Newcastle Falcons vs Exeter Chiefs

EXETER CHIEFS TEAM TO FACE NEWCASTLE FALCONS

15 Luke Arscott
14 Gonzalo Camacho
13 Nic Sestaret
12 Jason Shoemark
11 Matt Jess
10 Ignacio Mieres
9 Haydn Thomas
1 Brett Sturgess
2 Neil Clark
3 Hoani Tui
4 Tom Hayes (capt)
5 Aly Muldowney
6 Tom Johnson
7 James Scaysbrook
8 Richard Baxter

16 Simon Alcott
17 John Andress
18 Craig Mitchell
19 Chris Bentley
20 James Phillips
21 Kevin Barrett
22 Gareth Steenson
23 Josh Tatupu

A strong team selected by Exe with Hoani Tui returning to the front-row in place of John Andress and Tom Johnson replacing Richie Baxter at blinside, with the latter reverting to his more usual no8 slot. Tis important for the Chiefs to post a win up in the north-east, with the final two games of the Amlin coming up which might allow some AP-respite for a few players

And Newcastle Falcons:

15 Greg Goosen, 14 Luke Fielden, 13 Suka Hufanga, 12 James Fitzpatrick, 11 Jeremy Manning, 10 Jimmy Gopperth (c), 9 Jordi Pasqualin, 1 Grant Shiells, 2 Rob Vickers, 3 Euan Murray, 4 Adriaan Fondse, 5 Tim Swinson, 6 Taiasina Tu’ifua, 7 Will Welch, 8 Richard Mayhew

Replacements: 16 Michael Mayhew, 17 Ashley Wells, 18 James Hall, 19 Mark Wilson, 20 Ally Hogg, 21 Chris Pilgrim, 22 Tom Catterick, 23 Corne Uys

With the exception of our second rows due to injuries...i would say its our full strength team....

Massive game...but ultimately dont think it'll affect our inevitability at the end of the season.....

Maybe then we can clear out Tait, and half the rubbish journeymen he has brought in....and Mr Gopperth!!!

Love watching Tu'ifua and his massive tackles

We're going down that's for sure! I can't believe Gopperth is close to signing a new contract...,please leave Jimmy!

Tait should have left last year, he's brought in a load of journeymen that have hardly made a difference to our performances. Chase the lot and bring some youngsters through with a core of Tu'ifua, Hudson, Fielden, Goosen.

Totally agree Sgt....