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The Saturday game:

Gloucester Rugby
15. Lloyd Evans
14. Alex Hearle
13. Max Llewellyn
12. Seb Atkinson*
11. Ollie Thorley*
10. George Barton*
9. Caolan Englefield
1. Jamal Ford-Robinson
2. George McGuigan
3. Kirill Gotovtsev
4. Freddie Clarke*
5. Cam Jordan*
6. Ruan Ackermann
7. Lewis Ludlow* (C)
8. Zach Mercer

Replacements

16. Seb Blake*
17. Harry Elrington
18. Ciaran Knight*
19. Arthur Clark*
20. Jack Clement*
21. Charlie Chapman*
22. Louis Hillman-Cooper*
23. Josh Hathaway*

Exeter Chiefs:

15 Josh Hodge
14 Ben Hammersley
13 Zack Wimbush
12 Ollie Devoto
11 Arthur Relton
10 Harvey Skinner
9 Tom Cairns
1 Scott Sio
2 Max Norey
3 Ehren Painter
4 Rusi Tuima
5 Lewis Pearson
6 Jacques Vermeulen
7 Richard Capstick
8 Greg Fisilau

Replacements:

16 Jack Yeandle
17 Danny Southworth
18 Josh Iosefa-Scott
19 Jack Dunne
20 Ross Vintcent
21 Will Becconsall
22 Iwan Jenkins
23 Will Rigg

Ealing Trailfinders lineup to face Leicester Tigers on Sunday:

1 Will Goodrick-Clarke
2 Matt Cornish
3 Biyi Alo
4 Bobby De Wee
5 Barney Maddison
6 Rob Farrar
7 Jordy Reid
8 Rayn Smid
9 Craig Hampson
10 Dan Lancaster
11 James Cordy-Redden
12 Billy Twelvetrees
13 Reuben Bird-Tulloch
14 Jonah Holmes
15 Max Bodilly

16 Mike Willemse
17 Kyle Whyte
18 Jimmy Roots
19 Andrew Davidson
20 Richard Hardwick
21 Lloyd Williams
22 Dan O’Brien
23 Will Montgomery

STARTING XV

15 Mike Brown [21]
14 Matt Scott [74]
13 Dan Kelly [74]
12 Phil Cokanasiga [2]
11 Ollie Hassell-Collins [14]
10 Jamie Shillcock [19]
9 Tom Whiteley [23]
1 Francois van Wyk [46]
2 Finn Theobold-Thomas [7]
3 Dan Richardson [15]
4 Harry Wells [190]
5 Kyle Hatherell [14]
6 Hanro Liebenberg (C) [99]
7 Matt Rogerson [15]
8 Olly Cracknell [34]

REPLACEMENTS

16 Charlie Clare [88]
17 James Whitcombe [46]
18 Tim Hoyt [1]
19 Sam Carter [13]
20 Emeka Ilione [18]
21 Sam Edwards [11]
22 Kieran Wilkinson [3]
23 Joseph Woodward [8]

Trailfinders showing will be very interesting given current conversations. Also interesting that Tigers have our regular 9 on the bench

(is Jimmy Roots- trailfinders- Ethan's bro??)

Glaws and Chiefs both go about as hard as they can for this one.

Tigers issues with unavailable THs, wings and locks continues. Personally I'd have had Cokanasiga on the wing and given him license to roam a bit. Good to see Clare back fit.

Ealing have a good front row. Goodrick-Clarke and Alo at Championship Level is pretty handy, can't imagine they'll be there next season unless Ealing get promoted.

Banquo wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 2:41 pm Trailfinders showing will be very interesting given current conversations. Also interesting that Tigers have our regular 9 on the bench

Good Ealing team that will not doubt be desperate to prove a point.

I'd have liked to see Edwards starting personally but I guess McKellar wants to get some game time into some of theore senior players before the Prem resumes.

Interesting clash at 8 on Saturday.

Plenty of A teamers in action which is good to see.

Saturdays game should be a good one. Capstick and Beconsall back in the 23 for Exeter.

