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Exeter Chiefs:

15 Olly Woodburn

14 Paul Brown-Bampoe

13 Nick Lilley

12 Will Rigg

11 Campbell Ridl

10 Harvey Skinner

9 Stephen Varney

1 Scott Sio

2 Jack Yeandle (c)

3 Jimmy Roots

4 Rusi Tuima

5 Andrea Zambonin

6 Tom Hooper

7 Ross Vintcent

8 Greg Fisilau

Replacements:

16 Julian Heaven

17 Ethan Burger

18 Bachuki Tchumbadze

19 Lewis Pearson

20 Finn Worley Brady

21 Tom Cairns

22 Will Haydon-Wood

23 Dan John

Newcastle Red Bulls

15 Elliott Obatoyinbo,

14 Christian Wade,

13 Alex Hearle,

12 Rhys Beeckmans,

11 Harrison Obatoyinbo,

10 Brett Connon,

9 Simón Benítez Cruz;

1 Adam Brocklebank,

2 George McGuigan (captain),

3 Richard Palframan,

4 Oscar Usher,

5 Adam Scott,

6 Reuben Parsons,

7 Tom Christie,

8 Ollie Leatherbarrow.
Replacements:

16 Ollie Fletcher,

17 Connor Hancock,

18 Murray McCallum,

19 Freddie Clarke,

20 Tom Gordon,

21 James Elliott,

22 Ben Healy,

23 Oli Spencer.

Match Officials

Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys

ARs: Hamish Smales & Mike Hudson

TMO: Stuart Terheege

Weather Forecast as at 1200 Thursday

A clear sky and a gentle breeze from the west
Temperature 6 degrees but will feel like 3 degrees
Precipitation is not expected

TV Coverage

Channel 408 TNT Sports 1 SD from 1900
Channel 430 TNT Sports 1 HD from 1900
Also available on HBO Max

Bulls 26 chiefs 28

Newcastle 18 - 28 Chiefs

Bulls 26 - 21 Chiefs Hope I'm wrong

Newcastle 20 - 30 Exeter

Match Preview for tomorrow's game

Red Bulls v Chiefs Preview

After giving (a depleted) Saints team a fright last weekend, Bulls will be bullish and this could be a potential banana skin for us, as it was last season.. and we are missing a quality kicker with both Slade and Hodge out, Skinner is very inconsistent in that role. Could be a very close game.

Bulls 28 Chiefs 32

NRB 19 - 23 Chiefs
Leaning towards a win for us but l fear it could go either way

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Ljs399
After giving (a depleted) Saints team a fright last weekend, Bulls will be bullish and this could be a potential banana skin for us, as it was last season.. and we are missing a quality kicker with both Slade and Hodge out, Skinner is very inconsistent in that role. Could be a very close game.

Added to the fact it’s Kingston Park on a Friday night, what on earth could go wrong 🙈
Red Bulls 23 Chiefs 18

This has got banana skin written all over it! There’s a lot of responsibility on Nick Lilley’s young shoulders, and we need our two Newcastle-bound players, Rigg and Tuima, to step up and put in a decent performance. NRB bullied Saints at the breakdown last week and we know we can be prone to give away penalties there. Also, their back three of Wade and Obatoyinbo x2, are seriously quick, so we’ll need Ollie, PB-B and Ridl to put them under real pressure on the high kicks. Thankfully the weather forecast isn’t too bad though, which is a relief.
Notwithstanding my doubts, I’ll be going with my usual:
NRB 26; Chiefs 31

I'd not thought about the lack of a kicker Ljs399, I'm now even more concerned about tomorrow night now!

As has been mentioned, Newcastle gave saints a real fright last week. I'm sure they'd look at our team sheet, and really fancy their chances.

It's a crucial couple of weeks for us, all goes well and we're right in the top four race, and through to the next round of the euro cup. If that happens with the injuries looking good for several big comebacks we could go into the final stages of the season with everything to play for. Of course if the opposite happens we'll have a fight to just make the top four!!

A trip up there is never easy, and with a much weakened side it's going to be very difficult. Having said that any side with aspirations of making the top four should get max points from this current Newcastle team, no disrespect intended.

I'm not feeling that positive for this. It's been mentioned a lot about the drop of in quality if players are injured, this side shows that up. I'd actually be happy with a couple of losing bonus points. I'm going Newcastle 30 Chiefs 24 really hope I'm wrong though!!

