Sam Simmonds’ hat-trick helps Exeter Chiefs to easy win over London Irish

• London Irish 5-45 Exeter• Exiles now nine point off 11th-placed WorcesterThere remains a mathematical chance of London Irish avoiding relegation from the Premiership this season but any realistic hope of a reprieve was effectively ended on Sunday by a runaway Exeter.Although better sides than Irish would have struggled to stop the galloping Chiefs, for whom the England back-rower Sam Simmonds scored a hat-trick of tries, there was a gulf between the league’s top and bottom clubs on a damp Reading afternoon. The outcome leaves the Exiles nine points adrift of 11th-placed Worcester with just t…