Exeter Chiefs vs Vodacom Bulls - Heineken Champions Cup

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Exeter Chiefs

15 Stuart Hogg
14 Jack Nowell
13 Henry Slade
12 Rory O’Loughlin
11 Olly Woodburn
10 Joe Simmonds
9 Jack Maunder
1 Scott Sio
2 Luke Cowan-Dickie
3 Harry Williams
4 Daffyd Jenkins
5 Jonny Gray
6 Dave Ewers
7 Christ Tshiunza
8 Sam Simmonds

Replacements

16 Jack Yeandle
17 Alec Hepburn
18 Josh Iosefa-Scott
19 Ruben Van Heerden
20 Santiago Grondona
21 Will Becconsall
22 Solomone Kata
23 Josh Hodge

VODACOM BULLS STARTING XV:


1. Dylan Smith,
2. Bismarck Du Plessis,
3. Jacques van Rooyen,
4. Reinhardt Ludwig,
5. Janko Swanepoel,
6. Nizaam Carr,
7. Muller Uys,
8. Wj Steenkamp,
9. Bernard van der Linde,
10. Morne Steyn (c),
11. Stravino Jacobs,
12. Chris Barend Smit,
13. Stedman Gans,
14. Sibongile Novuka,
15. Wandisile Simelane

VODACOM BULLS IMPACT SQUAD:

16. Lizo Gqoboka,
17. Joe van Zyl,
18. Sebastian Lombard,
19. Cameron Hanekom,
20. Phumzile Maqondwana,
21. Keagan Johannes,
22. Carlton Bannies,
23. Juan Mostert

Match Officials

Referee: Mathieu Raynal
Assistant Referees: Jonathan Dufort & Vincent Blasco Baqué
TMO: Philippe Bonhoure

Weather Forecast

Light cloud and a moderate breeze from the south
Temperature 6 degrees but will feel like 2 degrees
Low chance of rain.

Television Coverage

SD Channel 408 BT Sports 1 from 1230
HD Channel 430 BT Sports 1 from 1239
Also on ITV1 from 1240

Going with Chiefs 30 Bulls 20

A stab in the dark with this one. Home advantage and the 16th man, so i'll go with Chiefs.
Chiefs 21 - Bulls 19

chiefs 35 bulls 17

Home advantage and a more confident team so - Exeter 31 - 19 Bulls

Chiefs 29 Bulls 19

Raynal...Great!!🤐

Chiefs 31 Bulls 24

Chiefs 28 Bulls 17

Mr Raynal broke his legs some time ago I believe getting himself too involved in the action……
Narrow win for EX ……29-27

Chiefs 28 - Bulls 24

That’s a good team we’ve picked and with weather and home advantage reckon we’ll prevail Chiefs 32 Bulls 22

Much the same Bulls' team rushed to a 28 point lead before Lyon brought it closer, winning the 2nd half fairly convincingly. That was on the high veld and a fairly warm day; Lyon seemed to take some time getting used to it. Hopefully at (almost) sea level and only a couple of degrees above zero we'll have the advantage.

Chiefs 42 - Bulls 24

Feeling strangely confident after last week so…

Ex 38 Bulls 14

Mr Raynal key with his scrum and breakdown interpretation.. If we can hold our own in the set piece and stay on the right side of the ref I am hopeful of a good five point win. We have a strong side out.
Chiefs 44 Bulls 28. Everything crossed as usual

Again who knows so its 37.18 to the chiefs and i will be dressed up warm for this one.

Chiefs 28 Bulls 22
Think there may be a few frozen bullocks which will give us the edge.

Chiefs 34 Bulls 25

Chiefs 41 Bulls 15

Exe - 36 - 18 Bulls but I could be wrong

Chiefs to win 32-22

Chiefs 33 Bulls 21

Chiefs 38 Bulls 12

With no history, this is a shot in the dark really.
Got to go with a home win here, the Bulls do tend not to do so well away from the high veldt.

Chiefs 27 - 21 Bulls

Wow! Impressed by the confidence shown here! It's truly an unknown, but I too am going with my heart: Chiefs 37 Bulls 24

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

I think it is going to be so cold only a win will warm me up! Trying to persuade my teenage kids to wear about 5 layers. Exe 32 Bulls 24

Weather "improved" a little? This is another big game for the lads. Go Chiefs
Mrs PC Chiefs 27 Bulls 24
PC Chiefs 24 Bulls 20

Chiefs 30 - 15 Bulls