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Sandy Park, home to Aviva Premiership club Exeter Chiefs, has been shortlisted for Rugby Venue of the Year at the upcoming Rugby Expo Awards.

The Devon venue, which was built in 2006, will battle it out for the honour along with Allianz Park, the home to top flight rivals Saracens.

Last season, Aviva Premiership supporters from all 12 clubs voted Sandy Park as the best match-day experience, whilst in 2015 the stadium will also play host to three Rugby World Cup games.

Off the field, the venue continues to be a popular attraction for businesses, charities and...

Following City’s 4-0 victory away in Scunthorpe, Exeter manager Paul Tisdale was pleased with the result and the performance of his team as the Grecians went level on points with the division’s leaders Chesterfield.

He also conceded that the result didn’t reflect well on the home side, who had attacked with intent and purpose throughout the fixture.

Resolute defending was a must from Tis’s men, and a manful defensive display ensured the Grecians came away with no additional goals in the ‘conceded’ column in the Sky Bet League 2 table.

It was that defensive solidity...

Gareth Steenson says Exeter Chiefs travel to Glasgow this weekend with "nothing to fear" as they look to push forward in this season's Heineken Cup campaign. Having kicked off life in Pool 2 with an impressive 44-29 home win over Cardiff Blues last weekend, fly-half Steenson will be hoping for a similar outcome when the Devon club travel north of the border this Sunday (2pm). In a dazzling first half against the star-studded Blues, Rob Baxter's side blew away their rivals with a five-try blast that saw them storm into a 36-3 lead at the interval. As expected, Cardiff improved significantly...

EXETER CITY 4 – 2 EXMOUTH TOWN (Jay – 9,10; Nichols – 61,86p) (Coombes-4; High-55)

By Rob Jennings, at St James Park

A youthful City side featuring five regular first teamers progressed to the quarter finals of the St Lukes Challenge Cup with a 4-2 victory over a SouthWest Peninsula Premier team who battled well throughout.

A brace apiece from Matt Jay and skipper Tom Nichols outnumbered Town’s goals from Lewis Coombes and Ace High in what was an entertaining duel between Exeter’s pace and flair versus Exmouth’s height and strength.

The hosts began as...