Exeter Chiefs have been dealt another untimely injury blow with the news that lock Damian Welch is set for an extended spell on the sidelines.
Head coach Rob Baxter has confirmed the 33-year-old lock is to be ruled out for several months after picking up a chest injury in the recent European Champions Cup game away to ASM Clermont Auvergne.
Welch, who is undergoing surgery today on the pectoral muscle injury, has been a key member of Baxter’s side since arriving from the Scarlets back in the summer of 2012.
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The Met Office has issued two severe weather warnings as strong winds and heavy rain set to batter Devon
Stormy conditions are expected to hit the region tonight (TUESDAY), lasting well into tomorrow.
The Exeter-based agency's chief forecaster said: “A cold front will move east across western parts of the UK during Tuesday night and Wednesday, with an associated strong, moist southwesterly airflow. Rainfall accumulations through this period are expected to be widely 20-40mm, with 60mm or more over some higher ground.”
Gareth Steenson admitted he was ‘delighted’ to cap another telling milestone in his playing career with a notable victory against Sale Sharks in the Aviva Premiership.
The Irishman marked his 100th Premiership appearance for the Devon club by playing a key role in his side’s 33-17 victory at a sold out Sandy Park.
Scrum-half Will Chudley helped himself to a brace of tries for Rob Baxter’s team, whilst there were also touchdowns for Thomas Waldrom, James Short and Tom Johnson.
Exeter’s win - their sixth in seven top flight starts this season - helped the Chiefs to...
FIRST-HALF GOALS from Wimbledon’s Tom Elliot and Lyle Taylor handed Exeter City their third successive league defeat.
City’s Paul Tisdale made one change to the starting eleven who fell to a 3-0 defeat at Oxford, with Lee Holmes coming in for Ollie Watkins out wide. As for Wimbledon, Neil Ardley made a host of changes, but included defender Paul Robinson, whose red card at the weekend was overturned on a successful appeal.
It was City who created the first opening of the game when good interplay between Holmes and Woodman resulted in the latter striking a powerful right-...
Broadclyst Theatre Group transports you to Old Peking for the most popular Arabian Nights magical tale of Aladdin.
There you’ll be met by the irascible widow Twanky and entertained by Peking’s giant Kung Fu Panda.
It will be a raucous evening full of your favourite daft jokes, catchy tunes, and loads of crazy dance moves. We've got amazing, colourful costumes, great scenery sets and it will be a fun night out for all the family.
Will Abanaza be thwarted in his attempts to kidnap the princess and steal the magic lamp?
It’s time for your true self to come to the fore, and never is this more important than at Christmas.
Of course, making time for yourself and allowing you to love yourself may seem a strange concept at Christmas; traditionally a time for thinking about others and particularly those less fortunate than ourselves. So it’s understandable if you’re feeling a little conflicted by this advice then, but please don’t be; truly loving yourself this Christmas isn’t the same thing as being selfish . In fact, in many ways, it’s the complete opposite.
RSPCA staff are trying to trace the owners who abandoned this dog (nicknamed Pudding) in Plymouth on Christmas Eve.
The rescued dog, whose coat was so matted and overgrown that he couldn’t even see, has been nicknamed Pudding by RSPCA inspector Sarah Morris who arrived at Rendle Street, in Plymouth, where he had been discovered tied up and left out in the cold and pouring rain.
His coat was in such a disgusting state that inspector Morris couldn’t even tell what type of dog he was.
“The state Pudding was in when I first saw him was so sad, but it also made me so...
Broadclyst Theatre Group transports you to Old Peking for the most popular Arabian Nights magical tale of Aladdin.
There you’ll be met by the irascible widow Twanky and entertained by Peking’s giant Kung Fu Panda.
It will be a raucous evening full of your favourite daft jokes, catchy tunes, and loads of crazy dance moves. We've got amazing, colourful costumes, great scenery sets and it will be a fun night out for all the family.
Will Abanaza be thwarted in his attempts to kidnap the princess and steal the magic lamp?
Take a look at What’s On at Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum in the New Year… Whatever the Weather…
Pipe Dreams 5 Jan until 27 March 2016 Finders Keepers? Gallery Heather’s collection of clay tobacco pipes is from the 16th to 20th centuries and includes examples from England, Scotland, The Netherlands and France. From bottles of water from collected around the globe to Hello Kitty paraphernalia and from fans to political porcelain, the What Do You Collect? display showcases contemporary collecting and allows local collectors to share their passion.