Ealing have a lot of Prem experience in their line up but you'd expect Tigers to have a bit too much. Woodward on the bench who looked pretty handy for the u20s last season.

fivepointer wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 4:29 pm Plenty of A teamers in action which is good to see.

Saturdays game should be a good one. Capstick and Beconsall back in the 23 for Exeter.

Ealing have a lot of Prem experience in their line up but you'd expect Tigers to have a bit too much. Woodward on the bench who looked pretty handy for the u20s last season.

Woodward has been on loan at Notts this season and from what I've heard has looked at home at that level which is a good sign from a player still only 20.

FTT at hooker as well Hoyt and Edwards also recent England under 20s in action. I think Chessum Jnr is currently out injured as he didn't play in the development friendly Vs Notts last weekend.

Mercer with a point to prove today.

Mercer the Magnificent!

Mercer is playing ridiculously well. Just very good at rugby!

ilovelamp wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 3:42 pm Mercer is playing ridiculously well. Just very good at rugby!

just catching up...great skills

atkinson injury looked like dodgy roll to me, sort of one that wrecked williss knee.

bet hes out for at least a month

glaws doing best to keep chiefs in it

good win.

Banquo wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 4:36 pm atkinson injury looked like dodgy roll to me, sort of one that wrecked williss knee.

bet hes out for at least a month

Don’t like the sound of that

p/d wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 5:01 pm

Banquo wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 4:36 pm atkinson injury looked like dodgy roll to me, sort of one that wrecked williss knee.

bet hes out for at least a month

Don’t like the sound of that

Knee ligaments I’d say- one of those you play on with for a while, making it worse

Banquo wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 4:36 pm atkinson injury looked like dodgy roll to me, sort of one that wrecked williss knee.

bet hes out for at least a month

Which Atkinson?

ETA. Ah, I see only one was playing today.

Puja

Amazed they kept Atkinson on. Didnt look good when he went down. Mercer was very good in the 1st half as were Glos. Exe turned up a bit in the 2nd half but their finishing 5m out was dreadful.
Anyone see much difference in the Ludlam score and the Sio non try?

fivepointer wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 5:12 pm Amazed they kept Atkinson on. Didnt look good when he went down. Mercer was very good in the 1st half as were Glos. Exe turned up a bit in the 2nd half but their finishing 5m out was dreadful.
Anyone see much difference in the Ludlam score and the Sio non try?

Ludlam!!! I expect better from you 5p

p/d wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 5:25 pm

fivepointer wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 5:12 pm Amazed they kept Atkinson on. Didnt look good when he went down. Mercer was very good in the 1st half as were Glos. Exe turned up a bit in the 2nd half but their finishing 5m out was dreadful.
Anyone see much difference in the Ludlam score and the Sio non try?

Ludlam!!! I expect better from you 5p

Ah, sorry. Rookie error.....

Puja wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 5:06 pm

Banquo wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 4:36 pm atkinson injury looked like dodgy roll to me, sort of one that wrecked williss knee.

bet hes out for at least a month

Which Atkinson?

ETA. Ah, I see only one was playing today.

Puja

Yeah it wasn't pretty. Thankfully he didn't look to have had the same bad luck as Dolly or Willis and his foot stick into the ground. Those rolls are supposed to be banned now, I was surprised it wasn't given as a penalty.

So no scrum and no lineout from Tigers early doors. The lack of a breakdown threat is evident as the defence is largely on top but Ealing have as many phases as they like as long as they don't drop it.

The scrum issues were expected but the lineout being a problem is really unacceptable.

trailfinders shooting themselves in the foot stupid yellow stupid pens, now reamed at breakdwn

Banquo wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2024 3:35 pm trailfinders shooting themselves in the foot stupid yellow stupid pens, now reamed at breakdwn

Huge own goal by their second row. Changed the momentum of the game.

Ealing have started to look tired and Tigers have started targeting the breakdown.

FKAS wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2024 3:38 pm

Banquo wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2024 3:35 pm trailfinders shooting themselves in the foot stupid yellow stupid pens, now reamed at breakdwn

Huge own goal by their second row. Changed the momentum of the game.

Ealing have started to look tired and Tigers have started targeting the breakdown.

yup