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Exeter Chiefs chairman says new American owners will bring ‘razzmatazz’ to rugby union

Exeter Chiefs chairman Tony Rowe believes that the club’s impending takeover by an American consortium could transform the Gallagher Premiership.

The billionaire owners of English Premier League club Bournemouth have agreed a deal for the club, subject to the membership’s approval at an extraordinary general meeting on May 7.

If the deal is ratified, Exeter Chiefs will become the latest Premiership team alongside Newcastle and Bath to secure major new investment.

Rowe desperate to secure investment for the Chiefs

Black Knight Football Club board member...

Exeter Hawks crowned UK champions

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sat, 11/26/2016 - 7:04pm

As part of a continued initiative to get young people engaged with sport, Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby, along with BT (a long-term supporter of disability sport in the UK), hosted the second Youth Tournament for the sport at Stoke Mandeville Stadium on the 19th of November where local team the Exeter Hawks were crowned champions. Representing the South West was the Exeter hawks who will be travelled to the championships last weekend. The participants were aged 10 to 15 with a physical, intellectual or learning impairment, or have a friend or family member with an impairment. The 2016...

Woodburn ready for Worcester test

Olly Woodburn has happy memories of tackling Worcester Warriors at Sandy Park and he’s hoping for more of the same when Exeter Chiefs play host to the Midlanders again tomorrow in the Aviva Premiership (4:30pm).

Back in April Woodburn produced a man of the match display, scoring a hat-trick of tries, as Rob Baxter’s side dispatched of the Warriors 50-12.

It was one of the many highlights the 25-year-old winger produced during an outstanding first season in Devon that yielded eight tries in 24 appearances following his summer move from local rivals Bath Rugby.

This...

Chiefs side to face Worcester

Authored by Mark Stevens
Posted: Fri, 11/25/2016 - 12:48pm

Rob Baxter has challenged his Exeter Chiefs side to build on last week’s away win at Newcastle Falcons with an equally strong display against visiting Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership tomorrow (4:30pm).

The Chiefs returned to winning ways in the top flight with a powerful display up in the North East, not only collecting their first league win since September, but also accruing all five points thanks to Will Chudley’s late try against his former club.

This weekend the Devonians will be looking to continue their upturn in form against the Warriors, who have won...

Why football fans should overlook their prejudices towards the lower end of English football

Authored by Sam Richards
Posted: Thu, 11/24/2016 - 11:05am

Nothing is as irritating in football than ignorance and it comes from all angles relentlessly. If you consider the FA Cup as a prime example; fans, pundits, experts and bookmakers alike always write off the chances of the teams from the lower leagues and yet they are proven wrong time after time.

The most recent example of a lower league side upsetting the form guide has to be, at the time, League Two, Bradford City making it to the 2013 League Cup final against Swansea City. The Bantams saw off three Premier League sides on the way to the final (Wigan, Arsenal and Aston Villa) to...

Thunder of hooves in race of the gentle giants

Authored by Lucy
Posted: Wed, 11/23/2016 - 11:27am

Exeter Racecourse’s famous racing Clydesdales provided a magnificent spectacle on Sunday when their flying feathers and huge white faces had an enthusiast crowd enthralled as they raced in aid of the Devon Air Ambulance.

Solo, Siryl Allan, Frankie Doodle, Midge and Tom Parker were ridden by professional jockeys Noel Fehily, Aiden Coleman, Daryl Jacob, Sean Bowen, Tom Bellamy and James Best who urged them down the two-furlong stretch in front of their appreciative audience.

Midge, last year’s winner, was sent off the evens favourite and with a flying start under Noel Fehily...

Anglo-Welsh Cup fixtures confirmed

Premiership Rugby have today confirmed the kick-off dates and times for the final two pool games in this season’s Anglo-Welsh Cup.

Exeter Chiefs will play host to Wasps in Round 3 on Saturday, January 28 (3pm) before travelling to Bristol Rugby in Round 4 on Sunday, February 5 (3pm).

The Chiefs currently sit second in Pool 2 having lost 29-15 at Harlequins in their opening fixture, before thumping Cardiff Blues 62-25at Sandy Park in their latest outing.

Neither will be screened by BT Sport, who have opted to show the following fixtures over the final two rounds....

Devoto looks to build on Falcons win

Ollie Devoto insists Exeter Chiefs must use their victory at Newcastle Falcons as the springboard to continue climbing up the Aviva Premiership table. Rob Baxter’s side claimed their first top flight win since late September when they triumphed 32-19 at Kingston Park last Friday. Summer signing Devoto set the ball rolling for the visitors, scoring his maiden try for the Chiefs inside the opening few minutes, before team-mates Thomas Waldrom, James Short and Will Chudley followed him over the whitewash. It was a much-needed victory for the Devonians, who will now be looking to build on the...

Tis unhappy with officials

Exeter City manager Paul Tisdale said he felt his side were hard done to on Saturday as a dubious offside flag cost them at Carlisle United.

The Grecians fell to a 3-2 loss at Brunton Park with goals from Shaun Miller, in the 89th minute, and Charlie Wyke, in the seventh minute of stoppage time, giving the Cumbrians all three points.

However, City had a glorious chance to take all three points when the scores were level at 2-2. Carlisle had set up in a 2-4-4 formation at this point as they looked for a stoppage time winner.

And their gung-ho approach almost cost...

Newcastle Falcons 19 Exeter Chiefs 32

Will Chudley marked his return to former club Newcastle Falcons by claiming the bonus point try as Exeter Chiefs returned to winning ways at Kingston Park.

The scrum-half sniped over two minutes from time to put the icing on the cake for Rob Baxter’s side, who added earlier tries through Ollie Devoto, Thomas Waldrom and James Short.

Skipper Gareth Steenson weighed in with the remainder of the points to ensure Exeter of their third league win of the season, a result which also lifted them back into the top four for 24 hours at least.

Newcastle who had come into the...

Chiefs side to face Newcastle Falcons

Authored by Mark Stevens
Posted: Thu, 11/17/2016 - 11:18pm

Rob Baxter says the time has come for his side to put their foot down and ‘accelerate’ their way through this season’s Aviva Premiership campaign.

After a somewhat mixed start for last season’s beaten finalists, Exeter Chiefs resume their top-flight programme tomorrow evening when they make the long trip to Newcastle Falcons (8pm).

Buoyed by last weekend’s convincing 62-25 win over Cardiff Blues in the Anglo-Welsh Cup, Baxter is hoping the feel-good factor of that ten-try victory will ensure his side arrive in the North East with a spring in their step.

“This is the...

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