Under-18s side to face Harlequins

By Mark Stevens

Exeter Chiefs Under-18s will be looking to bounce back from their narrow defeat to Wasps a week ago when they tackle Harlequins tomorrow in their latest Premiership Under-18s fixture at the Surrey Sports Ground (2pm).

Having battled back from 17-0 against Wasps last time out, the Chiefs narrowly missed out on victory when Harvey Skinner's potential match-winning conversion toppled off his kicking tee with the last action of the game.

It meant the visitors lost 20-19 at Maidenhead, but coach Marek Churcher said there were positives to take from the performance, even though the end result was not what they craved.

"The boys were really disappointed after the game, particularly after the way they came back in the second half," said Churcher. "We did a lot of good things after half time and we've talked this week about building on that. Get more accuracy into our game and being a little more disciplined will also help a great deal.

"I know the boys are looking forward to putting things right this weekend, but we know we will be up against a very good Harlequins side. It should be a good game and hopefully we can come away with the result."

CHIEFS UNDER-18s SIDE TO FACE HARLEQUINS

1 Jed Kerkin
2 Matt Symons
3 Marcus Street
4 Louis Groves
5 Dan Swain
6 Will Gibson
7 Sam Daly (capt)
8 Charlie Wright
9 Joe Snow
10 Harvey Skinner
11 AJ Cant
12 Declan Matthews
13 Aaron Chapman
14 Matt Morrish
15 Joe Elderkin

16 Luis Powell
17 Adam Wright
18 Liam Hilliar
19 Dan Head
20 Charlie Fettney
21 Aaron Bagwell
22 Sam Brown
23 Ryan Lee