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Exeter Rugby Group’s vision for the future has today been handed a significant boost with the confirmation that two new faces are to join the club’s board of directors with immediate effect.

Experienced businessmen Brian Lodge and Nigel Hall have joined the club’s existing board, which is headed up by Chairman and Chief Executive Tony Rowe OBE, and also comprises Keiron Northcott, Alan Quantick, Ian Powell, Steve Byrne and Nick Beaton.

The new additions, both of whom are ardent Chiefs supporters, will not only bring a wealth of business acumen to the group, which recently...

Exeter Chiefs may not have finished 2013 as they would have hoped, but already skipper Dean Mumm is aiming to start the New Year with a bang.

Just days after coming unstuck 22-6 to Harlequins in Big Game 6 at a packed Twickenham, the experienced Aussie forward already has his sights set on Sunday's Aviva Premiership trip to London Wasps (3pm).

Determined to get Devon's finest back amongst the division's leading pack, Mumm says it's vital he and his team-mates respond in the right way at Adams Park.

“Sunday’s game certainly takes on greater importance now,” said Mumm...

Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter is hopeful the injury sustained by prop Brett Sturgess in the last minute of Saturday’s Big Game 6 clash with Harlequins will not be too serious.

The loosehead was carted from the Twickenham turf with a serious-looking knee injury during his side’s 22-6 Aviva Premiership defeat.

Sturgess was assessed immediately on site at English Rugby HQ and whilst there was no fracture of any kind, Baxter will not know until later this week the full extent of the problem.

“It doesn’t look like he has broken anything,” said Baxter.

“We...

As London readies itself for the annual New Year fireworks, so Exeter Chiefs will be hoping to create their own spectacular show in the nation's capital when they face Harlequins in tomorrow's Big Game 6 at Twickenham (4pm). Forget all the hype about X-Factor stars taking to the turf at the home of English Rugby pre-match, it's Devon's finest who will be aiming to take centre stage as they look to bag themselves a final Aviva Premiership win in 2013. In what has been another impressive 12 months for Rob Baxter's side, the need to keep pace with the division's frontrunners is paramount as...