Sale Sharks vs Exeter Chiefs

Exe side:


15 Luke Arscott
14 Watisoni Votu
13 Sireli Naqelevuki
12 Jason Shoemark
11 Jack Nowell
10 Gareth Steenson
9 Will Chudley
1 Ben Moon
2 Neil Clark
3 Hoani Tui
4 Tom Hayes (capt)
5 Dean Mumm
6 Ben White
7 James Scaysbrook
8 Richard Baxter

16 Jack Yeandle
17 Carl Rimmer
18 Alex Brown
19 Aly Muldowney
20 Kai Horstmann
21 Haydn Thomas
22 Ignacio Mieres
23 Phil Dollman

Good to see Jack Nowell being rewarded for a couple of excellent LV performances, altho I'm sure there's part of him would like to pick up his England U20 cap at some point. Watisoni Votu, the former Fijian 7s captain, will be a new face/name to many, but his strong running should ask questions of Sale's defence. Great to see Kai Horstmann getting a first real run-out in Fhiefs colours after his horrific luck with injuries

Sale Sharks
15 Rob Miller
14 Charlie Amesbury
13 Jonny Leota
12 Sammy Tuitupou
11 Mark Cueto
10 Danny Cipriani
9 Dwayne Peel

1 Ross Harrison
2 Tommy Taylor
3 Henry Thomas
4 Tom Holmes
5 Kearnan Myall
6 Dan Braid
7 David Seymour (Capt.)
8 James Gaskell

Replacements
16 Marc Jones, 17 Alasdair Dickinson, 18 Tony Buckley, 19 Fraser McKenzie, 20 Richie Vernon, 21 Will Cliff, 22 Nick Macleod, 23 Will Addison

Strong Bench, according to the sharks page it looks like a lightweight, but mobile pack.. Hopefully they cant match the Chiefs physicality up front

It'll be interesting to see how Rob Miller goes against his likely future employers/colleagues

5-13 to Chiefs at half-time

What was the final score? Heard cueto got a try to make him the highest try scorer in the Aviva.

Congratulations Sale on the win - your hunger for this game was immense and Exe could not live with that. We should have been out of sight at half time

I wouldn't quite start to think about it yet, but the bottom end of the table is getting just a bit tighter. Sale are a hair behind London Irish and only 5 points behind London Welsh. If Sale can start putting together a few performances, then pressure will mount. Interesting.

I think the bottom on the table is going to get really interesting (which certainly wouldn't be the case without relegation). I think Irish and Sale are both showing hints of form and suspect Welsh may yet go.

Sale were brilliant in the second half, and I really enjoyed Cipriani's display. His passing was excellent. Their 21 year old front row held it's own well in the first half - I could imagine them all playing for England in future.

Looks like Nowell is a different type of back to May and Wade. He's got physical presence - more like Watson.