Chris Bentley rugby player
Chris Bentley rugby player

Chris Bentley

24th May 1979 1.98m/118kg No 4 Lock

Chris Bentley column: "We are Exeter Chiefs, our future is...

6 years ago by Exeter Express & Echo

Well done Saracens! Winning back-to-back European Champions Cups is no mean achievement and a testimony to the vision, patience and long-term planning at the heart of this ambitious London club. In February...

Chris Bentley column: Exeter Chiefs and Exeter City are doing...

7 years ago by Exeter Express & Echo

Exeter's 'big two' are preparing for crucial semi-finals as our roller-coaster sporting season comes ever closer to glory. Exeter Chiefs' win at Kingsholm sets up a date with the mighty Saracens at Sandy...

Chris Bentley column: Exeter Chiefs are the real deal on which...

7 years ago by Exeter Express & Echo

Does sport matter? With Anthony Joshua commanding more press and media coverage than the election and Brexit combined over the weekend, I suspect sport does matter – and matter a lot.Sport has excited,...

Chris Bentley column: Exe can learn a thing or two from Euro...

7 years ago by Exeter Express & Echo

When an irresistible force meets an immovable object, something has to give. Edinburgh, May 13, 2017 sees French rugby leviathans Clermont Auvergne go head to head with Aviva Premiership juggernauts Saracens...

Chris Bentley column: Exe's win over Quins shows how good rugby...

7 years ago by Exeter Express & Echo

Excitement and pressure continue to build with the prize of a home semi-final still very much in Exeter Chiefs' hands with only two to play. Some big questions were answered over the weekend, not least...

Chris Bentley column: Exe need the spirit of Ali as season...

7 years ago by Exeter Express & Echo

"Champions aren't made in gyms. champions are made from something they have deep inside them: a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they...

Chris Bentley column: Testimonial season for our all-time great...

7 years ago by Exeter Express & Echo

All Black Dan Carter is widely considered by to be the best fly-half in the history of the game. Some might argue that England's favourite son, Jonny Wilkinson, is right up there as an all time great 10...

Chris Bentley column: Sale's Steve Diamond lives up to his name...

7 years ago by Exeter Express & Echo

To the Sale faithful, Steve is something of a 'Diamond' geezer. I know him from old as a young player learning my trade in the rough tough world of North West rugby. Steve was a respected, solid front-line...

Chris Bentley column: Dull Leicester Tigers and half-full stadium...

7 years ago by Exeter Express & Echo

So, disappointment for Exeter Chiefs and England as the season's first trophies are raised. For England, there was the consolation that they left with the silverware, but there was still that air of anti-climax...

Chris Bentley column: Sad that Six Nations champions England will...

7 years ago by Exeter Express & Echo

Robert the Bruce led a Tartan army to victory over England at Bannockburn in 1314. It was a rare success – and so it proved on Saturday as Eddie Jones' men chalked up a record-equalling 18th consecutive...