Best of the weekend: upsets aplenty set up tantalising final round across Europe
1 decade ago by The Rugby BlogPlayoff race goes down to wire as Tigers and Chiefs win against the oddsWell, it’s a good job I’m not a betting man. Or, perhaps more honestly, this weekend showed why in the past I have been a...
Rob Baxter praises 'huge result' for Exeter Chiefs against...
1 decade ago by Exeter Express & EchoExeter Chiefs’ roller-coaster of a season took yet another dramatic twist and turn on Sunday as a first-ever victory at Allianz Park saw them leap-frog Saracens and land in the play-off spots. A Thomas...
Chiefs knock Sarries out of top four
1 decade ago by Rugby 365Thomas Waldrom continued his sensational try-scoring record to help Exeter Chiefs secure a stunning 24-20 Premiership victory over Saracens and set up a nailbiting final weekend in the battle for the top...
Baxter heaps praise on Waldrom
1 decade ago by Belfast Telegraph: Rugby10 May 2015Waldrom's tries were his 15th and 16th of this season to cement his position as the league's leading try-scorer. Luke Cowan-Dickie was Exeter's other try-scorer with Gareth...
Waldrom drives Chiefs forward
1 decade ago by Belfast Telegraph: Rugby10 May 2015Waldrom's tries - his 15th and 16th in the league this season - cemented his position as the league top try-scorer. Exeter's win allowed them to join Saracens on 63 points...
Saracens 20 Exeter Chiefs 24: Match report
1 decade ago by Exeter Express & EchoExeter Chiefs gave their hopes of a top-four finish a massive boost with their first ever victory over Saracens at Allianz Park on Sunday. Two tries from Thomas Waldrom, one from Luke Cowan-Dickie and...
Saracens v Exeter (Sun)
1 decade ago by BBC Rugby NewsSaracens welcome Exeter to Allianz Park in a game with huge repercussions on the Premiership's top four. Billy Vunipola and Brad Barritt, out with knocks, are replaced by Jackson Wray and Chris...
Exeter Chiefs name side to face Saracens
1 decade ago by Exeter Express & EchoGareth Steenson will make his first start since January for Exeter Chiefs’ trip to Saracens on Sunday. The Irish fly-half comes in at fly-half as Henry Slade moves to the centre in place of Jack Nowell. Luke...
Exeter Chiefs Henry Slade and Jack Nowell up for end-of-season...
1 decade ago by Exeter Express & EchoExeter Chiefs pair Henry Slade and Jack Nowell have been nominated for the Aviva Premiership's discovery of the season award. The two Chiefs youth products have been listed alongside Jack Clifford of Harlequins,...
Chiefs opinion: Still time to land a knockout blow in the race...
1 decade ago by Exeter Express & EchoWith two matches of the season left, Exeter Chiefs are – in the words of head coach Rob Baxter – in with a ‘puncher’s chance’ of making the top four come the end of the season. Sunday’s 36-29...
