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Exeter chiefs 2017/18 season thread. Chance to top the premiership.
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<blockquote data-quote="brokenoses" data-source="post: 868961" data-attributes="member: 72824"><p>Ewers is listed as 1.93 m (6 ft 4) and 128 kg (just over 20 stone), which is huge, and if anything he looks to have put on mass in the last year. Bear in mind that Billy Vunipola is listed as 1.88 m (6 ft 2) and 126 kg (19 stone 12). Simmonds is 1.83 m (6 ft) and somewhere around 100 kg (16 stone), which is considerably smaller. They are very different types of players with different skill sets. Ewers is a powerhouse blindside/8 and Simmonds is a speedy and skillful 7 (used at 8 by Chiefs last season) who has played a fair bit of sevens rugby.</p><p></p><p>I remember Rob Baxter saying somewhere that he is keen for Kvesic to take on more of an attacking role with Chiefs, linking the forwards with the backs like an old school openside. It will be interesting to see how he develops this year but it certainly seems like Chiefs will take him in a slightly different direction than Gloucester were (although to be honest they weren't really using him at all last season). Either way I think that having Kvesic and Simmonds playing together has its advantages but they are relatively similar players so the imbalance would have to be addressed elsewhere in the pack.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brokenoses, post: 868961, member: 72824"] Ewers is listed as 1.93 m (6 ft 4) and 128 kg (just over 20 stone), which is huge, and if anything he looks to have put on mass in the last year. Bear in mind that Billy Vunipola is listed as 1.88 m (6 ft 2) and 126 kg (19 stone 12). Simmonds is 1.83 m (6 ft) and somewhere around 100 kg (16 stone), which is considerably smaller. They are very different types of players with different skill sets. Ewers is a powerhouse blindside/8 and Simmonds is a speedy and skillful 7 (used at 8 by Chiefs last season) who has played a fair bit of sevens rugby. I remember Rob Baxter saying somewhere that he is keen for Kvesic to take on more of an attacking role with Chiefs, linking the forwards with the backs like an old school openside. It will be interesting to see how he develops this year but it certainly seems like Chiefs will take him in a slightly different direction than Gloucester were (although to be honest they weren't really using him at all last season). Either way I think that having Kvesic and Simmonds playing together has its advantages but they are relatively similar players so the imbalance would have to be addressed elsewhere in the pack. [/QUOTE]
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