Exeter Chiefs vs Bath Rugby - Premiership Rugby Cup

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Exeter Chiefs

15 Facundo Cordero
14 Immanuel Feyi-Waboso
13 Zack Wimbush
12 Tom Wyatt
11 Arthur Relton
10 Iwan Jenkins
9 Tom Cairns
8 Greg Fisilau
7 Aidon Davis
6 Rus Tuima
5 Joe Bailey
4 Alfie Bell
3 Josh Iosefa-Scott
2 Jack Innard
1 James Kenny


16 Max Norey
17 Danny Southworth
18 Matt Johnson
19 Cory Teague
20 Santiago Grondona
21 Orson James
22 Shea Cornish
23 Frankie Nowell

Bath Rugby:

15 Sam Harris,
14 Gabe Goss,
13 Max Wright,
12 Piers Francis,
11 Darren Atkins,
10 George Worboys,
9 Tom Carr-Smith;
1 Archie Stanley,
2 Tom Doughty,
3 Kieran Verden,
4 Dave Attwood,
5 Ewan Richards,
6 JJ Tonks,
7 Ethan Staddon,
8 Wesley White.

Impact players:

16 John Stewart,
17 Arthur Cordwell,
18 Archie Griffin,
19 Michael Etete,
20 Will Spencer,
21 Murdoch Lock,
22 Jordan Venter,
23 Nahum Merigan.

Match Officials

Referee: Harry Walbaum

Assistant Referees: Simon Adams and Ian Bibey

Weather Forecast

Strong winds from the south and wet.
Temperature will feel like 11 degrees
55% chance of rain

TV Coverage

Not on TV

With about 40 of our squad not available for this one great to see the youngsters get some game time. We have always used this competition as a stepping stone for the future and whist some of the youngsters in the premiership squad for todays game would have probably featured, I’m still looking forward to the game. Looking to see how young Bailey goes in the second row appears to be a v good prospect.
Whilst Bath squad slightly more experienced they have also entered into the right spirit for this fixture.
Think it will be high scoring - Exe 35 Bath 33.

Agree about the scoring - Exeter 42 - 33 Bath

Looking forward to this. I really enjoy seeing some of these younger guys get a run out.

Chiefs 36 Bath 30

Chiefs 29 - 23 Bath

Agree totally great that many youngsters are gett6ing game time. No idea of score but have to go with heart so Chiefs win. Score will be lower because of lots of mistakes in rainy weather. Chiefs 32 Bath 27

Really chuffed with that side! Lots of youngsters but also Aidon Davis, james kenny and Facundo cordero i think all returning from injury? Lots of the great youngsters from Cornish Pirates too. Looks like big crowd for them so really hope they enjoy it and a few stand up and make people take notice. The 3 youngsters from wasps must be looking forward to it!!

Almost impossible to predict imo but I agree with a high score and a probable chiefs win.

34 -28 ???👀

Prawn Sandwiches are delicious!

A absolute guess on this as I have no idea so at home, wind in our favour, large crowd, players want to impress, its 46.19 to the chiefs. and hoping for some entertainment while i freeze in the west stand with my biscuits if i can smuggle them in.

Finger in the air and guess Exe 37 - 28 Bath.

Chiefs 25 Bath 20

Chiefs 26 Bath 19

Chiefs 33 barf 26

Chiefs 25 - 19 Bath

Chiefs 36 Bath 31

Chiefs 38 Bath 37

Great to see guys returning from injury and internationals.

Another random guess - Chiefs 35 Bath 24

Guess time
Chiefs 34 bath 21

Chiefs 19 Bath 15

Chiefs 39 30 Bath. All complete guesswork as usual1

I definitely fancy that Chiefs team against that Bath team. Going to go with 40-25 Chiefs.

Think that ball's gonna be slippery, so maybe not such a high score today.

