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John Evely

How to watch Exeter Chiefs v Bristol Bears live on TV and full team news

Exeter Chiefs play their final home game of the 2022/23 Gallagher Premiership season with Bristol Bears coming to Sandy Park on Saturday.

With two rounds of the regular season remaining, both sides are looking to secure places in next season's Heineken Champions Cup, while Chiefs are also looking to tune up ahead of facing La Rochelle next weekend in the semi-final of this season's European competition.

While Exeter have struggled on their teavels, they have not been defeated at Sandy Park in any competition since Saracens were the visitors in Round 7 of Premiership Rugby back I n October and the Bears' only victory in their last four away trips in the league was 15-13 at Bath on 24 February.

Here are all the ways you can follow the action....

READ MORE: Exeter Chiefs v Bristol Bears LIVE: Play-by-play updates from the Gallagher Premiership clash

When is the game?

Exeter Chiefs v Bristol Bears is being played on Saturday, April 22 at Sandy Park.

What time is kick-off?

The kick-off time is at 3pm.

Is the game on TV?

Yes.

This season every Gallagher Premiership match will be televised on either BT Sport on PRTV.

Premiership Rugby have confirmed this weekend's match will be shown live on PRTV with coverage starting at around 2.50pm.

You can sign up here for £4.99 right here.

Highlights will be available online shortly after the match on the Premiership Rugby website along with a full match replay the following day.

How else can I follow the game?

If you are not going to watch the game on TV or be inside the stadium, Bristol Live and Devon Live will be live blogging the match bringing you all the build-up, team news, live play-by-play match updates, reaction, stats, analysis, interviews and highlights from inside the ground.

BBC Radio Bristol and BBC Radio Devon will also be providing live commentary of the game.

What's the team news?

Exeter Chiefs: 15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Tom Wyatt, 13 Henry Slade (capt), 12 Ian Whitten, 11 Olly Woodburn, 10 Joe Simmonds, 9 Will Becconsall; 1 Nika Abuladze, 2 Dan Frost, 3 Marcus Street, 4 Jack Dunne, 5 Dafydd Jenkins, 6 Dave Ewers, 7 Jannes Kirsten, 8 Sam Simmonds.

Replacements: 16 Jack Yeandle, 17 Alec Hepburn, 18 Josh Iosefa-Scott, 19 Aidon Davis, 20 Christ Tshiunza, 21 Stu Townsend, 22 Harvey Skinner, 23 Sean O'Brien.

Bristol Bears: 15. Charles Piutau, 14. Siva Naulago, 13. Joe Jenkins, 12. James Williams, 11. Gabriel Ibitoye, 10. Callum Sheedy, 9. Harry Randall (cc); 1. Yann Thomas, 2. Will Capon, 3. Max Lahiff, 4. Joe Batley, 5. Chris Vui, 6. Steven Luatua (cc), 7. Sam Jeffries, 8. Fitz Harding.

Replacements: 16. Fred Davies, 17. Jake Woolmore, 18. George Kloska, 19. Charlie Rice, 20. Dan Thomas, 21. Andy Uren, 22. Sam Bedlow, 23. Ioan Lloyd.

Who are the officials?

Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys (122nd Premiership game).

Assistant Referees: Anthony Woodthorpe and Jonathan Healy.

TMO: David Rose.

Citing Officer: Budge Pountney.

What are the odds?

Exeter Chiefs 4/9

Draw 20/1

Bristol Bears 13/8

Odds taken from SkyBet and correct at the time of publication, please game responsibly.

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