I agree with 691 and others above, this fixture is a definite banana skin.

Our record against Newcastle has always been poor for some reason and this looks like a seriously weakened side from that used in the last few Premiership fixtures.

🧠 - Newcastle 27 Chiefs 19

♥️ - Newcastle 23 Chiefs 24

Im going with my heart as usual. 23 -24

Newcastle 25 Chiefs 27 but as everyone agrees predictions for this match are dodgier than usual - mine are dodgy enough already.

We are the better side, this one's ours to lose, if we turn up mentally and fight hard it's in the bag.

Redbulls fan here
we need a win but it's hard to see that coming this season

I am worried about this one but will go for a narrow chiefs win. RB 25 Chiefs 30

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Redbulls fan here
we need a win but it's hard to see that coming this season

Thanks for the encouragement, Aidan, but nerves are definitely jangling down here! Your future looks secure - good luck.

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

As usual, heart over head...
NRB 26: Chiefs 30

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

Lots of players missing unfortunately but a chance for others to put their hand up. A big game for Lilley I hope he goes well,
A cold Friday night on a plastic pitch is never an ideal situation for us so it may well be a tough night. Fingers crossed we go well.

Falcons 27 chiefs 31

Christan Wade. Problem. Going to lean towards optimism though.

Newcastle 20 Chiefs 25

NRB 19 Chiefs 33

Newcastle 19 - Chiefs 26

NRB 24 - Chiefs 28

All body parts crossed Falcons 18 - 27 Exe

NRB 27 Us 31

With all the confidence in the world ..... not!🤔

NRB 19 Chiefs 23

Can’t believe that ‘bet365’ are offering NRB to be with 13.5 pts at 10/11 !!!!!!
Easy money to be made imo. I’m all over it. If Chiefs do win by such a margin I’ll be very happy to lose a quid or two.

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Rowancroft73
Can’t believe that ‘bet365’ are offering NRB to be with 13.5 pts at 10/11 !!!!!!
Easy money to be made imo. I’m all over it. If Chiefs do win by such a margin I’ll be very happy to lose a quid or two.

i dont understand betting beyond simple odds

is that saying you will get 10/11 [i get that bit] if NRB are within 13.5 pts of Exeter [and exeter win]

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aidanb

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Rowancroft73
Can’t believe that ‘bet365’ are offering NRB to be with 13.5 pts at 10/11 !!!!!!
Easy money to be made imo. I’m all over it. If Chiefs do win by such a margin I’ll be very happy to lose a quid or two.

i dont understand betting beyond simple odds

is that saying you will get 10/11 [i get that bit] if NRB are within 13.5 pts of Exeter [and exeter win]

Essentially, Chiefs have to win by a margin of at least 13.5 pts for the bet to lose

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Rowancroft73
Can’t believe that ‘bet365’ are offering NRB to be with 13.5 pts at 10/11 !!!!!!
Easy money to be made imo. I’m all over it. If Chiefs do win by such a margin I’ll be very happy to lose a quid or two.

Yes I spotted that this morning. I haven't had a bet on a Chiefs game for a couple of years (became too unpredictable!). But today I went for +11.5 at 27/25. As for 'easy money to be made' I reckon that now I've done that, we'll win by a country mile.
Everyone can thank us later!

NRB 21 - 25 Chiefs

I hope the attitude is right with some key players missing. NRB will be a big test. Fingers crossed

Positive attitude, in spades so far.

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Osmium

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Rowancroft73
Can’t believe that ‘bet365’ are offering NRB to be with 13.5 pts at 10/11 !!!!!!
Easy money to be made imo. I’m all over it. If Chiefs do win by such a margin I’ll be very happy to lose a quid or two.

Yes I spotted that this morning. I haven't had a bet on a Chiefs game for a couple of years (became too unpredictable!). But today I went for +11.5 at 27/25. As for 'easy money to be made' I reckon that now I've done that, we'll win by a country mile.
Everyone can thank us later!

Thanks people! Can you place a bet like that every week please 😉

Looks like my banana skin prediction was unnecessarily gloomy - we definitely turned up, whereas NRB hardly fired a shot. What a difference from their performance last week. The second half was a bit ordinary but I’ll take that scoreline any day!