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Exeter Chiefs produced a clinical second half display to sink rivals Bath in their final pre-season run-out ahead of the new Aviva Premiership season.

Trailing 16-14 at the turn, Rob Baxter’s side scored 29 unanswered points to ensure they lifted the inaugural Westcountry Challenge Cup with an unblemished record.

Converted first half tries from Luke Cowan-Dickie and the returning Dave Ewers were cancelled out by three Tom Homer penalties and his conversion of Matt Banahan’s try on the stroke of half time.

However, the second half belonged solely to the visitors,...

Head coach Rob Baxter says he will use tomorrow’s final Westcountry Challenge Cup fixture at Bath as the ideal opportunity to fine tune his Exeter Chiefs squad ahead of the new 2015/16 season.

Having already collected three pre-season wins over Gloucester (home and away) and Bath at home, Baxter knows this latest encounter at the Recreation Ground (5.45pm) offers the final chance for his players to stake their claims ahead of the big kick-off.

With Bath also providing the opposition for Exeter’s opening Aviva Premiership game of the season next week, some may feel neither...

This Saturday is a day for a double celebration by the squash club at Exeter Golf and Country Club, welcoming a new squash coach on World Squash Day.

To mark this important date in the squash events calendar, Exeter Golf and Country Club are opening the doors to the squash courts for free coaching sessions for juniors from 10am until 12pm with the new coach, Mike Harris. Mike will also run an elite academy for some of the county’s best players in the afternoon, followed by the Club Session to meet squash members.

Mike, who is 26 and is an England Squash and Racketball Level...

It was an historic night for Georgia, who almost certainly secured their qualification for Rugby World Cup 2019 by doing enough yesterday at Sandy Park to finish third in Pool C, but it was by no means a straightforward victory as Namibia fought them all the way in a match that eventually came down to a one-point margin and included four yellow cards.

Prince Harry was at Sandy Park to see a contest that defied all predictions as Georgia dominated every statistic but for large portions of the match were unable to convert them into points.

Read the full match report here:...