Sale Sharks Women v Exeter Chiefs Women

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Exeter Chiefs Women

15 Merryn Elworthy
14 Katie Buchanan
13 Nancy McGillivray
12 Alex Tessier
11 Claudia Moloney-MacDonald
10 Liv McGoverne
9 Flo Robinson (vc)
1 Hope Rogers
2 Emily Tuttosi
3 Amy Rule
4 Linda van der Velden
5 Abby Duguid
6 Emily Robinson (c)
7 Maisy Allen (vc)
8 Gabriella Nigrelli

16 Cliodhna Moloney-MacDonald
17 ⁠Abby Middlebrooke
18 Alessia Skeates
19 ⁠Dorothy Wall
20 ⁠Zoe Dare
21 Lucy Nye
22 Naomi Brennan
23 Maddie Flutey

Sale Sharks Women

15. Lizzie Duffy
14. Rhona Lloyd
13. Laura Perrin
12. Katana Howard
11. Shona Campbell
10. Holly Aitchison
9. Amr Relf
1. Gwen Pyrs
2. Amelia Hyndman
3. Nick James
4. Eva Donaldson
5. Erica Jarrell-Searcy
6. Georgie Perris-Redding ©
7. Katie Childs
8. Sharifa Kasolo.

16. Leah Bartlett
17. Tysh Harper
18. Evie Roach
19. Morwenna Talling
20. Charlotte Fray
21. Olivia Ortiz
22. Evie Wills
23. Trudy Cowan.

Sale 15 Chiefs 30

Sale 17 Chiefs 31

Sale 10 Chiefs 48

Sale 11: Chiefs 34

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

Sale have made a few big name signings such as Holly Aitchison, but on paper we still look much the stronger team.
Chiefs 31; Sale 19

I hope we will be too strong for them and we will want revenge for them beating us at home last season, so Sale 12 - 28 Chiefs.

Let's keep the weekend going ............ Sharks 14 Chiefs 34

As none of us scored a point today I shan't embarrass us by posting this week's table

Well that was a hard watch......
Grateful to be getting out of that with a draw.
I appreciate the attacking intent and that is to be applauded generally BUT when you are away from home and a bonus point in the bag as well as a share of the spoils from a poor performance trying to attack the win by trying to go the length of the pitch from your own try line in wet conditions is NOT A SENSIBLE OPTION!!
We got away with it once but then tried it again 🤔😮
Thank god the touchline rescued us the second time.......😌

Aitchison the key player in that match - her kicking exceptional and that kept Sale with a lot of territory. Especially in the first twenty our killing was poor with no good opportunities to compete which gave Sale dominance territorially. We had scrum dominance and really should have won if our kicking had been better. Several crucial mistakes cost points. The forwards were excellent but our backs were not very incisive.

I thought we showed real determination in that game: determination to win, twice coming back from a two try deficit; and determination to lose by giving away needless penalties, particular in that harum-scarum last few minutes. It took us most of the first half to work out that kicking the ball to Holly Aitchison or, indeed, full back Lizzie Duffy was a bad idea - they just returned it with interest and we sometimes looked distinctly wobbly under the high ball. Aitchison delivered a masterclass kicking from hand, steering her team around the pitch. I was also frustrated that whenever Sale knocked on, we tried to play the advantage, normally kicking the ball straight back to Aitchison. I’d have liked to see Emily or Flo immediately asking the ref for a scrum, as we were clearly outmuscling them in that department and, as often as not, would have won a penalty. Once again the front row put up a heroic effort. Hope Rogers and Amy Rule played the full 80, and Cliodhna M-M was her normal bundle of energy when she came on. Dorothy Wall had real impact when she came off the bench, but I felt that we really missed Claudia M-M, who looked to have been a late withdrawal. We could have done with her abrasive competitiveness and playing nous.
Whilst I was gutted that Liv fluffed the final, pretty easy, conversion to give us the lead, by the end I was pretty relieved to leave with 3 points. The clock in the stadium wasn’t linked to the stoppages, so we had no idea how long was left after our women decided to risk everything trying to score from their own try line. You can’t fault their passion, but sometimes a cool head is better!

Thank you SixNineOne, An excellent accurate post and I agree we could have done with Claudia MM playing. I hope her ?wrist problem is not serious.