London Irish vs Exeter Chiefs - Premiership Rugby Cup Final

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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 Rus Tuima
7 Aidon Davis
6 Christ Tshiunza
5 Jack Dunne
4 Mike Williams
3 Patrick Schickerling
2 Jack Innard
1 Danny Southworth

Replacements

16 Jestyn Harris
17 James Kenny
18 Josh Iosefa-Scott
19 Cory Teague
20 Jannes Kirsten
21 Will Becconsall
22 Ollie Devoto
23 Dan John

London Irish:

15 James Stokes,
14 Matt Williams,
13 Will Joseph,
12 Tom Hitchcock,
11 Michael Dykes,
10 Jacob Atkins,
9 Hugh O’Sullivan,
1 Facundo Gigena,
2 Ignacio Ruiz,
3 Lovejoy Chawatama,
4 Josh Caulfield,
5 Chunya Munga,
6 Jack Cooke (c),
7 Josh Basham,
8 So’otala Fa’aso’o.

Replacements:

16 Matt Cornish,
17 Tarek Haffar,
18 Ciaran Parker,
19 Ed Scragg,
20 Juan Martin Gonzalez,
21 Caolan Englefield,
22 Eddie Poolman,
23 Alex Harmes.

Match Officials

Referee: Adam Leal
Assistant Referees: Dan Jones and George Selwood
TMO: Rowan Kitt
Citing Commissioner: Buster White

Weather Forecast as at 1200 Friday

Sunny intervals and light winds from the north west
Temperature 12 degrees but will feel like 11
Precipitation is not expected

Television Coverage

SD Channel 408 BT Sports 1 from 1330-1630
HD Channel 430 BT Sports 1 from 1330-1630

Looking forward to cheering our lads on to cup triumph!
LI 20, Chiefs 25

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

LI 18 Chiefs 23. Not hauling to Brentford for this one, mix of Mother's day commitments and confusion regarding transport.

A good mix of youth and experience and a strong bench.

LI 19. Chiefs 31

I reckon it will be high scoring so - London Irish 31 - 38 Exeter

Good side but still in the spirit of the competition. Should be a good final.

Irish 24 Chiefs 32

Going to be a tough match. L Irish 31 Chiefs 34.

Strong team out. Should win this Exe 32 L I 20

LI 19 - 28 Chiefs

Strong Chiefs team, I expect/hope for a good win

Chiefs 36 27 Irish.

Irish 24 - Chiefs 28

Josh Caulfield in the Irish team. I always thought he was going to do big things for us...

Irish 17 Chiefs 27

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Josh Caulfield in the Irish team. I always thought he was going to do big things for us...

Never quite seemed to have the heft for the Prem. Did very well for Pirates.

I agree that Caulfield is on the small side for a lock forward but he is very mobile and has a phenomenal work rate. He’s been doing really well for Irish this season, mainly coming off the bench. We don’t seem to lose anything in the set piece when he comes on and he has real impact round the park.

Irish 31 - Chiefs 39

Irish 34 chiefs 35

Hard to call both have won all their group matches and often quite convincingly. Hopefully a free flowing game and a Chiefs 🏆 .
Irish ☘️ 29 - 34 Chiefs

FWIW Caulfield has been great for us this year - no size issues I’ve noticed so far and despite being 4th choice lock (Simmons, Coleman, Api) in front of him with Munga and Scragg being very strong beneath him.

Irish 21 Chiefs 33

Irish 23 Chiefs 27

Hopefully we'll keep the penalty count down this weekend, so may just about come out on top. Irish 31 Chiefs 37.

Think we'll win this. Some quality on the bench if needed. Irish 19 Chiefs 35

I think Irish are quietly confident about this. Perhaps they see is as a further knock to England after this afternoon's match!
We, however, have no doubts that it will be a closely fought game with Chiefs coming out on top.
Mrs PC Irish 21 Chiefs 24
PC Irish 25 Chiefs 30

not sure how mike williams gets the honour of playing in a cup final. he is not a development player non a loyal long time member of the squad.

good luck to the lads, we are not going to win the prem or euro cup, so this is the most important game of the season,

Fear this could be a weekend to be Irish, really hope not. LI 31 Chiefs 27

Think it’ll be high scoring chiefs to prevail 42-34

Irish have lost their last 3 finals (you have to back a few years…) by an average of 1 point. So it may be closer than you think!

Have to go for a win here. at least the 9 and 10 brings a new dimension to the game and i think that will be the key. chiefs 27 irish 17

LI 28 - 31 Chiefs

Irish 34, Chiefs 30 with Chiefs hammering at the Irish line for at least 5 minutes of extra time…

Thanks for your contributions 691. we have certainly seen your final minutes scenario a few times too many!!

Chiefs 26 Oirish 25

Our starting XV - particularly the pack - doesn't lack experience and there's some strength to come from the bench. However, I don't really know much about the Irish side so have no idea if that's a strong side or not. However, looking at the results of both teams through the competition so far, it looks like it will be close; complete guess - Irish 31 Chiefs 35

A great win for the Cup team. This should be the springboard for the next couple of seasons as the young lads get more game time and experience!!
60 Points: Ouch that hurts;
59 Points: Mike the Shirt; Dumnoniinomad;
57 Points: Scottish Chief;
56 Points: Bold Eagle
51 Points: Cornwall Chief; Andy15.1; ExTedd Chief;
49 Points: Rowancroft73; Alain le Chief; Lowerwatha; Hankey;
48 Points: Osmium;
47 Points: Chief Firewater; Plympton Chief;
44 Points: Mrs PC;
43 Points: Not Manichean; Keithbar54;
42 Points: Currychef;
40 Points: Stokecanon; Lapo;
39 Points: Ex58; Cully Chief;
38 Points: Big Chief Little Chief;
34 Points: Fisher;
33 Points: Ljs399;
25 Points: Seaside Chief;
22 Points: Broken Arrow; Exeterfan;
21 Points: Moosechief;
Next week Bath at the Rec. I am not sure that their lowly league position is a true reflection of the quality of some of their players.

Thanks PC for doing the legwork.

How big a brown envelope do you need for me to move up the table😂

Looking at your points score I think a suitcase would be a more suitable container!

Well done on your win. Bodes well for the Chieflets of the future.

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Well done on your win. Bodes well for the Chieflets of the future.

Cheers Ruck. 🍻

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Looking at your points score I think a suitcase would be a more suitable container!

😂