RugbyRebels

CHIEFS SIDE TO FACE WORCESTER WARRIORS

15 Santiago Cordero
14 Jack Nowell
13 Ian Whitten
12 Ollie Devoto
11 Alex Cuthbert
10 Gareth Steenson
9 Jack Maunder
1 Alec Hepburn
2 Jack Yeandle (capt)
3 Tomas Francis
4 Dave Dennis
5 Jonny Hill
6 Dave Ewers
7 Matt Kvesic
8 Sam Simmonds

16 Elvis Taione
17 Ben Moon
18 Harry Williams
19 Ollie Atkins
20 Sean Lonsdale
21 Stu Townsend
22 Joe Simmonds
23 Sam Hill


Warriors
15 Chris Pennell
14 Perry Humphreys
13 Ashley Beck
12 Ryan Mills
11 Josh Adams
10 Jono Lance
9 Francois Hougaard
1 Callum Black
2 Jack Singleton
3 Gareth Milasinovich
4 Anton Bresler
5 Darren Barry
6 Ted Hill
7 Marco Mama
8 GJ van Velze (C)

Replacements
16 Joe Taufete’e
17 Ryan Bower
18 Simon Kerrod
19 Andrew Kitchener
20 Matt Cox
21 Michael Heaney
22 Duncan Weir
23 Ollie Lawrence

Huzzah - Maunder keeps his place ahead of Townsend!

Not sure about the logic of Wuss dropping Weir after his game against Leicester.

Puja

Puja wrote: Huzzah - Maunder keeps his place ahead of Townsend!

Not sure about the logic of Wuss dropping Weir after his game against Leicester.

Puja

Rested for the Bristol game I assume.

The Exeter team continues to look like a real shift in balance away from a team that plays Exeter rugby

Perhaps on paper but they were definitely playing ‘Exeter rugby’ last Friday night at Kingston Park.

To me they are still set up for Exeter rugby. While size is part of it, it's more about being fitter than the other team so each of your players is having more involvements than their opposite number.

Sam Simmonds gets through a lot more work than most 8s for example. Also, wasn't Kvesic just not fit enough to play the Exceter way last year?

This, coupled with incredible accuracy, makes them so formidable.

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Ted Hill. One to watch. Quietly highly effective for England U20s last season.
Wuss won this game last season. I dont expect a repeat.

Can't see Warriors getting anything from this…

If we can score a couple of tries, and have a period where we look in control then I'll be happy

I also like that we haven't thrown in the towel and are trying to build this squad out… let's hope it doesn't bite us in the ass when we start having a few too many injuries / players needing to be rested

Lawrence on the bench is good to see & T. Hill starting is great (though, doesn't he usually pack down in the second row)

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fivepointer wrote:Ted Hill. One to watch. Quietly highly effective for England U20s last season.
Wuss won this game last season. I dont expect a repeat.

Definitely. He has a nice hard edge to his game for a youngster and a good all round skill set.

bitts wrote:To me they are still set up for Exeter rugby. While size is part of it, it's more about being fitter than the other team so each of your players is having more involvements than their opposite number.

Sam Simmonds gets through a lot more work than most 8s for example. Also, wasn't Kvesic just not fit enough to play the Exceter way last year?

This, coupled with incredible accuracy, makes them so formidable.

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Exe are the rugby equivalent of "volume fighters" which they do very effectively against most opposition but come off second best against teams like leintser or sarries who have that extra gear.

28-11 Ewers motm.