points: Lapo; Fisher;
29 Points: Ljs399;
21 Points: Moosechief; Seaside Chief;
20 Points: Exeterfan;
18 Points: Broken Arrow;
Next week “The Big Game” at Twickers. With some of our Scottish and Welsh boys back we might feel good about a win? At least there should be more than 10,000 in the ground!!