Prop Ben Moon says last Saturday's 16-3 victory over Newcastle Falcons has given the Exeter Chiefs the ideal lift heading into this weekend's crunch Aviva Premiership encounter with Harlequins.
After a run of five successive league and cup defeats, the Chiefs rediscovered their winning touch thanks to a Haydn Thomas try and 11 points from the boot of leading points-scorer Gareth Steenson.
The victory - Exeter's sixth in the top flight this season - helped Rob Baxter's side rise to fifth in the standings, just a point adrift of Harlequins, who provide the latest hurdle for...
Irish fly-half Gareth Steenson admitted it was important for the Exeter Chiefs to rediscover their winning formula ahead of what is a crucial festive period for the club in the Aviva Premiership.
Winless in their five previous fixtures heading into last weekend, Rob Baxter's side not only defied the atrocious wintry conditions at Sandy Park, but also visiting Newcastle Falcons, to record their sixth victory in the top flight this term.
Steenson - back in the Chiefs line-up having missed the previous week's Heineken Cup fixture with RC Toulon due to a shoulder injury -...
Exeter Chiefs have played better this season and lost, yet this return to winning ways against Newcastle Falcons was not only welcome, but provided Rob Baxter and his team with the ideal lift ahead of the Christmas period.
Back amongst the Aviva Premiership’s top five, the Chiefs not only overcame the horrid Westcountry weather, but also a stubborn Falcons side to record their sixth league win of the season.
Eleven points from the boot of master marksman Gareth Steenson, together with a try from half-back partner Haydn Thomas,...
Exeter Chiefs officials have spoken of their delight at the local support being shown for this season's LV= Cup Final, which is to be staged at Sandy Park in the New Year.
For the first time ever, the prestigious Anglo-Welsh competition is heading west for it's grand final, which will take place on Sunday, March 16 (3pm).
And whilst the finalists will not be known until nearer the fixture itself, it has not stopped supporters from across the region snapping up tickets at such an early stage.
Already the Sandy Park Corporate Boxes and the West Grandstand have already...
Exeter Chiefs may be gearing up for a busy festive period of fixtures, but on Thursday members of the first-team squad took a morning out to pay a special visit to the Bramble Children’s Unit at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital.
Players Dean Mumm, Tom Johnson, Brett Sturgess, Jack Yeandle, James Hanks, Jason Shoemark, Carl Rimmer, Hoani Tui and Chris Whitehead took on the role of Santa Claus for one very special day and made their annual visit to the local hospital to spend time with youngsters who are facing up to the prospect of remaining on the wards for Christmas and...
Join us at the home of the Exeter Chiefs on Friday 31 January for our third b2b Business Breakfast
Begin your morning with a hearty breakfast and listen to our guest speaker , Exeter Chiefs Assistant Forwards Coach, Rob Hunter.
He will be exploring how the Chiefs are using a player's personal attributes and preferences to ensure that their training programme is geared to achieve the maximum benefit and identifying similarities in personal development within the business sector.
Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter admitted he could not have asked for anymore from his players as they slipped to a successive Heineken Cup defeat at the hands of reigning champions RC Toulon.
A week after going down 14-9 at Sandy Park, the star-studded French side again proved too strong for Baxter’s men, winning the latest encounter 32-20 at the Stade Felix Mayol.
Again England World Cup winner Jonny Wilkinson played a decisive role in Toulon’s success, coming off the bench to help his side claim maximum reward as he bagged the home side’s all-important fourth try....
As copies of the local Var-Matin newspaper flittered from high in the stands of Toulon’s Stade Felix Mayol, so it seems the hopes of Exeter Chiefs qualifying for the latter stages of this season’s Heineken Cup followed suit.
Heroic efforts against reigning champions Toulon have certainly been notable, but the back-to-back defeats have left Devon’s finest well adrift of their star-studded French rivals in Pool Two.
Bernard Laporte’s star-studded side not only returned to the summit of the group, but their five-point haul has ensured they...
Rob Baxter believes his Exeter Chiefs side have learnt plenty in the aftermath of their narrow Heineken Cup defeat at home to holders RC Toulon last weekend.
Just days after that 14-9 loss at a packed Sandy Park, Baxter sends his troops back into battle against the star-studded French outfit tomorrow knowing that his team are certainly capable of claiming their biggest-ever scalp.
For long periods last Saturday, Devon’s finest more than held their own against a Toulon squad, which included 825 international caps and was led on the field by England World Cup winner Jonny...
They say that cream always rises to the top and so it proved as Jonny Wilkinson put the seal on a hard fought 14-9 victory for reigning Heineken Cup champions Toulon over hosts Exeter Chiefs at Sandy Park.
Just over ten years have elapsed since the talented playmaker dropped a goal in Sydney to win England their first and only Rugby World Cup.
Present day in Devon and the 34-year-old was at it again as his late three-pointer ensured the star-studded Frenchman escaped with a slender advantage over their industrious Westcountry hosts.
