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Predicted Weather Forecast

Light clouds and a light winds from the south-southwest
Temperature 15 degrees
Low chance of Precipitation

TV Coverage

Channel 408 TNT Sports 1 SD 1430 - 1730
Channel 430 TNT Sports 1 HD 1430 - 1730

Match Officials

Referee: George Selwood

ARs: Ian Tempest & Jonathan Healy

TMO: David Rose

Teams will be posted when announced, usually after 1200 Friday.



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Chiefs 42: Bulls 18

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

Exeter Chiefs:

15 Sam Harris

14 Immanuel Feyi-Waboso

13 Henry Slade

12 Will Butt

11 Tommy Wyatt

10 Harvey Skinner

9 Stephen Varney

1 Ethan Burger

2 Jack Yeandle

3 Josh Iosefa-Scott

4 Harry Wilson

5 Dafydd Jenkins (c)

6 Ethan Roots

7 Ross Vintcent

8 Greg Fisilau

Replacements:

16 Louie Gulley

17 Will Goodrick-Clarke

18 Bachuki Tchumbadze

19 Tom Hooper

20 Kane James

21 Sam Wolstenholme

22 Will Haydon-Wood

23 Zack Wimbush

Newcastle Red Bulls

15 Harrison Obatoyinbo,

14 Christian Wade,

13 Alex Hearle,

12 Sammy Arnold,

11 Werner Kok,

10 Zack Henry,

9 Simón Benítez Cruz;

1 Pouri Rakete-Stones,

2 Zuriel Togiatama,

3 Elliot Millar Mills,

4 Oscar Usher,

5 Cam Jordan,

6 Max Hicks,

7 Tom Christie (captain),

8 Hoskins Sotutu.

Replacements:

16 Samson Adejimi,

17 Adam Brocklebank,

18 James Harper,

19 Franco Molina,

20 Ollie Leatherbarrow,

21 Sam Graham,

22 James Elliott,

23 Brett Connon.

Exeter 31 - 19 Newcastle

George, its Rosie here. Could you just have a look at that pass fourteen phases back? I dont think you can allow the try...😅

Really hope Sam Harris goes well and Wimbush gets on early. Yenz place must be under threat and Gulley seems the choice ahead of Norey and Dwemba. Fingers crossed for decent win and not too low a crowd.

So all the marketing leading up to the game trying to build the game up with Josh,Will Rusi etc was nonsense as none of them were expected to play through injury and none of them play but they do have a couple of ex Chiefs on the bench.

Back to our team.
Its great to see the squad thickening out a bit.
I feel sorry for Kane to be on the bench after last week but the bench looks strong with lots of impact potentially.
I thought Sam W did well off the bench last week at Bath.
Looking forward to seeing Sam Harris on the pitch and seeing what he can do.

Chiefs 42 NRB 19

Chiefs 38- 21 Red Bulls

Glad to see Harris given his opportunity and I hope he goes well, he’s had a lot of time out with injuries. I can’t see us not scoring 4 tries and I hope Henry brings the right boots this week, it’s the defence where we need to step up we are conceding too many soft tries. I would have started Hopper simply outstanding every game last season too good for the bench.
Chiefs 36 Newcastle 24

Chiefs 32 13 NRB

Chiefs 31; NRB 26

Hopefully I'm wrong, but I don't think NRB will be as much of a pushover as last year. That said, we should still have enough to secure the full 5 points, anything less will be a disappointment.

Chiefs 32 NRB 26

Chiefs 40 - NRB 22

Unfortunately it’s looking like a half empty ground even after the much vaunted price reduction and previously mentioned misleading (non) clash with our 3 ex Chiefs Hodge, Tuima and Rigg, all of whom have not yet featured in the Prem for NRB because of injury.

