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Recap: Exeter Chiefs vs La Rochelle LIVE | Heineken Champions Cup
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Follow all the action on the RugbyPass live blog from the Heineken Champions Cup match between Exeter Chiefs and La Rochelle at Sandy Park.
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Rob Baxter’s Chiefs are boosted but the return of Harry Williams at tighthead after his two-week suspension. Dave Dennis, Jonny Hill and Sam Simmonds also return to bolster the pack.
Nic White misses out after sustaining a facial injury at Glasgow. Jack Maunder is promoted at scrum-half, while in the centre Sam Hill is chosen instead of Ollie Devoto.
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“A win this weekend would not only reward the players for all of their hard work, but it would be a great reward for the supporters and the club as a whole,” said Baxter as already qualified Exeter look to finish their pool campaign with the win that would earn them a home quarter-final.
EXETER: 15. Stuart Hogg; 14. Jack Nowell, 13. Ian Whitten, 12. Sam Hill, 11. Olly Woodburn; 10. Joe Simmonds, 9. Jack Maunder; 1. Alec Hepburn, 2. Luke Cowan-Dickie, 3. Harry Williams, 4. Dave Dennis (capt), 5. Jonny Hill, 6. Dave Ewers, 7. Jacques Vermeulen, 8. Sam Simmonds. Reps: 16. Elvis Taione, 17. Ben Moon, 18. Enrique Pieretto Heiland, 19. Jannes Kirsten, 20. Matt Kvesic, 21. Stu Townsend, 22. Gareth Steenson, 23. Ollie Devoto.
LA ROCHELLE: 15. Vincent Rattez; 14. Kini Murimurivalu, 13. Geoffrey Doumayrou, 12. Pierre Aguillon, 11. Arthur Retiere; 10. Ihaia West, 9. Thomas Berjon; 1. Dany Priso, 2. Pierre Bourgarit, 3. Uini Atonio, 4. Romain Sazy (capt), 5. Remi Leroux, 6. Lopeti Timani, 7. Zeno Kieft, 8. Gregory Alldritt. Reps: 16. Facundo Bosch, 17. Léo Aouf, 18. Sila Puafisi, 19. Thomas Lavault, 20. Wiaan Liebenberg, 21. Alexi Bales, 22. Brock James, 23. Elliot Roudil.
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Nah, that just needs some more variation. Chip kicks, grubber stabs, all those. Will Jordan showed a pretty good reason why the rush was bad for his link up with BB.
If you have an overlap on a rush defense, they naturally cover out and out and leave a huge gap near the ruck.
It also helps if both teams play the same rules. ARs set the offside line 1m past where the last mans feet were😅
Go to commentsYeah nar, should work for sure. I was just asking why would you do it that way?
It could be achieved by outsourcing all your IP and players to New Zealand, Japan, and America, with a big Super competition between those countries raking it in with all of Australia's best talent to help them at a club level. When there is enough of a following and players coming through internally, and from other international countries (starting out like Australia/without a pro scene), for these high profile clubs to compete without a heavy australian base, then RA could use all the money they'd saved over the decades to turn things around at home and fund 4 super sides of their own that would be good enough to compete.
That sounds like a great model to reset the game in Aus. Take a couple of decades to invest in youth and community networks before trying to become professional again. I just suggest most aussies would be a bit more optimistic they can make it work without the two decades without any pro club rugby bit.
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