Premiership Cup Semi-Final - Exeter Chiefs vs Sale Sharks

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Exeter Chiefs

15 Tom Wyatt
14 Immanuel Feyi-Waboso
13 Sean O’Brien
12 Tom Hendrickson
11 Rory O’Loughlin
10 Iwan Jenkins
9 Tom Cairns
8 Santiago Grondona
7 Aidon Davies
6 Rus Tuima
5 Lewis Pearson
4 Mike Williams
3 Patrick Schickerling
2 Jack Innard
1 Danny Southworth


16 Dan Frost
17 James Kenny
18 Josh Iosefa-Scott
19 Joe Bailey
20 Ollie Leatherbarrow
21 Orson James
22 Ian Whitten
23 Facundo Cordero

Sale Sharks

15. Jason Woodward,
14. Byron McGuigan,
13. Luke James,
12. Sam Hill,
11. Elliot Gourlay,
10. Tom Curtis,
9. Will Cliff;
1. Tumy Onasanya,
2. Tommy Taylor,
3. Coenie Oosthuizen,
4. Rouban Birch,
5. Alex Groves,
6. Will Riley,
7. Tristan Woodman,
8. Sam Dugdale ©

Replacements:

16. Harry Thompson,
17. Ben Carlile,
18. Cal Ford,
19. Ewan Murphy,
20. Yande Nkonge,
21. Will Wootton,
22. Kieran Wilkinson,
23. Joe Bedlow

Match Officials

Referee: Hamish Smales
Assistant Referees: Dan Jones and James Clarke
TMO: David Rose

Weather Forecast as at 1200 Friday

Light cloud and a gentle breeze from the south east
Temperature 9 degrees but will feel like 7 degrees
Low chance of rain.

Television Coverage

SD Channel 408 BT Sports 1 from 1245
HD Channel 430 BT Sports 2 from 1245

The clash at Sandy Park is the second of three encounters between the pair this season, with Sale Sharks coming out on top of a hard-fought battle at the start of October – the match ending 28-20.

The trilogy reaches a conclusion a fortnight on from this Sunday, when Sharks return to the South West in league action.

The sides have never met in the Premiership Rugby Cup, even with both sides reaching the same stage in 2020.

Chiefs lost out to Harlequins before Sharks stepped past Saracens and went on to lift the trophy with a 27-19 home win over Quins.

Both sides sticking to the spirit of the competition which is good to see.

Sort of hoped we might see some returning from injury here. Devoto capstick, jv? Obviously not though. Good strong side i think.

By what I understand there won’t be many watching, a Sunday all pay game is a killer when it’s also the youngsters. Just don’t know what’s going to happen, but they are coached by the second best coach in our camp behind Rob, Ricky will have them playing with heart.

Tickets have been relatively cheap but the whole thing was very short notice.

Chiefs 20 Sale 15, I'll be optimistic here.

It also isnt brilliant scheduling. If you want to see the whole chiefs match, you'll miss the first two italy tries against England...🤣

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Not Manichean
It also isnt brilliant scheduling. If you want to see the whole chiefs match, you'll miss the first two italy tries against England...🤣

Your glass is at least three quarters empty NM.

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Not Manichean
It also isnt brilliant scheduling. If you want to see the whole chiefs match, you'll miss the first two italy tries against England...🤣

Your glass is at least three quarters empty NM.

Just kidding PC. 😇

But i expect it to be at least as competitive as the Scotland match.

Im really interested to watch the young guns in the Chiefs match. Should be a great afternoon of rugby.

22-21 to Ex

Chiefs 31 Sale 17

Poor timing and probably a smallish crowd but TV money will help. Good to see some of our young guys again.
Chiefs 31 sale 20

Chiefs 39 - Sale 17



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Fancy us in a high scoring feast - Exeter 38 - 31 Sale

Will go 35-17 to us.

A lot of names in the Sale side I know nothing about but it looks to me as if we're putting out a more experienced side. Hopefully it gets us the win.