Chiefs 20 - 18 Bath

If you stayed at home it’s currently raining horizontally at SP. we are leading 20 to 10 having had the advantage of a howling Gale in the first half

A really good match played in atrocious conditions in the second half with close to 10k in the crowd made it a good atmosphere. At ht with only a 10 point lead feared the worst but sheer determination energy and commitment from the whole 15 saw us through deserved winners.
The back row was immense and the last 20m our forwards had dominance in the scrum, haven’t seen that at SP for a while !!
Not easy to pick a mom but for me a real prospect who shone well above his opposite number was Cairns at scrum half he should be fast tracked into the first team squad asap for me. Has a bit of a young Danny Care about him. Hope the injury to our young lock not too serious. Finally well done to Aiden Davis two tries in first appearance for the club.
Let’s hope for a big crowd next week after sad news about DW.

So with 9900 in attendance, higher than the first xv can attract. Speaks volumes about the style of rugby fans would prefer to see

As it was free tickets for health workers always was going to be a big crowd.
I think 2100 at Newcastle last night!!

Absolutely agree cairns stood out and reminded me of harry Randall should certainly be fast tracked to the first team as Andy has said. Tommy Wyatt and Jenkins were also superb the kicking at goal was outstanding.

Wyatt has been showing a lot of promise for a few seasons now. Be good to see him get given a chance.

Jenkins’ kicking was absolutely outstanding, not only in the conditions but the height and accuracy he got on the ball would have been praiseworthy on a still day. Overall Infinitely better than the dross served up by the first XXIII last night. Pellow , Steenson and Thomas as the new coaching team anyone?

First XV going forward:

Hodge
Relton
Wyatt
Kata
Woodburn
Jenkins(I)
Cairns
Sio
Innard
Schickerling
Jenkins (D)
Tshiunza
Ewers
Davis
Vermeulen

Ignores some Internationals, most of whom are missing for most of the year, and injured.

Should have included Van-Heerden somewhere who is doing a Sam Simmons scoring-wise



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That would be interesting team!! 9 and 10 particularly where current team need challenging. Know v little about Iwan jenkins but sounds like he played well.

Good to see Aidon Davis in a Chiefs shirt, scored two tries, looks promising.

All things considered including the atrocious conditions I really thought the boys did very well and I enjoyed that game a lot.
I was very impressed with our scrum and how refreshing to see Tom Cairns getting in the ear hole of Sir and TJ……reminded me of Danny Care. Some very good promising young talent out there yesterday who imo can’t be far off a match day 23

Thoroughly enjoyed the game played in awful conditions. Some real talent on display.
Let the young guns loose i say!

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Isca Chief
Thoroughly enjoyed the game played in awful conditions. Some real talent on display.
Let the young guns loose i say!

I couldn’t agree more, give them game time in the Prem. We have nothing to lose as we are playing that bad in the Prem at the moment

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Isca Chief
Thoroughly enjoyed the game played in awful conditions. Some real talent on display.
Let the young guns loose i say!

And me too, the young lads played well given that wind & rain, the scrum dominance impressed me. Plenty of green shoots on display.

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Isca Chief
Thoroughly enjoyed the game played in awful conditions. Some real talent on display.
Let the young guns loose i say!

Have to agree as well. Far more entertaining and hunger shown than by anything the ‘First’ 23 have shown imo

Something of a mixed weekend! Another Premiership loss that could/should have been a win, a huge win away from home for the Ladies and a good home win in the Prem Cup.
29 Points: Bold Eagle;
28 Points: Dumnoniinomad; Ouch that hurts;
27 Points: Mike the Shirt;
26 points: Cornwall Chief; Scottish Chief; Rowancroft73;
23 Points: Hankey; Alain le Chief;
22 Points: Andy15.1; Lowerwatha;
21 Points: Osmium; Big Chief Little Chief;
20 Points: Chief Firewater;
19 Points: Moosechief; Cully Chief; ExTedd Chief;
18 Points: Plympton Chief; Keithbar54;
17 Points: Currychef; Ex58; Not Manichean;
16 Points: Fisher;
15 Points: Stokecanon;
14 Points; Lapo;
13 Points: Ljs399;
12 Points: Broken Arrow; Mrs PC;
10 Points: Exeterfan;
9 Points: Clalan;
6 Points: Whiptonchief;
4 Points: Last of the Beercans; Minuteman
2 Points: Seaside Chief; Chief Bert;
Glaws at Sandy Park next Sunday. Very difficult to begin to imagine how we will fare!