Leicester Tigers (v Exeter Chiefs, Welford Road, Saturday 3.00pm)
15 Telusa Veainu 14 Nick Malouf 13 Matt Smith 12 Matt Toomua 11 Jonny May 10 George Ford 9 Ben Youngs 1 Ellis Genge 2 Tom Youngs (c) 3 Dan Cole 4 Harry Wells 5 Dom Barrow 6 Mike Williams 7 Luke Hamilton 8 Sione Kalamafoni
16 George McGuigan 17 Greg Bateman 18 Logovi’i Mulipola 19 Valentino Mapapalangi 20 Brendon O’Connor 21 Sam Harrison 22 Joe Ford 23 Mathew Tait
Exeter Chiefs
15 Lachie Turner 14 Jack Nowell 13 Henry Slade 12 Ian Whitten 11 Olly Woodburn 10 Gareth Steenson 9 Stuart Townsend 1 Ben Moon 2 Jack Yeandle (capt) 3 Tomas Francis 4 MItch Lees 5 Jonny Hill 6 Dave Dennis 7 Julian Salvi 8 Don Armand
16 Elvis Taione 17 Alec Hepburn 18 Harry Williams 19 Sam Skinner 20 Matt Kvesic 21 Will Chudley 22 Max Bodilly 23 Phil Dollman
To be honest I think the performance matters more in this than the result, if we really want to see where we are going.If we crumble like we did against them last season, questions will be asked but anything from a fighting defeat upwards will mean we really are moving along.
I'm with Idle on this. I don't expect a win, although I'd be a hip-hop-happy bunny if we got it, but I really hope for a proper performance that shows we're rolling. And I agree with Rich that it'll come down to whether we can match them (or better - I can dream) up front.
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I'd have Mitch Lees ahead of all of our locks. Dennis would be in my combined team too, Williams is a penalty machine and too much of a liability at the moment.
Obviously Armand.
I think Hill is under rated by many and is a top player but I'd personally have Wells with Lees.
Their front row is all good, I might have Yeandle ahead of Youngs on form, but Youngs' best is better if he can get there.
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Would keep our props.
Do well if we get anything out of this i.e. an LBP. Ex exactly the sort of side who are set up to hurt our weaknesses in set piece and back five of the pack, and they looked in pretty ominous form v Wasps. So not expecting too much!
But good measure of the side to see how long we can compete and maybe this year we have a few more tools in the backs to strike back.
Parcdeprince Would keep our props.
Do well if we get anything out of this i.e. an LBP. Ex exactly the sort of side who are set up to hurt our weaknesses in set piece and back five of the pack, and they looked in pretty ominous form v Wasps. So not expecting too much!
But good measure of the side to see how long we can compete and maybe this year we have a few more tools in the backs to strike back.
Delighted to be proved wrong!
Great performances all round today., and not just from our props!
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