Harlequins vs Exeter Chiefs

15 Luke Arscott
14 Jack Nowell
13 Sireli Naqelevuki
12 Phil Dollman
11 Matt Jess
10 Gareth Steenson
9 Haydn Thomas
1 Carl Rimmer
2 Jack Yeandle
3 Alex Brown
4 Tom Hayes
5 Damian Welch
6 Ben White
7 James Scaysbrook
8 Richard Baxter

16 Neil Clark
17 Ben Moon
18 Craig Mitchell
19 James Hanks
20 Dave Ewers
21 Will Chudley
22 Ignacio Mieres
23 Ian Whitten

Same result as last time these two sides met pls

Injured against Welsh and not recovered: Hoani Tui, Dean Mumm & Jason Shoemark
Injured: Brett Sturgess, Si Alcott, Chris Whitehead, Aly Muldowney, Tom Johnson, James Phillips, Josh Tatupu, Gonzo Camacho

Quite nervous about seeing Alex Brown get his first prem start tbh. Otherwise, the strongest team we could put out

If any of the Quins fans are going to the game and fancy meeting up for a beer beforehand, then give me a shout - I'll have my 5-yr old lad in tow

The two top try scoring Prem teams - so that'll be a 3-3 draw then.

Very glad to see Dave Ewers back from injury and coming off the bench last week. I'd thought he was out for a bit longer.

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:I'll have my 5-yr old lad in tow

And yet your profile tells us your 100 years old. So your either not being 100% truthful or your an inspiration to all of us (significantly) younger guys. I prefer to think the latter and offer you a truly heartfelt well done What's your secret?

I hope Quins return the favour from earlier this, twice.

Literally I won't be happy unless there's man-shaming envolved (by Quins, on Exeter).

15. Ollie Lindsay-Hague
14. Tom Williams
13. Matt Hopper
12. Jordan Turner-Hall
11. Ugo Monye
10. Nick Evans
9. Karl Dickson

1. Mark Lambert
2. Joe Gray
3. James Johnston
4. Nick Easter (C)
5. George Robson
6. Maurie Fa'asavalu
7. Luke Wallace
8. Tom Guest

16. Rob Buchanan
17. Darryl Marfo
18. Will Collier
19. Charlie Matthews
20. Joe Trayfoot
21. Jordan Burns
22. Ben Botica
23. George Lowe

Looks weak

Interesting that Chisholm is out of the side completely and OLH starts, I hope he has that amazing performance that everyone's been saying he can produce.

Otherwise a pretty standard team, think Easter at lock should be alright for this one, the Ex pack isn't a scrummaging colossus is it?

A few players have been pretty sub par so far this year Big Mo, Evans, JTH and Williams in particular. I hope now that the finish line is in sight and it's a fight for the home playoff's these senior guys will come to the fore

yappysnap wrote:Interesting that Chisholm is out of the side completely and OLH starts, I hope he has that amazing performance that everyone's been saying he can produce.

Otherwise a pretty standard team, think Easter at lock should be alright for this one, the Ex pack isn't a scrummaging colossus is it?

A few players have been pretty sub par so far this year Big Mo, Evans, JTH and Williams in particular. I hope now that the finish line is in sight and it's a fight for the home playoff's these senior guys will come to the fore

No, not really, the bulk of our front rowers are injured. Of those on display tomorrow, last season they were playing for Cornish Pirates, Doncaster and Doncaster

Should be a decent game tho - this is a meeting between the prem's top two teams for:
1. Tries
2. Passes
3. Carries
4. Metres carried
5. Defenders beaten
6. Clean breaks

And bottom two for kicks from hand

ASBO,

is it being televised

Not sure, buddy, I'll wave if it is!

Good mate. You're other team now top of the pile mate. Thanks to Strauss and Matawalu - bloody incredible. Good luck tomorrow s

Would love us to emulate in the prem what the Warriors are doing in tha Rabo

Believe mate s

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:

B91212 wrote:

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:I'll have my 5-yr old lad in tow

And yet your profile tells us your 100 years old. So your either not being 100% truthful or your an inspiration to all of us (significantly) younger guys. I prefer to think the latter and offer you a truly heartfelt well done What's your secret?

Ah, that explains everything. I will try and up my intake if it will help me live longer, although at this stage I have no real desire to be impregnating women in my nineties

Have a good day ASBO and wee laddie - does he/can he follow the game mate ?

Aye, he usually manages to concentrate for a half, then sweets at half-time buys another 20 mins or so, then he can play on my phone after that!

Unless you are jumping about like a maddie celebrating a 4/5 try bonus win - in which case the Wee Fella will/can join in !!!!

Can these Sky one eyes not see a forward pass - to Monye in the build up to the H'quins try? Commentry is shocking and very one sided.

Ref is being a bit harsh on Exeter here, couple of times quins haven't rolled away and he gave Exeter nothing.

Sky pundits do make you laugh, didn't they spot he was binding on the arm.

Lovely break, shame they didn't finish it off.

Try to Exeter, great work by Steenson. Misses the conversion though. 16 - 20 to Exeter.

Interesting end to this match with 10 minutes left.

Another try for Exeter!

16 - 27 to Exeter.