Chiefs 36 Sale 27

Chiefs 38 Sale 18

34-28 down to the whistle Chiefs win!

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

Chiefs 28 - 19 Sale

Chiefs 26 Sale 22

Chiefs 36, sale 26

I’ll go Chiefs 34 Sharks 25

Edited when I realised I’d inadvertently gone for a one point defeat!



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Chiefs 32 Sale 27

I think their backs look quite useful. no real idea so with heart Chiefs 24 Sale 20

Going to stick with a home win
Chiefs 30 - 23 Sale

We are Exeter, We are Chiefs

Chiefs 28 - Sale 25

Wild guess, Chiefs 32 Sharks 31

As usual, haven't a clue. But I have to back Chiefs.

Exe 24 - 21 Sale

Will be interesting to see Sam and Byron back at Sandy Park. Sam particularly seems to have missed out, having Manu sign soon after him he hasn't had a great deal of game time at Sale.
Mrs PC Ex 24 Sale 20
PC Ex 27 Sale 19

Chiefs 21 Sale 18

Two evenly mixed sides... in terms of experience the likes of Cliff, James, McGuigan, and Woodward may help Sale if a close one. We have a solid and mobile pack.
Weather stays dry we could get a good open game.

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Will be interesting to see Sam and Byron back at Sandy Park. Sam particularly seems to have missed out, having Manu sign soon after him he hasn't had a great deal of game time at Sale.
Mrs PC Ex 24 Sale 20
PC Ex 27 Sale 19

Sam missed a season through injury, rumour has it he will be moving on at the end of this season. Pity good guy and a decent player.

Chiefs 33 Sale 25

Well, we all got close there with our guesses

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Well, we all got close there with our guesses

Frankly, I'm stunned. I really thought Sale would produce more, but they were well and truly put to the sword. Excellent team performance and some really exciting individual efforts. Clearly there's a huge desire to break through into the first team. Might even reconsider my decision not to renew my season ticket!

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

Some real stars in the making on display today, very impressed with Feyi - Waboso, fast and good positional sense, along with Jenkins at 10, good kicking , Tuima could be the new big Dave, and the new boy Whitten did well😀
With those lads, and some of the other youngsters already in the 1st team squad, the future does indeed look bright. I hope the club organises some coaches for the final next month.

Most of us anticipated a win but no-one got close to the team scores.
53 Points: Mike the Shirt;
51 Points: Scottish Chief; Ouch that hurts;
48 Points: Dumnoniinomad; Bold Eagle;
47 Points: Cornwall Chief;
44 Points: Rowancroft73;
43 Points: Andy15.1;
42 Points: Hankey; Lowerwatha;
41 Points: ExTedd Chief; Alain le Chief;
40 Points: Osmium; Chief Firewater;
39 Points: Plympton Chief;
36 Points: Not Manichean; Currychef;
34 Points: Stokecanon;
33 Points: Ex58; Cully Chief; Keithbar54;
30 Points: Mrs PC; Lapo; Fisher; Big Chief Little Chief;
27 Points: Ljs399;
21 Points: Moosechief;
18 Points: Broken Arrow; Exeterfan;
17 Points: Seaside Chief;
9 Points: Clalan;
8 Points: Chief Bert
6 Points: Whiptonchief; ChiefUther;
4 Points: Last of the Beercans; Minuteman;
A couple of weeks off before the next game against Sale, this time in the Prem. Must be a better crowd than this weekend!

Crowd of 5338. Televised Sunday game prior to the England game with very few travelling supporters. I can think of a few Premiership sides who struggle to get that many for a league game! Those who did attend certainly got value for money!

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Crowd of 5338. Televised Sunday game prior to the England game with very few travelling supporters. I can think of a few Premiership sides who struggle to get that many for a league game! Those who did attend certainly got value for money!

Good points, Lowerwatha. I'm looking for to the final, and really hope to be there to see the team together again.

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