Sale vs Exeter - Sat 5.30pm

[Puja]

Sale Sharks: 15 Joe Carpenter, 14 Tom Roebuck, 13 Rob du Preez, 12 Luke James, 11 Arron Reed, 10 George Ford, 9 Raffi Quirke, 8 Dan du Preez, 7 Ben Curry (c), 6 JL du Preez, 5 Jonny Hill, 4 Ernst van Rhyn, 3 Asher Opoku-Fordjour, 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 1 Bevan Rodd
Replacements: 16 Tadgh McElroy, 17 Si McIntyre, 18 WillGriff John, 19 Ben Bamber, 20 Sam Dugdale, 21 Gus Warr, 22 Waisea Nayacalevu, 23 Tom O’Flaherty

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

Venue: Salford Community Stadium
Kick-off: 17:30 GMT
Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe
Assistant Referees: Jack Makepeace, John Meredith
TMO: Peter Allan

[Oakboy]

Some interesting picks there, not least Hill's return.

Quirke/Ford ought to run the game, based on their skill-sets. Against them, Slade has hell of a task competing, especially with a low-grade SH. The back-row contest should be a major factor too.

Then, there's Roebuck v IFW. I am more convinced by Roebuck than Sleightholme in the national ranking so seeing the direct comparison with IFW is interesting.

[Captainhaircut]

IFW off with a shoulder injury today. Hopefully not serious.

[Mellsblue]

He looked in absolute agony at the time but then walked off and sat on the bench. Would guess it’s a dislocated shoulder

[TheNomad]

Shoulder popped out and then back again apparently. Nasty one.

Wonder what the means for that 6Ns? Would be a killer not to have him fit

[Mellsblue]

Hopefully he’ll be back for 6N. Yesterday was the first time I’d seen him in the flesh. He’s even more of a ridiculous athletic specimen than he looks on tv.

[TheNomad]

What amazing about him is his strength into contact and his ability to stay on his feet. Compare him to Cokonasiga - completely different level

[fivepointer]

Fingers crossed for IFW.

Exeter need their best players fit and firing, though its hard to see how they can arrest this slump. They look a shadow of the side that did well last season and show little signs of improvement.