The coffers of the Exeter Foundation have again been boosted by almost £2,000 following the success of the charity’s latest Sportsman’s Dinner held at Sandy Park last week (20 March).
Star attraction for the night was former Scotland and British Lions star Doddie Weir, who entertained the audience of nearly 200 people with a number of anecdotes from his playing days, as well as further amusing stories about his life away from the game.
Weir was also not afraid to have the odd joke or two at the expense of some of the audience members, including his former Borders team-mate...
Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter said he was "perplexed" as to why his team were not awarded a penalty try in the final minute of their Aviva Premiership encounter at home to Gloucester.
With Gloucester prop Sila Puafisi already in the sin-bin for a late hit on Chiefs playmaker Gareth Steenson, the visitors were then reduced to 13 men when fellow Tongan Sione Kalamafoni was shown yellow by referee Matt Carley for cynically killing Exeter's driving maul just inches from the line.
Although the Chiefs made the numerical advantage pay in the subsequent play as Don Armand...
Often the scourge of Gloucester in previous top flight battles, the deadly right boot of Exeter Chiefs marksman Gareth Steenson was this time unable to land his side a telling blow against their Aviva Premiership rivals.
Handed the shot with the clock up, the Irishman’s last-gasp conversion drifted wide of the target and gave the visiting Cherry & Whites only their second-ever victory at Sandy Park.
In a pulsating conclusion to the contest, Gloucester saw both Sila Puafisi and Sione Kalamafoni dispatched to the sin-bin as they look...
Exeter Chiefs will gear up for the new 2014/15 season with three mouth-watering pre-season fixtures, the club can confirm today. With redevelopment works taking place at Sandy Park, both on and off the field, the Chiefs will gear up for the new campaign away from their new-look base. The newly-crowned LV= Cup champions will kick-off their seasonal preparations with a trip to the Welsh capital to face Cardiff Blues at the Arms Park on Friday, August 15 (7.30pm). A week later they will again face opposition from the Rabo Prodirect12 when they head to Ravenhill for the first time to tackle Irish...
If last weekend’s LV= Cup victory marked the champagne moment for Exeter Chiefs so far this season, Rob Baxter’s side were handed a sobering thought at Welford Road as Leicester Tigers maintained their push for the Aviva Premiership play-offs with a convincing five-try performance.
Richard Cockerill’s Tigers were in ruthless mood on their return to top flight action, mauling their Devon rivals with a vintage display that reaped tries for Manu Tuilagi, Logovi’i Mulipola, Vereniki Goneva, Adam Thompstone and a brace for Frenchman David...
It’s a day that will forever live long in the history of Exeter Rugby Club as the Chiefs claimed their first major silverware within the game with a 15-8 victory over Northampton Saints in the final of the LV= Cup.
Rob Baxter’s side toasted Anglo-Welsh glory on home soil as tries from Chris Whitehead and Dean Mumm, coupled with five points from the boot of young fly-half Henry Slade, sealed a memorable win for Devon’s finest.
Having suffered Cup Final heartache on numerous occasions in the past, there was no denying the Chiefs...
Home turf, capacity crowd and the hopes of a rugby-mad region right behind them - it seems Exeter Chiefs have all the ingredients to serve up a real treat in Sunday's LV= Cup final at Sandy Park (1pm).
Standing in the way of silverware for Rob Baxter and his team, however, are Premiership rivals Northampton Saints, themselves no strangers to the big occasion and indeed former winners of the competition in 2010.
Sat at the summit of English rugby's top division, the Saints have certainly been the team that have set the benchmark this season. Jim Mallinder's men - even...
Sandy Park will host the 2013/14 LV=Cup Final on Sunday (March 16), and for rugby fans travelling to the South West from all over the country for the big match, there is an entire weekend of rugby and entertainment to enjoy.
Sunday’s final will round off an exciting weekend for all the family as Exeter city centre is transformed in to an LV= Rugby Festival, celebrating all things that make up the rugby family.
There will be entertainment for the children, live screening of the Six Nations, a chance to lift the LV=Cup trophy plus exclusive appearances from Exeter Chiefs...
Exeter Chiefs stars Kai Hortsmann and Don Armand added their expert insight to Cullompton RFC Under 16s’ weekly training session last week, thanks to sponsors Watson Fuels.
The event, hosted on Thursday 27th February at Cullompton RFC’s Stafford Park training ground, was organised by Watson Fuels as part of their ongoing partnership with both clubs – the Wiltshire-based fuel distributor serve as the Official Fuel Supplier to the Exeter Chiefs and player sponsors of Hortsmann and Armand, as well as main club sponsors of Cullompton RFC.
Exeter Chiefs flanker Tom Johnson is hoping his impressive on-field display in Saturday’s Aviva Premiership win over London Irish was enough to win him a place amongst Stuart Lancaster’s England squad for this weekend’s crunch RBS Six Nations clash with Wales at Twickenham.
With Saracens No.8 Billy Vunipola sidelined with a knee injury sustained in the recent win over Ireland, Lancaster will now have to make an enforced change to his back-row for the penultimate fixture in this season’s tournament.
Gloucester’s Ben Morgan is likely to get the nod from head coach Stuart...