NRB will win an away game this season, I have been mightily impressed with Kok and Wade has shown some good form as he approaches the Prem try record. I am disappointed Kane James has been relegated to the bench, he imho has been our stand out player so far this season. But good to see Hoops back and Vintcent starting. But losing Woody is a big blow, hope Harris manages to fill his boots. And talking of boots, let’s hope Henry has found his of the kicking variety. Surprised to see Yenz starting and no place for Dweba or Norey. And why we signed Heaven is anyone’s guess, poor guy has hardly been seen in 2 seasons. And where is Beckerleg?

This could be closer than we would like, but have to go for a Chiefs win and 5 points.

Chiefs 32 NRB 25

Chiefs 28 - 24 NRB



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Should be.a H win
Chiefs 37 - 19 NRB

With all the changes Newcastle will get better the more they play together and they did push Leicester hard last week and could have won that game so deserve a lot of respect.
However we have the benefit of an extra days rest and that will hopefully prove significant.

What’s Dweba done to upset RB? I can’t believe we have all this talent at 2 yet we keep playing yenz!! Unreal.

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NRB will win an away game this season, I have been mightily impressed with Kok and Wade has shown some good form as he approaches the Prem try record. I am disappointed Kane James has been relegated to the bench, he imho has been our stand out player so far this season. But good to see Hoops back and Vintcent starting. But losing Woody is a big blow, hope Harris manages to fill his boots. And talking of boots, let’s hope Henry has found his of the kicking variety. Surprised to see Yenz starting and no place for Dweba or Norey. And why we signed Heaven is anyone’s guess, poor guy has hardly been seen in 2 seasons. And where is Beckerleg?

Kane dropping to the bench won't do him any harm, he's a young player and will pick up injuries the way he plays, so a rest now isn't the worst thing. He'll probably play a fair amount of the Prem Cup.
Great to see Harris given a chance, lets hope he can take it.
Yenz is a strange one, Norey must be near full fitness following his injury.
Beckerleg makes way for Hooper... hopefully he gets Prem Cup games and proves himself worthy as the backup to Daf and Zambo. When both of those are fit I don't think we'll see much of Wilson.

Chiefs 40 Newcastle 15

The GOAT is back, apart from Goodrick-Clark the bench is good.

A must win game or season over, Chiefs 40 Newcastle 24

Kok is a very good player.

Sam Harris seems a bit like Josh Hodge without the kicking game. Hope it goes well for him.

Hope our forwards were watching the game last night and how many tries are being scored from lineout mauls

Chiefs 44 Newcastle 20

Red Bulls have been a banana skin for us but I'm going for a Chiefs 5 pointer Chiefs 35 RB 29

Exe 32 - 18 Newcastle but I could be wrong (again)

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The GOAT is back, apart from Goodrick-Clark the bench is good.
A must win game or season over, Chiefs 40 Newcastle 24

Kok is a very good player.


Sam Harris seems a bit like Josh Hodge without the kicking game. Hope it goes well for him.

Hope our forwards were watching the game last night and how many tries are being scored from lineout mauls

This is not a must win game and our season will not be over if we don't win FFS. We could do with winning it, if we don't it would make things a bit more difficult to finish in the top 4 or possibly 6, but there Is still a long way to go.



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hopeless prediction last week. Feels like a big banana skin to me even though we are at home. We have to win well to gain some confidence but no Zambonin and Yenz still playing does not fill me with confidence. Hope I am wrong again - just a sqeaky victory. Chiefs 27 Newcastle24

Chiefs 37 NRB 21

Hoping for a 5 pointer, hoping we can contain their 2 wingers.

26 v 21. Hopefully.

Hoping for a big win. 41 chiefs NRB 17

Chief Bert, I'm kind of with Momentum. This early in the season this is as close to a must win game as you'll get. It is only an 18 game season, playing three games without a win leaves an uphill challenge for the rest of the season. Also, despite NRB being much improved they are still a side we should easily beat at home. The damage to confidence if we lose would be hard to pick up.
Having said all that i think we will win and quite comfortably.
Cheifs 38 Newcastle 12