Chiefs U18s side to face Saracens

By Alfie Martin
19/1/19

Exeter Chiefs Under-18s will be eyeing up a second straight victory in the Premiership Under-18s League when they face-off against Saracens on home turf this Saturday.

The Chiefs young-guns will be looking to build upon their emphatic victory over Bristol Bears earlier this month, following a somewhat rocky start to the season against London Irish and Bath before Christmas.

Academy coach Marek Churcher has praised the squad’s efforts on the roads and says they are looking forward to stretching their legs on home turf.

“We’ve had some time to prepare and build on the performances at Bristol two weeks ago and we’re looking forward to playing at home after three away games on the trot” explained Churcher. “Saracens are an impressive outfit having just beaten London Irish, so we will need to put on a big performance and be at our best to get the result we want.”

Only three changes have been made to the side that faced Bristol; Chris King is shifted to the loose-head position, making room for Harvey Dunn in the No.3 shirt. Harry Hocking is brought into the fray in favour of Josh Thorne at Number 8.

CHIEFS UNDER-18s TO FACE SARACENS

15 Frankie Dart
14 Ben Fenton
13 Troy Sixton
12 Archie Hill
11 Charlie Cadogan
10 Haydn Lidstone
9 Ali Stacey
1 Chris King
2 Will Goffey
3 Harvey Dunn
4 Joe Elsworth
5 Luke Bralsford
6 Jake Bond (capt)
7 Ethan Maltby
8 Harry Hocking

16 Mackenzie Oliver
17 Cian Goldsmith
18 Devlin Welch
19 Joe Greaves
20 Scott Butterworth
21 Tom Cairns
22 Isaak Welch
23 Alex Gozzard