EXETER CHIEFS All change for top of table clash
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- Last Updated on Monday, 08 February 2016 12:14
- Published on Sunday, 07 February 2016 07:07
It’s all change for Exeter Chiefs winning XV and front row ahead of today’s 12,500 sell-out top of the table Premiership clash against leaders Saracens at Sandy Park (1300ko).
Skipper Jack Yeandle - who missed the 30-15 win at Worcester due to illness - returns in an all-change front row that also sees recalls for props Ben Moon and Moray Low.
Elsewhere in the pack, Ollie Atkins is given the nod in the second row alongside Geoff Parling, while behind Sam Hill fills the void in midfield left by the absence of Michele Campagnaro, who started at 13 for Italy in yesterday’s 23-21 Six Nations opening defeat against France in Paris.
Others international Chiefs to miss out are England ace Jack Nowell – scorer of yesterday’s match-winning try in the 15-9 Calcutta Cup win over Scotland at Murrayfield – and tight head prop Tomas Francis, who starts on the bench at 18 for Wales in Ireland today (1500).
Harry Williams is brought in as tight-head cover on the Chiefs bench while Lewis Stevenson - who recently rejoined Exeter from Ulster - gets his first recall. The only other bench change sees 21-year-old Cornishman Max Bodilly added in the 23 jersey.
Truro-born utility back Bodilly has just signed a new two-year deal at Exeter, who start the match/day second placed just two points behind Saracens.
Starting 15 Phil Dollman 14 Olly Woodburn 13 Ian Whitten12 Sam Hill 11 James Short 10 Gareth Steenson 9 Will Chudley 1 Ben Moon 2 Jack Yeandle (capt) 3 Moray Low 4 Ollie Atkins 5 Geoff Parling 6 Don Armand 7 Julian Salvi 8 Thomas Waldrom
Ready on the bench 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie 17 Alec Hepburn 18 Harry Williams 19 Lewis Stevenson 20 Kai Horstmann 21 Dave Lewis 22 Will Hooley 23 Max Bodilly
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