Just need welsh to bear Saracens, don't think that will happen...

Brilliant stuff Chiefs - fantastic 2nd 40

Stupid ref, where was the release?

Only seen the second half but it was an exciting match. Well done Exeter.

Ye feicin beauty

Excellent win at the Stoop, Asbo. Superb. Onwards and upwards.

oh dear me!

Just got back, and The Chiefs had one helluva game! Congratulations to them, they had a belter and a head of steam for the full 80.

Quins started off well with Monye's try, and went down hill from there, in no short part to the constant pressure from Exeter. The forwards hit the break down hard and didn't take a backwards step.

Righty-o, that's the one off-the-boil game Quins are allowed for this year ....

AlastairW wrote:
Righty-o, that's the one off-the-boil game Quins are allowed for this year ....

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#dothedouble

!!!!!!!

Very well done Exeter. You boy's looked committed and up for the fight all game. Quins on the other hand didn't seem to care and I got the upsetting feeling that they just thought the win would come anyway.

Probably the worst home performance that I've seen us display in a few years, a real lack of energy and passion from the whole team. I don't think a single player performed at the level that we've come to expect and if we keep playing like that I can see Tigers over taking us as well.

We desperately need Robshaw and care back in the team, Easter must go back to 8, Kohn needs to get fit quickly and so does Evans. Finally 13s a real issue, Hopper has always seemed flaky but Lowe is still struggling back from long term injury.

yappysnap wrote:Finally 13s a real issue, Hopper has always seemed flaky but Lowe is still struggling back from long term injury.

What you need is that sort of dependable squad player. You know the sort who can cover a number of positions to a good level and never lets you down with a series of unflashy but effective performances. You knoiw, a Matt Smith kind of player

I knew some of those comments would come back to bite me.

We could always go the other route and just sign another teams first choice using a few shady salary cap dodges, or Rands...

Sorry Yappy. Just could not resist.

Things like this happen - and hey you are unlikely to face Exeter again this season.

And to top it off we release Stegmann on Monday, and then he goes and scores a try with more pace, precision and acceleration coupled with footwork than any of the Quins team showed all day today.

Karl Dickson spent more time running backwards with the ball today then forwards!

Its official - Exeter are our Bogey Team.

propdavid_london wrote:Its official - Exeter are our Bogey Team.

They were the only team to beat us home and away last season. Something Sarries, Quins, Clermont and Ulster did not manage.

This was the first game for a long time I have seen Quins players not turn up. Did anyone else just see JJ lumber from scrum to scrum and not make one pick up and drive?

Not just JJ George!

Only four players looked like pro rugby players yesterday Gray, Robson, Wallace and Turner-Hall. The rest were either injured (Evans and OLH) or just not at the races (everyone else).

The back three (with Evans in there) - looked utterly useless in attack, gave little threat for Exeter to deal with and the two/three times that Monye did get in a position to skin his opposite number he looked like he was running through treacle. They were all shown up by a 19 year old who looked far better then them on his debut!

The centres - Hopper for a while now has been panicky, but took it to new extremes on Sat, dropped just about everything passed to him and when he did get it never ever decided to pass, just ran at contact. JTH boshed a lot which is what we want, and actually used his hands, but still offered little.

9 & 10 - For me where we lost the game, Evans missed easy kicks and looked like he didn't want to be there. Botica when he came on tried hard but you could see he felt under pressure to win the game and that undid him. Dickson had a shocker, looked flustered all game, didn't control the tempo and i'm fairly sure ran twice as far backwards with the ball as he did forwards.

The backrow - Wallace gave his all on Sat, took numerous knocks and hits reclaiming high balls and jumping on anything loose, at every breakdown he tried to slow or pilfer. It's a shame he was the only guy doing this though. Guest was M.I.A all game, Mo had one contribution: being brushed off like a child by Chiefs monster centre.

The locks - Robson tried hard all game and was very good in the lineout. Easter isn't a lock and was pretty much anonymous for 75% of the game.

The front row - Lambert is average, but that's to be expected when you have Marler and JJ starting. He did enough. Gray tried hard but struggled with the Exeter physicality on his own. JJ was ordering his Domino's at Sarries new ground, only putting in an appearance at scrums.

I feel a lot better for getting that off my chest.

I hope OLH's injury isn't bad, he actually looked dangerous before it and it'd be a real shame for him to be out for a while now.

Once again well done Exeter, by a country mile the better team on the day, I am very very glad that we won't be playing you in the playoffs!

I'd like to see Ulster bring Gareth Steenson home, hes become a very handy player.

Hmm - with OLH injured we may regret releasing Stegman early to Welsh!
Especially with the upcoming LV cup semi.

I regretted Stegmann going as soon as I saw that try he scored against Saracens!

Really worried about Monye and Williams on the wings now, especially with the centre's struggling.

Everything else seems to be in good shape - but we do need to get those 12/13 combo working.
Hopper has shown glimpses of real game breaking tallent but seems to be in a bit of a form dip at the moment!
Lowe seems to be struggling a bit...still coming back from injury.

The 1 real positive is JTH is showing some real confidence and is back to form.

Other options - Tom Casson, showed good glimpses in previous games but will he perform at the business end of the season?